As we commemorate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, this old hippie is happily exploring the 21st Century. New website, new blog, Facebook. Shoot, I might even try Twitter.
This blog is going to be about art and music, and one way that the two intertwine. I've been an artist and a lover of music all my life, and have, like so many of my generation, been drawn to the very special role that the guitar has played in the music I've listened to for these five-plus decades.
I'm a leathersmith by trade. Started in 1970, the summer before I entered Georgia State University, and just never got around to doing anything else for a living. I guess that means that I love what I do.
A few years ago, my cousin Dennis, who's played guitar for a living longer than I've worked with leather, complained to me that he couldn't find a guitar strap that he really liked. Dennis became my long-suffering, ever-encouraging lab rat as I developed a guitar strap design we now call The Seventh String.
Along the way, I've been learning a great deal about the guitar, as musical instrument and as art form, and about the relationship between the guitar and its owner. There's an awful lot of romance, drama, and good storytelling to be found there.
As I continue this blog, I'll be featuring guitars which I find to be as much art as instrument, and the good folks who craft them. I hope to collect some stories, too. Any suggestions or input my readers might offer will be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and I did mention that I make guitar straps- to see the present line, and some of the custom work I've done, please visit Seventh String Straps . I promise I'm better at leatherwork than I am as a webmaster, but I'm working on the latter. Life's about love and learning.
This blog is going to be about art and music, and one way that the two intertwine. I've been an artist and a lover of music all my life, and have, like so many of my generation, been drawn to the very special role that the guitar has played in the music I've listened to for these five-plus decades.
I'm a leathersmith by trade. Started in 1970, the summer before I entered Georgia State University, and just never got around to doing anything else for a living. I guess that means that I love what I do.
A few years ago, my cousin Dennis, who's played guitar for a living longer than I've worked with leather, complained to me that he couldn't find a guitar strap that he really liked. Dennis became my long-suffering, ever-encouraging lab rat as I developed a guitar strap design we now call The Seventh String.
Along the way, I've been learning a great deal about the guitar, as musical instrument and as art form, and about the relationship between the guitar and its owner. There's an awful lot of romance, drama, and good storytelling to be found there.
As I continue this blog, I'll be featuring guitars which I find to be as much art as instrument, and the good folks who craft them. I hope to collect some stories, too. Any suggestions or input my readers might offer will be greatly appreciated.
Oh, and I did mention that I make guitar straps- to see the present line, and some of the custom work I've done, please visit Seventh String Straps . I promise I'm better at leatherwork than I am as a webmaster, but I'm working on the latter. Life's about love and learning.
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