The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8896   Message #1965601
Posted By: GUEST,Roger Rettig (or; Roger the former skiffler!
12-Feb-07 - 11:19 PM
Thread Name: Lonnie Donegan
Subject: RE: Lonnie Donegan
I love that guy's suggestion that the guitar is 'bound to rocket in value'.....

Hey, Keith - do you remember Lon saying how he amplified his guitar with a Spitfire pilot's throat-mic? It's a typical 'tall story' - at best, the mic would have come from one of those armed-forces surplus equipment stores that proliferated on the Edgware Road in post-war years, but its original purpose would be almost impossible to establish.

Only Lon could 'elevate' its origins to 'Battle Of Britain' status!