DId anyone see the cable show „Accidental Fortune“ last night? I don’t recall the station that carries that series. Good stuff.
Anyway, this episode had a lady on whose father used to be the pilot for Dylan, Peter Paul and Mary, et al.
For over 40 years she has had in her possession an old (mint) sunburst Fender Strat. Her father said it was left on the plane after he flew back from the Newport Folk Festival in ’65….the year that Dylan went electric and freaked everyone out, esp. Pete Seeger. lol
At any rate, inside the case there were also some lyric worksheets, etc. She contacted the producers of the series and they took up the challenge to see if they could prove if that guitar was THE guitar that Dylan played that night.
Long story short they did prove that it was the guitar! Amazing.
The women had contacted Dylan’s lawyers after so many years had past. Her dad had also tried to rach Dylan to no avail. Apparently he didn’t care to retrieve the Strat. Maybe the experienc eof being booed so heartily affected him who knows.
The appraisers said that the guitar alone would most likely bring close to $500K at auction. And the lyric work sheets (in his handwriting and his typed words too) would fetch around $20-30K. Amazing.
By the way, the guitar was spotless. Mint as could be. Made in 1964.
Correction: the program was „History Detectives“ PBS.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/entertainment/article/264845/19/Has-Bob-Dylans-guitar-been-found
And Dylan’s camp claims he has the guitar. Who knows. Interesting story.
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