History’s most audacious guitar commission: the Blue Guitars

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Originally Posted by Richard Mott

John, I must have missed you on Broome Street! I was there early on Saturday afternoon, just to see the Blue Gang reassembled, though I wasn’t able to play any. I’d been given a copy of the Blue Guitar book by a close friend back in the late ‘90s, and it made a lasting impression on me. “Audacious commission” hits the nail on the head, I might even add “expansive”—given the license offered to the builders, complete freedom around a unifying theme. Pretty enlightened, not least for the day. Nice that you got to play the Walker in the bunch, given your own instruments! Sounds like it was a great day. —Richard

Richard,

We must have just missed one another.

I arrived around 11 am but then discovered that Rudy wouldn't arrive until 2 pm. So my buddy, who is doing the photography for my article, and I had lunch and returned around 1 pm. We then hung out and played guitars until Rudy arrived. Rudy and I hung out and chatted until around 4 pm (and I got to play a few guitars).