Me playing Joe Osborn's Jazz Bass

[The Lurker]

I had an unusual opportunity last week. I went to the Big E, which is our local state fair, and they had a touring exhibit from the Musicians' Hall of Fame, which included a number of instruments belonging to famous musicians including Will Lee, Scotty Moore, Bill Black, Bruce Springsteen, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Lockwood Jr., etc. They also had the recording unit that Elvis tracked his first song on.

 

For a donation of $20, they let you hold and (if you knew how) briefly play the things.

 

Most of these things are pretty beat-- in addition to the road wear and so on, the museum they used to live in was flooded when Nashville was under water in May of this year, and the instruments had water damage. To add insult to injury, the city of Nashville then took the museum property by eminent domain, forcing the museum to close until they could find somewhere else.

 

So here's me playing Joe Osborn's 1960 Jazz Bass, the one that about a bajillion songs were recorded with, and one of Pete Townshend's guitars:

 

 

 

[T. Alan Smith]

Thats pretty cool.

[The Lurker]

Yep:)

[t3p0]

That is cool as hell.

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