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I refinished the guitar by veneering the top in oak and a sunburst finish was added. I’m a short fella, as are my extremities. I’ve been aquainted with this guitat since 1965. But, truthfully, I have no regrets doing that either… There is now a third generation growing up with Kenny The Kangaroo.I have (and cherish) a1957 Fender Duo-Sonic, that was “willed” to me by a very dear friend who passed on a few years ago.
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I did take some talking into doing Alphabet Zoo and Tickle On The Tum. "My temporary quitting was a sincere attempt to regain my musical integrity and I have no regrets whatsoever. "I realise how lucky I've been and how my life was altered forever because of the success of Streets, but I regard it as a blip on my graph and I know I've written better songs and am still trying to improve on what I've already done. "After Streets Of London was a hit in 1975 to '76, there was too much pressure to repeat the success that came accidentally, and was not the course I would have chosen. What's the closest you've come to quitting music? "I wouldn't, but I would like to have still had my Egmond Freres guitar, which I could then throw on to the flames." What song would you play on acoustic around a campfire?
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After: wait until my skin changes colour, and go out to meet and greet the lovely people." Wonder if I will remember the words to a newly included song. "Fix my in-ear monitors, check I am getting signal from the desk. Picking up song lists, constantly checking I have all my spare capos, water, shirt buttons, picks, and so on. What are you doing five minutes before you go on stage and five minutes after? One of them was Suzanne by Leonard Cohen - I still don't know what it's about!" "I would remove three songs from my first album, because I was made to record them for the sake of my publishers and I had no idea what they were about. If you could change one thing about a recording you've been on, what would it be and why? I change mine every gig, therefore I think about my dear friend Bert every time I go to work." It is seldom that anyone could boast that one had shown Bert Jansch anything to do with acoustic guitar, but I showed him this method, and he showed me a way of quickly unwrapping guitar strings. "I showed it to an Aussie musician, and he has shown it to several other Aussie musicians and tells me it is known as the 'McTell tie' over there. I was shown a great way to tie strings by Jerry Donahue. "I am the only one allowed to change my strings and I change them for every gig. When was the last time you changed your own strings?
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I have made an instrumental album called Sofa Noodling which is basically what I do when I'm playing guitar on my sofa." I seldom practise… I never tire of working on the wondrous technique of Reverend Gary Davis and Blind Arthur Blake. When was the last time you practised and what was it? "I mostly play fingerstyle, but occasionally, I'll use light-tomedium plectrums." He acquired it from a bloke who said it was owned by the guitarist in the original Billy Cotton Band." I also have a 1932 000-28 Martin that I bought off a guy in 1961 after he heard me playing outside a pub called The Angel in Poole, Dorset. I just wanted to own this particular classic. "I have a 1920s archtop Gibson L-1 that has a round soundhole, and doesn't have much volume. I now have a J-200 as well, just like the great man." "My guitar is called Miss Gibson after the Reverend Gary Davis's J-200 Gibson, which he favoured most of his playing life.
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I now have at least six more J-45s and only one of them gets close to this beloved guitar. "90 per cent of all my writing has been done with that guitar and, although I rested it for several years, it will be with me till the drop. It was the best trade-in I ever had, and my hand and fingers grew round that instrument. I traded it in against a Harmony 12-string and £45 at Pan Music on Wardour Street. "My Gibson J-45 that I have had since I was 20 years old. My temporary quitting was a sincere attempt to regain my musical integrity and I have no regrets whatsoever