Whadda weekend!

Whew... busy weekend! Had our sixth wedding anniversary on Saturday, Andy's 3rd birthday on Sunday, Father's Day on Sunday. Had some listeners in to Sunday Morning Over Easy.
I've said it before, I'll say it again, WBOS has the nicest, most interesting, and clearly most attractive listeners of any Boston radio station, and I had a stellar gang in on Sunday - thanks to them! Also had live music from the father/son team of Dennis & Jake Brennan. They really sounded fantastic, and they happen to also be very cool, very nice people.

But here's something that I'm equally elated about - got a new guitar over the weekend.

Bit of history:
Growing up, I loved electric guitars and at some point made it my mission to save up enough money to buy a reallly nice electric guitar. I set my sights on a wine red Gibson Les Paul Custom which I had been coveting at the late great Boston music store E.U. Wurlitzer. Over time I put as much money as I could from my after school job bagging groceries at the Triple A Supermarket in a savings account I had set up, and when I got close to the fundage I needed, my Dad helped me out and I made it my own. Now, Dad was a devout acoustic instrument guy, but more importantly he was a supporter of people playing music in general, so that trumped the fact that I was getting an evil electric, and he was happy for me.
That gorgeous Les Paul became my guitar through high school and beyond. I can't count the number of Freebird solos done on that particular guitar.
Then came college at UMass Amherst, and somehwere along the way I ended up selling the Les Paul - most likely to pay rent. This, despite the fact that my father would always tell me that a musical instrument is the last thing you should sell - that the likelihood of getting instrument selling regret is high. Boy was he right. Ever since, I have been lamenting that I got rid of that guitar.

So... many moons later, I express to my wife that one day I would like to get a guitar like that Les Paul (albeit a lower-end one - to replace the guitar I had nowdays would cost about the same as a decent used Hyundai).
Last week I stopped by Guitar Center and played a reasonably priced Les Paul and absolutely loved it. Started talking with the wife about putting money down on it so that it wouldn't get sold on me, and she said we should just get the thing. She's a smart woman. So it's a Father's Day/anniversary/upcoming birthday/Christmas present, and I love it. It brings back many memories of my previous Les Paul, and brings a serious smile to my face when I'm playing it. God, I love guitars.

-George