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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsPlay it Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
Guitars played by some of the most famous and revered rock and roll artists will be on display at the MMA starting April 3 and running til October 1. This article will make any devotees of rock music nearly faint from excitement (I know it would have that effect on me if I were a such a musician). My son is such a devotee (while doing his day job as a prosecutor with the Brooklyn DA's office). He and his wife have this devotion in common and play regularly at local venues.
Here's where you can read all about it http://gothamist.com/2019/04/03/play_it_loud_met_exhibit.php#photo-1
Hotler
(11,445 posts)thank you for sharing.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)T shirts and caps are available. I'm going to buy a cap as a birthday or xmas gift for a dear friend who played guitar locally for many years in local clubs...
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)My brother has played guitar for decades. His birthday is coming up. Great suggestion!
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)at $25 a "pop," LOL!
rocktivity
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)there's an exhibit on Leonardo that I would pay even more to see...so there's that...
IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)also saw the David Bowie exhibit. This is a very fun museum.
https://www.mopop.org//exhibitions-plus-events/exhibitions/guitar-gallery/
TRACE THE JOURNEY OF THE GUITAR IN AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC THROUGH THE EXPLORATION OF ICONIC INSTRUMENTS AND THE MUSICIANS THAT PLAYED THEM.
The exhibition features nearly 20 guitars from music legends like Howlin' Wolf's 1965 Epiphone Casino, Nancy Wilson's 1965 Fender Stratocaster, Brandi Carlile's Taylor GCB, and Jerry Cantrell's 1984 G&L Rampage. The gallery also presents a timeline of significant milestones highlighting the instrument's development from the Fender Telecaster, the Gibson SG and beyond.
Guests can deepen their understanding of how the electric guitar works through a detailed infographic focused on hardware like pickups, frets, the headstock, and pickguard.
The gallery also features video that gives visitors a chance to hear the instruments in action through clips of nearly 30 musicians featured in the exhibition including Poison Ivy, Slash, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Bob Dylan.
Guitar Gallery is included with museum general admission.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Then there's the phrase "cutting heads" which means two people having a guitar duel (musically, not whacking each other with them.)
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)told me essentially what the article said. I didn't know this terminology and it has enhanced my knowledge and enjoyment of this music.