Some of you may find this`interesting. Courtesy of mcparty and apologies to open-g for my initial mis-spelling of Leavell. I'll write it 100 times as penance. Rare Stones Guitar



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We got to see Chuck Leavell do "Jessica" last month w/the ABB...He was superb...

Chuck Leavell is the worst thing that ever happened to the Rolling Stones.

Even worse than Mick Taylor departure.

chuck's the best

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Haristone
Chuck Leavell is the worst thing that ever happened to the Rolling Stones.

Even worse than Mick Taylor departure.

you are 100% correct.he is no billy preston ,or ian mclagen ,much less the dearly departed and greatly missed IAN STEWART !!!!!!!!!

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T&A
chuck's the best

does your tongue hurt now?

Nice National Resonator guitar though, what from '38? - mine looks a bit like it, but it ain't that old and not a National, huh.

Chris, please - can you edit the headline and get Leavell right? thanx.



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someday it'll just be chuck and blondie left holding the bag - Chuck and his Fabulous Rolling Stones (Featuring Blondie Chaplin) - and we'll all race out to see them....

Chuck is a class act and will always be a great musician.

Is it me or does he receive (or solicit?) quite a bit of media attention? (for a backing musician). I seem to recall an interview on 20/20, various articles in (environmental?) magazines, awards............

Very mis-guided by the news programme to compare the value of a guitar given by a famous band to one used by a famous guitarist. Nice story, but to increase the value of a guitar beyond its own value as a guitar by any significant factor it needs to have been used to record an album or played live by a guitar great (with photo evidence).

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mattleeuk
Very mis-guided by the news programme to compare the value of a guitar given by a famous band to one used by a famous guitarist. Nice story, but to increase the value of a guitar beyond its own value as a guitar by any significant factor it needs to have been used to record an album or played live by a guitar great (with photo evidence).

good observation !!!

Keith should have come to his senses and hit him over the head with it!

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fishstix
Is it me or does he receive (or solicit?) quite a bit of media attention? (for a backing musician). I seem to recall an interview on 20/20, various articles in (environmental?) magazines, awards............

What's so bad about environmental magazines? I remember some MTV spot of Madonna promoting to seperate garbage probably 15 years ago. Every five year old German would have laughed her off talking about such a natural thing on tv!

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Haristone
Chuck Leavell is the worst thing that ever happened to the Rolling Stones.

Even worse than Mick Taylor departure.

Agreed

Chuck is one of the very best things that ever happened to the Rolling Stones! I swear some folks just like to bash him for the HELL of it! He is a fabulous musician, knows how to get gems onto the set list where NO ONE else can, he is valued by the band so that says something, and he's a really nice man.

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mickschix
Chuck is one of the very best things that ever happened to the Rolling Stones! I swear some folks just like to bash him for the HELL of it! He is a fabulous musician, knows how to get gems onto the set list where NO ONE else can, he is valued by the band so that says something, and he's a really nice man.

this is all true. he is the scapegoat and whipping boy for frustrated fans, too, and he receives a bonus each month from the band for playing this role so brilliantly.

If it wasn't for Chuck, the setlists would be much less adventurous. He's also a brilliant musician with a good track record outside the Stones too, and by all accounts a total gent. There'd be no Stones as we know them now without Chuck. For those who think he's a bit high in the mix, tough sh*t. fact is, the stones need a lot of competent back up on stage these days, and in that role, chuck is the man

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yorkshirestone
If it wasn't for Chuck, the setlists would be much less adventurous. He's also a brilliant musician with a good track record outside the Stones too, and by all accounts a total gent. There'd be no Stones as we know them now without Chuck. For those who think he's a bit high in the mix, tough sh*t. fact is, the stones need a lot of competent back up on stage these days, and in that role, chuck is the man

The two of us might not agree over AC/DC... but in this case we do agree!

Nice one, cheers ;-)

he is way too high in the mix but unfortunately there are two really good reasons for that most of the time these days

I think Chuck will play more "real" guitar next tour and Ronnie will do only some keyboards (way back in the mix) instead..... :-)

Mr.Ed

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mattleeuk
Very mis-guided by the news programme to compare the value of a guitar given by a famous band to one used by a famous guitarist. Nice story, but to increase the value of a guitar beyond its own value as a guitar by any significant factor it needs to have been used to record an album or played live by a guitar great (with photo evidence).

Quite right - what has Eric Clapton's reso have to do with it? absolutely nothing! doh!
but Chuck's guitar is a treat as an instrument of vintage in it's self.

I'm a bit surprised what a 70 year old National fetches these days.
I would have thought it would be more expensive.
[cgi.ebay.com]

"This guitar was repaired on the lower bout from a vicious attack on the original bluesman owner's head by his former ex-wife. (See pictures) She did not go to jail and they stayed together for another year before he finally got wise and ran off. We are pretty sure all of his brain problems were present before the attack but it seemed to make him afraid to go to sleep at her house again.

some more Nationals info:
[www.provide.net]

"Chuck Leavell is the worst thing that ever happened to the Rolling Stones.

Even worse than Mick Taylor departure."

Load of old tosh!

Chuck's piano playing would be more tolerable if he only had two fingers (and a thumb) on each hand.

ChrisM you should be punished for that unctuous Chuck Leavell "advert"...He's right up there in the Bobby Keyes department for freeloading and "Gee I sure like this.." riff.

Chuck is a capable pianist who can sort out the gang of musicians who back up the Stones. He is not one of the greatest pianists the Stones have worked with. For all of you who love and appreciate Chuck, this is only my (and a whole bunch of other people's) opinion.

His real talent is the tax breaks he gets for his forested land.

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mattleeuk
Very mis-guided by the news programme to compare the value of a guitar given by a famous band to one used by a famous guitarist. Nice story, but to increase the value of a guitar beyond its own value as a guitar by any significant factor it needs to have been used to record an album or played live by a guitar great (with photo evidence).

I thought the same thing. It's a lovely guitar, but worth around $3500., not $60k!!

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stonesrule
ChrisM you should be punished for that unctuous Chuck Leavell "advert"...He's right up there in the Bobby Keyes department for freeloading and "Gee I sure like this.." riff.

YOU should be punished for comparing Bobby Keys to Chuck Leavell! Yeah, BK is a freeloader. The most accomplished RnR sax player of all time. Head out of the arse time mate!

bobby keys has siganture sax solo's on live with me , brown sugar, cant you hear me knocking etc. what signature solo or identifying mark does chuck leavell have ? none .he is so integral that his keyboards are way down in the mix as in background noise.the only time you hear him live is when the stones do honky tonk,and after keith's guitar solo and the next verse of the song do you hear chuch do some honky tonk piano solo .that's it !

Bring back Matt Clifford!

It's not a 1939 model O, but somewhere between 1934 when they went to the 14-fret neck, & 1936 when they went to a solid as opposed to a slotted head which this is.