Guilds at work and Charlie Gracie too!

[billydlight]

Played a fun gig the other night, a tribute to Danny Cedrone, the original guitar player on "rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and the Comets. Charlie Gracie (Butterfly) showed up and rocked the house. Charlie was a guild guy back in the fifties, here he is pictured playing my blond 59 CE100BDP

Here is a shot us together

and some more general shots from a fun night

 

[Walter Broes]

very cool! I very briefly saw Charlie Gracie in the hotel at the Rockin' 50's fest in Green Bay. He was getting a lot of autograph requests, and someone working for the hotel asked me "who IS that guy?!".

Is that a flying Vee with a Bigsby I see?!? Can I have it?!?

 

[billydlight]

It is indeed a V with a Bigsby!!! Also has DeArmond Pickups from an old Martin electric

like these notice how the pickup cutouts almost look like the sides of a V

Pure goodness

 

[billydlight]

Oh and no, you may not have it 8)