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Re: Smashing guitars



At 09:42 03/11/95 EST, Ken Tanguay wrote:

>
>The concert was GREAT!  The new Leeds CD puts me back on 
>nostalgia lane - big time.  I Can See For Miles, Pictures of
>Lilly, Happy Jack,etc.  Before My Generation, the lights went
>dim at stage left and Pete was handed a cheap guitar for the
>smashing.  Roger sang "talkin 'bout my g-g-g" and smashed his
>mike into the stage.  Pete started smashing his "substitute"
>guitar to bits.  
>

This must have been a comparatively rare occasion. PT has said several times
that the only point of smashing a guitar is that it's a *good* one, better
still, a real personal favourite. He has said (I paraphrase from memory): "I
did try smashing cheap ones a few times to save money, but it just didn't
feel right."

English Mike