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As I recall, he called it Lucille because the bar he was playing in caught fire and he ran back in to get his guitar. Lucille was some woman that two guys started a fight over and they knocked over a can of kerosene that was used to heat the place. I'm just a compendium of useless information. >and yet we shoot >ourselves and our image in the foot by attaching supernatural powers to >our pieces of kit. Not so much supernatural powers but... don't your instruments give you a 'vibe' ?? Maybe from the history you have with it? The way it makes you feel when you play it? Emotional association is a powerful force. :) Tony On 12/18/06, Paul <paulrichard10@adelphia.net> wrote: > Hey, didn't BB King call his ax "Lucille"? :) > > ""I'm very crazy about Lucille," he (BB) begins. It's a general >reference of > course, for after all, many guitars have been part of King's life. "I've >had > many guitars ... and I always call them Lucille. She's taken me a long >way, > even brought me some fame ... most of all, she's kept me alive, being >able > to eat ... Lucille practically saved my life two or three times," he >says, > referring to one of his several auto accidents, "The car stopped turning > over, it fell over on Lucille and it held it up off of me." > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Damian Stewart" <damian@frey.co.nz> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 8:24 PM > Subject: Re: Vintage Gear, E-bait etc > > > > mark sottilaro wrote: > > > >> This has led me to think about my new gear. Does my > >> Laptop have mojo? Of course not, it's a Toshiba! My > >> G5's got some. Surely a VST can't... or can it? > > > > I'm sorry, this is the largest pile of arse I have ever heard. > > > > If there's one thing I can't stand in fellow musicians it's this > > mystifying of the act, as though anything that feels this good has got >to > > have subterranean mystical roots. It keeps us isolated and disconnected > > from the people who pull the strings. > > > > We're a brilliant example of an alternative to a legion of > > television-watching consuming zombies: people who make their own > > entertainment, and enjoy it a hell of a lot more; and yet we shoot > > ourselves and our image in the foot by attaching supernatural powers to > > our pieces of kit. > > > > -- > > Damian Stewart > > +64 27 305 4107 > > > > f r e y > > live music with machines > > http://www.frey.co.nz > > http://www.myspace.com/freyed > > > > -- -==-=-=- Tony http://bigtony.blogspot.com/