75 YEARS of the TELE
When I started playing in the mid 60's I had a Harmony Rocket and a one knob National amp, lol. There was a club within walking distance near my house. I could go there Friday night and watch Rock-a-Billy and Blues bands. I was introduced to tunes by Bo Diddley, Jimmy Reed, Eddie Cochran, John Lee Hooker and Chuck Berry where they have impact ...LIVE!!!
1950 Tele
Even on some nights I saw Robbie Robertson who's main gig was in Ronnie Hawkins. The Hawks. All the players played a faded white Tele with a maple fretboard. Mostly 50's that the guys bought as very affordable used guitars. They sold for about $175.00 to $200.00 for a near mint one. I was not allowed in but I could climb up onto the roof. I lowered myself down to
a ledge and could watch and hear the bands through an open window. Eventually I was seen from the stage but the guys were cool. No one
ratted me out and so the owners never came out and ask me to leave.
I can also remember at that time coming out of a barber shop and watching guys unload for a gig
beside the barber at a cafe/pub. The singer guitarist had just only an hour earlier scooped an
Esquire and he was dying to show someone so asking him what he had was heaven for both
of us. I got to hold my first Pro guitar.
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| ...the guy at the barber shop had his Esquire in the trunk of a 55 Ford painted pink & black. I remember thinking... I wanted both the guitar and the car, LOL |
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