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Mick Jagger, born Jul, 26th 1943

He's the best pop performer Britain's ever had. He made the group, really. Without Mick, the Stones would have been nothing - Brian Jones, 1966
The thing is that the guy's GOOD, man (laughs). He can sing his ass off - Keith Richards, 1985
He IS totally different in public than he is in private life... Sometimes he carries his public persona over into his private life, which gets to be a REAL pain in the ass, because you know he's full of shit... His voice changes, for one thing, and he starts takling with that pseudo-Southern accent. And sometimes in private he starts using a very rough Cockney accent, which also is not his real voice. It's actually more like the way Charlie and I talk, dropping the h's and all that. He never talked like that before, because he came from a middle class family and went to middle class schools. I've got interviews with him on radio and televion from the 60s where he's talking like the Queen does - Oh, well, it's QUITE interesting to... He's getting a bit like Peter Sellers: I don't think he knows which one is the real Mick Jagger. (Laughs) It keeps the mystery going - Bill Wyman, 1981
Well, I don't have that many problems, so if others do, then I don't mind dealing with them. Maybe I just ignore my problems... I mean, of course I have problems, but not really day to day ones because I have people to look after me, you know? I'm very lucky, I don't have to pack my bags, I don't have to worry about my airplane, I don't have to worry about my cars. But then you have a lot of people who have emotional problems, and I don't... I'm very happy... (I'm) not lonely at all. Why should I be? I have my dearest friends with me, Keith, Charlie... most of the band are my friends, and a lot of other people who have been my friends for years... It's not like I'm on tour and I'm the Lonely Rock Star. I mean forget it, doesn't apply to me - Mick Jagger, on tour in 1975
Mick is a selfish person, but he's not ungenerous. In many ways he's a really nice guy. But he's too unsure of himself to be THAT nice a guy. It's sad I can't talk about engineers or whatever to him 'cause I know whatever I say he's gonna say the opposite... Instead of getting MORE secure over the years, which you'd think Mick would have every right to, he's getting more insecure. Unfortunately he's taking it out on the wrong people - Keith Richards, 1979
Mick is... a very nice guy. He's very easy to get on with really, when it comes to it. But as soon as there's other people in the room he'll give you the impression that he's just impossible, hard and ruthless. Some of that IS Mick because he does it often. But then Keith puts up similar fronts - Ron Wood, 1979
It's difficult to talk about Mick... because he always changes, so maybe he's always been the same. Mick is always flitting about; never happy or always happy. One minute he'll be knocked out with a track and not like it the next minute - Charlie Watts, 1988
Mick has one of those minds and bums. His bum won't sit still and his mind doesn't either. It's always onwards, onwards, onwards - like yesterday is history already. So it's very difficult for him to keep his interest in a band that is so steeped in history - at least, that's my slant on him - Charlie Watts, 1998
I mean, I'll be totally honest: I LOVE Mick. Most of my efforts with Mick go to trying to open his eyes... I mean, 99% of the male population of the Western world - and beyond - would give a LIMB to live the life of Riley, to live the life of Jagger. To be MICK JAGGER. And he's not happy being Mick Jagger. He's not living a happy life. To me, that's unacceptable. I've GOT to make him happy (laughs)... The siege mentality kind of worries me about Mick. Nobody can get in there, even me, who's known him longer than anybody. What bothers me sometimes about him is not being able to get through to him. He's got his own version about himself, which is not actually who he is. So he has to play a game; he has to act. He's not about to give you ANYTHING. He's not about to give ANYTHING away. He'll be flip. And I don't mind him reading this shit, because this is part of, as far as I'm concerned, my attempt to help him along... - Keith Richards, 1988

Nato a Dartford il 26 luglio 1943, questa domenica festeggia 66 anni. Auguri Mick!

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Who the F%*k is Tex Willer?

