Front Gate RAF Woodbridge

It was a great time to be in England with the Music scene happening at the time.  We had some great music coming to the base playing the clubs.

Airmans Club RAF Woodbridge

I was able to experience bands like The Animals, The Searchers, Georgie Fame and Dusty Springfield.  After school, I would go to the Base Exchange and look through the catalogs at pictures of guitars and pick out the ones that I liked, always hoping that I might be able to get one someday.

Base Exchange RAF Woodbridge

But, it was seeing The Rolling Stones at the Gaumont Theatre in Ipswich that really got me motivated to play the guitar.

Gaumont Theatre Ipswich

I got my first guitar a ‘Stella’.  I had borrowed it from my neighbor, Billy Bird.  It had one string (the low E string…)  I learned to play the ‘Peter Gunn Theme’ and was able to talk my parents into buying it for me.

The guitar cost $5 !  The new strings cost more than the guitar did.   My cousin Sue, boyfriend at the time (later to be husband) Des Lee, played in a band called “Lee Walker and the Travellers”, came by, put the new strings on and taught me my first chords, E, A and D.   He told me these 3 chords are Rock n Roll and that’s all you need.  Best lesson I ever got!

Here is the Guitar;

Stella

I used this till I was able to get my first Electric Guitar, a Green Sunburst Rosetti Lucky7 at a second hand shop at the Market in Doncaster, Yorkshire.

June 12th – 13th.

9am – 3pm

This will take place at the old Gottschalks, Totem Lake Mall, Kirkland Washington.

120th Avenue Northeast & Totem Lake Way, Kirkland, WA 98034

Right across from Guitar Center.

Map

Video here;

Music Swap Meet Totem Lake Mall June 12 -13, 2010

All musical related items are welcome.

• Guitars
• Amps
• Drums
• Instruments
• Recording Gear
• DJ Systems
• Books
• Memorabilia
• Vinyl
• CDs
• Videos
• Pro Audio, Stage & Lighting
• Speakers
• Strings
• Cables
• Audio & Video connectors
• Music Gear Accessories
• Promotional Products
FREE PARKING
General Public Admission: $1.00
Sellers Space: $25

If it has to do with music, bring it and sell it.

Lots of Free Parking

Contact Mick or Kelly at

info@guitararcheology.com

for details or to reserve a space

When I met Harvey Thomas, he showed me this guitar he made for John Lennon.   According to Harvey, John did not take delivery of the guitar, because of the comments John had made about The Beatles being bigger than Jesus.  Harvey, also told me he had to fire an employee, he found sanding on the guitar, without sandpaper !

Now here are the pictures of the guitar.  Enjoy!

Mick Flynn

Thanks to Denise Pressnall for the pics

Mick Flynn

Mick Flynn

Thanks to

Denise Pressnall for the great pictures !

One of the first impressions of Harveys’ place!

I took Billy Gibbons across the street to meet his neighbor with the car for sale. Mister Gibbons had been camped at the Two Louies mansion for a few days and had noticed the little red 1960 Rambler parked across the street. I knew it had been for sale for over a year with an original asking price of $6,000. My neighbor was a bit stunned to be confronted on his porch by a pop star, but Billy made sure they hit it off and after a twenty-minute bargaining session Billy bought it for $1,500. This, after Billy explained that he intended to make the car famous. Mister Gibbons maintains a fully staffed automobile restoration facility in Los Angeles. He said he intended to jack up the little red Rambler and turn it into a 4 by 4 monster car. My neighbor, the ZZ Top fan, saw a chance to be part of rock auto history. The ZZ Top tour bus pulled up with a tow-bar attached and the little red Rambler headed off to a new life in the ZZ Fleet. A few months later I got a faxed invitation to a coming out party for the “Little Willy 4X4” in Los Angeles.