Monday, July 10, 2006

Six String Nation Guitar Set up at Sled Dog!


Here it is folks. The Six String Nation Guitar. If you haven't heard about this yet this is the guitar that was made with various pieces of Canadian historical icons. The instrument was built by George Rizsanyi from a collection of Canuck artifacts Jowi Taylor painstakingly collected, such as Pierre Trudeau's canoe paddle, the ship deck of the Bluenose II, and Paul Henderson's hockey stick.
The guitar had it's debut July 1st on the steps of parliment in Ottawa played by Stephen Fearing. We had the honour of setting up the instrument before it was displayed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival this year.

Here is John holding the guitar after he finished the work on it. It is a national treasure and we are honoured to have worked on it. Thank you Jowi Taylor!

1 Comments:

Jowi said...

The honour was mine, John.
Thanks for your help, your patience and lunch. I proudly carry the Sled Dog card and guitar pick in the Calton case - which, by the way, Al and Trudy recently modified in Calgary by sewing into the lid two more pieces I've collected: a bow tie from Pierre Berton and a part of a suit from Don Cherry!

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