George wanted to take Lonzie to record with Albert Macon and Robert Thomas, and the daughter was hesitant to let Lonzie get in a car with George, or with anybody, but George reassured her. So George helped him in the car, and put the car in reverse, and drove directly into a nearby ditch. Lonzie turned and said, "Man, George, you may as well let me drive!" - Fred Fussell describes George Mitchell chauffeuring the blind Lonzie Thomas to a recording session, from notes to The George Mitchell Collection
Thanks Andrew. BTW the guitar I'm playing here was the very one I took my lessons with Rev. Davis on . He "tried it out" on several occasions and thought it was good, "sounds nice, I like the sound of this here Gitar". Me: How come you never had a Martin Rev. Davis?" "Well Martins got the playablity but Gibson's got the LASTABILITY"! Meaning he thought Gibson's more capable of enduring extremes of weather while playing on the streets.
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