Guth Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Last weekend my wife and son took me on a surprise weekend that they had been planning for months. Turns out that the weekend was centered around a Jackson Browne concert. Jackson was playing at the Maryhill Winery Amphitheater located in Goldendale, Washington. David Lindley has joined Jackson on this tour and the first part of the show featured the two of them playing an acoustic set. As I'm sure many of you are well aware, Jackson has a plethora of acoustic guitars, and plenty of Gibsons in the mix so that was cool. David's playing was a wonderful bonus – good stuff. One of my favorite moments (definitely the highlight of the evening for my son) was David performing "Cat Food Sandwiches". My wife had managed to snag some awesome tickets, which made for some good photo opportunities, even with a digital point 'n shoot camera. So I'd thought I'd share a few pics of this wonderful evening with everyone here. It's safe to say that I'm going to have a hard time topping this surprise as the rest of the weekend spent with my family was also great WARNING: The viewing of Mr. Lindley's wardrobe may cause queasiness. Enjoy, Guth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryp58 Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Great stuff, Guth! I bet that was a good show. Great shots of those Gibson guitars! And you're right, David's wardrobe would scare buzzards off a ****-wagon!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Great report and great pics. Thanks for sharing with us. Jackson is such a cool guy. He is on my board of directors with me on the Buddy Holly Guitar Foundation that I recently formed. I'll be seeing him later this month and hope to have completed one of my Foundation's guitars, each of which has an original fret from Buddy's Banner J-45, to give him. I'll keep you posted. Here's me playing the original: We're also producing hand made leather covers. I can't wait to see Jackson playing replica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefleppard Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 great pics. is he playing through a fender blues jr? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buc McMaster Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Wow. Do you suppose this represents Lindley's daily fashion sense? In this outfit I would expect to see him show up in one of those "People Who Shop At Walmart" picture essays.......or perhaps onstage with Jackson Browne! Up close and personal is the way to enjoy an acoustic duo like this one. Fine looking guitars there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rar Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 As I'm sure many of you are well aware' date=' Jackson has a plethora of acoustic guitars, and plenty of Gibsons in the mix so that was cool. [/quote'] It's interesting that he's playing a vintage Roy Smeck Radio Grande and a brand new Roy-Smeck-Stage-Deluxe-that-doesn't-say-"Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe"-on-the-headstock. The new ... well, let's just call them Jackson Browne models (purely for the purposes of this discussion, of course ) that I've had the chance to play have been nice guitars, but none been close to as good as a really good old one. (Of course, they were as good than a lot of old ones. One nice thing about visiting a vintage guitar show and playing a bunch of '30s through '60s vintage guitars, something I did last weekend: it reminds you is that most old guitars are just old guitars with nothing special going on tone-wise.) Anyway, I'm thinking Jackson playing this one means that Ren has refined the JB design to where at least some are now great. -- Bob R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Jackson wrote this song when he was 16......I would have retired after writing one like this....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegrass Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Great pics Guth, thanks for sharing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 It's interesting that he's playing a vintage Roy Smeck Radio Grande and a brand new Roy-Smeck-Stage-Deluxe-that-doesn't-say-"Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe"-on-the-headstock. Bob, Great eyes! That had escaped me. Now that you mention it, I can also spot the repro pickguard. Very interesting. I like the circa 1945 script logo LG-2, too. And, I've played 2 vintage Radio Grandes. Both made me weak in the knees! I hope to play Jackson's in a couple of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flem snopes Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Way cool seats. I had seats like that once for a James Taylor concert. It felt like he was there just for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 It's interesting that he's playing a vintage Roy Smeck Radio Grande and a brand new Roy-Smeck-Stage-Deluxe-that-doesn't-say-"Roy Smeck Stage Deluxe"-on-the-headstock. The new ... well' date=' let's just call them Jackson Browne models (purely for the purposes of this discussion, of course [smile']) that I've had the chance to play have been nice guitars, but none been close to as good as a really good old one. (Of course, they were as good than a lot of old ones. One nice thing about visiting a vintage guitar show and playing a bunch of '30s through '60s vintage guitars, something I did last weekend: it reminds you is that most old guitars are just old guitars with nothing special going on tone-wise.) Anyway, I'm thinking Jackson playing this one means that Ren has refined the JB design to where at least some are now great. -- Bob R Bob, Great observation with regards to older guitars. This has been my experience as well. Many are quick to assume that just because a guitar is vintage that it will be their "holy grail". Like yourself, I've played plenty of vintage models that were fairly disappointing from a sonic standpoint. From a tonal perspective, there will always be, and always have been, some guitars that simply stand out amongst the rest - the great ones as you say. The other thing is that Jackson seems to be very particular about the tone of his guitars - I'm sure his bar is set at "great and above". With that in mind, I'm guessing that your assumption about the successful refinement of the new design has some merit to it. All the best, Guth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted August 7, 2010 Author Share Posted August 7, 2010 Way cool seats. I had seats like that once for a James Taylor concert. It felt like he was there just for me. Yes, once again I've been reminded that I'm not really worthy of my wife. She's amazing (as were the seats). Guth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzafrank Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Last weekend my wife and son took me on a surprise weekend that they had been planning for months. Turns out that the weekend was centered around a Jackson Browne concert. Jackson was playing at the Maryhill Winery Amphitheater located in Goldendale' date=' Washington. David Lindley has joined Jackson on this tour and the first part of the show featured the two of them playing an acoustic set. As I'm sure many of you are well aware, Jackson has a plethora of acoustic guitars, and plenty of Gibsons in the mix so that was cool. David's playing was a wonderful bonus – good stuff. One of my favorite moments (definitely the highlight of the evening for my son) was David performing "Cat Food Sandwiches". My wife had managed to snag some awesome tickets, which made for some good photo opportunities, even with a digital point 'n shoot camera. So I'd thought I'd share a few pics of this wonderful evening with everyone here. It's safe to say that I'm going to have a hard time topping this surprise as the rest of the weekend spent with my family was also great WARNING: The viewing of Mr. Lindley's wardrobe may cause queasiness. Enjoy, Guth [img']http://www.billguthrie.com/images/misc/jb_and_dl_lg2.jpg[/img] My wife (the one with high priced photo equipment that I have to pay for) looked at your photos and commented that they are very good. We heard on the Leo Laporte radio show that the small "soap dish" cameras have won internaltional awards over the big boy's. Nice photos! Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbpicker Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Great shots... JB is one of my favorites. I think Lindley is one of the most talented musicians I've ever heard... what a wonderful side man. I heard that JB tunes his guitars down a half step... true ??? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburude63 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Wonderful pics! Thanks!:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 Great shots... JB is one of my favorites. I think Lindley is one of the most talented musicians I've ever heard... what a wonderful side man. I heard that JB tunes his guitars down a half step... true ??? RB i spent an afternoon with him in the spring. he told me all his guitars are tuned down 2 full steps. that's why he's got 15 gauge strings on his CF 100's and LGs. here's his acoustic touring rig. i recognize all the guitars in the OP'S pics from this show. sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambler Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 JG "his guitars are tuned down 2 full steps. that's why he's got 15 gauge strings on his CF 100's and LGs." Aha--no wonder he gets such a huge tone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xePNvYJ5Lo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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