Here’s CME’s “Exclusives” page for Gibsons. I can’t imagine Rhett could afford anything much above these. The acoustic B-Bender wasn’t for sale, and I’m not sure if they were playing some other equally exotic Les Paul.
He was great. I saw him live as a guest host on the tonight show when I was stationed in CA years ago. He opened that night with a smokin version of Wabash cannonball.
Love a lot of things about this: The 80’s tech (I had one of those Tascam Portastudios); the fact that he wrote the guitar riffs to Message In A Bottle, not Andy; that he’s like this casual Fashion Model/Man of the People Bloke who has evolved over time into something resembling Landed Gentry both in terms of comportment and speech.
So sad to hear this. The last time I saw him on PBS, he was sitting in for David Brooks on the Friday discussion with Jonathan Capehart. It was painful to see how he struggled with his condition.
I didn’t agree with him on many issues, but respected his opinions, professionalism and humanity.
I’ve been a Good Morning Bedlam fan for awhile, but this was my first time hearing their friend Brooke Surgener. She’s obviously a talented songwriter and musician.