Wednesday, October 7, 2009

The Nuge: Free-for-All


The Nuge's second solo album.  Derek St. Holmes plays and sings on it - but they split during the making of the record.  Hey - Meat Loaf even sings on it.  I played his Cat Scratch Fever album and love a couple of songs on that one - but the cover of FFA is way better.  Those songs are Homebound (an instrumental) and Live it Up.  Play those songs loud.  As for his signature guitar, (shown) I know a bit about Gibson guitars, but I had to look this one up.  It is called The Byrdland, a jazz guitar, designed by jass guitarists Billy Byrd and Hank Garland.  Gibson tells us those two were "first-call" Nashville session musicians. And also, "Outwardly every bit a Gibson, this model featured design elements that were radical, even revolutionary, in its day."  It debuted in 1955 with a rounded cutaway.  Ted sure has made the Byrdland his own.

And here is the inside gatefold photo of Free-for-All.


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