2 amici, Piggì e Ale, partenza da Dallas, un'Electra Glide, verso nord, la Route 66, il Grand Canyon ... way down south Phoenix, El Paso, le missioni spagnole, il deserto. 23 giorni, "Life is a journey, not a destination"

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The Hottest Rockin' Summer - 10° Summer Jamboree

A Senigallia, dal 14 al 23 Agosto, la 10ma edizione del festival Fifties più grande ed importante d'Europa, il Summer Jamboree.
Info: www.summerjamboree.com

Hofner Verithin

Nei primi anni '60 era, per ragioni di protezionismo nonchè economiche, molto difficile procurarsi una chitarra made in USA. Risposta europea alla più blasonata e preziosa Gibson ES335 e/o ES330, la Hofner Verithin aveva caratteristiche costruttive notevoli: body hollow in Venetian con top laminato, 1 3/4 di pollice di spessore (da qui il nome), binding multistrato b/w, buche ad effe anche esse con binding, pickups "toast" con logo diamond, manico in acero inserito ed incollato nel body, con tastiera in palissandro e segnatasti in madreperla, ponte micromatic su base di ebano, 2 controlli volume e 2 tono, indipendenti. Colore cherry red.
La mia ha no. di serie 2193 che la colloca fra le Verithin prodotte nel novembre 1963.

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Preso!

3 luglio 1969

40 anni fa Brian Jones, fondatore dei Rolling Stones, moriva annegato, in circostanze a tutt'oggi poco chiare, nella piscina della sua tenuta nel Sussex, Cotchford Farm . Nato a Cheltenham nel febbraio del '42, ottimo studente e precoce musicista di talento, si trasferì a Londra nei primi anni '60, contribuendo alla nascita di quel movimento musicale che aveva come riferimenti il blues di Chicago ed il R&B e che vide i Rolling Stones dominatori della scena londinese. Nella primavera del '62 arruolò Ian Stewart come pianista quindi Mick Jagger come cantante. Jagger portò alle prime prove del gruppo Keith Richards, amico d'infanzia e chitarrista. Ispirati dal blues di Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters e Willie Dixon e dal rock'n roll di Chuck Berry, il sestetto (con Dick Taylor al basso e Tony Chapman alla batteria) si esibì ufficialmente la prima volta il 12 luglio 1962 al Marquee Club di Londra con il nome di Rollin'Stones (senza la g), nome che Jones diede al gruppo mentre era al telefono alla ricerca di locali in cui suonare. Il line up definitivo venne completato con l'aggiunta del bassista Bill Wyman e del batterista Charlie Watts.
Musicista sopraffino (fu il primo musicista inglese a suonare la chitarra slide e insegnò a Jagger a suonare correttamente l'armonica) ma giovane uomo dall'animo tormentato, padre di numerosi figli più o meno legittimi, malato di asma, paranoico, rifugiò i suoi malesseri in sempre più massicce dosi di anfetamine, cocaina, hashish affogate in alcolici, al punto che diventò progressivamente marginale nell'economia sonora della band e sempre più incostante nei rapporti umani. Icona di quella Swingin' London che dettava tendenza nel mondo, ha lasciato la vita terrena una sera di luglio nel corso di un ristretto party nella sua tenuta, affogando nella piscina sembra per un cocktail di alcool e barbiturici anche se non si esclude l'ipotesi del coinvolgimento di un capomastro che stava compiendo lavori di ristrutturazione alla casa. Ciao Brian.

Champagnole, Jura Raduno Europeo W 650 ... altre foto

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Micawber Clone

Il mio tributo alla più leggendaria Telecaster di Mr. Rock'n Roll, al secolo Keith Richards ...

Body: Fender '52 Swamp Ash, vintage blonde, verniciatura alla nitro
Neck: Fender '52, maple, verniciatura alla nitro
Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Humbucker Classic '57
Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Lap Steel '50
Bridge: Gotoh, ottone
Tuners: Gotoh
Strings (5): Ernie Ball .11 .15 .18p .30 .42
Tuning: Open G

Circuitazione che prevede in pos. 1 solo humbucker, in pos.2 humbucker con controllo di tono, in pos. 3 blender humbucker / single coil, Luxe Vintage Wiring Kit

Champagnole, Jura - 26 / 28 Jun Raduno Europeo W 650 ... qualche foto

Il gruppo italiano ...

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... on the road.