john lennon and the stripped down casino on the rooftop!!!!!
Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After coming home from india in '68, John had the sunburst finish stripped of his Casino. He also had his Gibson J-160E stripped down from the psychedelic paint job from The Fool. According to what I read, Donovan told John the bare wood provided a better tone than a heavy finish would provide. John used the casino and his second gibson exclusively in the studio and videos up until the break-up of the Beatles in '70. You can see John play his casino (blonde) on the Let It Be video movie, hey jude promo and the revolution promo. He is seen playing it on the oldies concert he played in montreal with clapton and the plastic ono band, also on the dvd and cd of the rolling stones rock 'n roll circus in Dec. '68. His super band was called the plastic macs!!!!!!!!!!!! Lennon, clapton, and richards on bass playing YER BLUES. John's stripped down gibson J-160E was his second because his first one was stolen during a Christmas show in 1964. I read he really chewed poor Mal Evans a new one for that episode. I'll try act naturally on the jf-30-12. I met Buck Owens in Tempe Arizona a few days before we played in the fiesta bowl in DEC. '73. He was a very gracious man I remember I was so embarrassed when my aunt and her daughter didn't know who he was and he told them he was a singer and a picker who had to sing for his supper most nights. My aunt, God rest her sweet soul, gave him her card and told him if her was ever in Tucson, he could come to her house and have a good home cooked meal and he wouldn't have to sing for his supper that evening. She also said he could bring his friends too. Whew!!!!!!!!!!!! At 18 years old I wanted to crawl out of that restaurant, but my aunt ann was so innocent and very generous. I never asked if he took her up on her offer!!!!!!!!!!!!! carson