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Topic: Bill East |
Jack Strayhorn
From:
Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 21 Jul 2023 11:42 am |
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| Lost a dear friend and one of NC's finest players. |
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Jack Strayhorn
From:
Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 21 Jul 2023 11:44 am
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Jack Strayhorn
From:
Winston-Salem, NC
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Posted 21 Jul 2023 11:45 am
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| The photo was taken the night we presented him with a new guitar his wife had me build. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Spicewood TX 78669
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Posted 21 Jul 2023 12:05 pm
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| Jack Strayhorn wrote: |
| The photo was taken the night we presented him with a new guitar his wife had me build. |
His wife loved him, obviously. We should all be so lucky. RIP Bill...
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My rig: Infinity and Telonics.
Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Paul Wade
From:
mundelein,ill
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Posted 21 Jul 2023 4:11 pm
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Prayers are sent
P.w |
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2023 8:24 am
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I met Bill East back in '99 at The Knoxville Steel Show. I saw him playing that green Emmons LeGrande III and was just knocked out with the color. I couldn't even sleep that night in my hotel room because of it, and told my now ex-wife at the time, I just have to go down to the Emmons room and see at that guitar again. Next day I told Jack Strayhorn that I had to have a new Emmons that same color. Jack told me he had enough stain left from Bill's guitar so he could build me one to look like it. Bill's was a D-10 but I wanted a SD-10. I ordered my new green Emmons right there and gave them the deposit. This baby arrived on my front porch about 16 weeks later right before Labor Day weekend.
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 25 Jul 2023 9:10 am
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| I seen Bill play that Emmons at the Knoxville show. What a beautiful guitar. My prayers for Bill and his family. |
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