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LightHouse  guitar
                                                                                                                                         Private Collection

This electric guitar was found in the crawl space of a long defunct bordello in New Orleans that carried the same name. It is so flashy it could be mistaken for a 15th century religious artifact. Rumor is it belonged to Geoff Diedraugh, a purveyor of the "Creole Crush", a wicked version of the blues. The "Creole Crush" was outlawed for "all public performance or as payment in kind". No one knows what that means, but that's how it's still worded in municipal code. Geoff was a scofflaw who played it anyway and his rendition of "Sadie's Gotta Hammer" got him arrested. He died in prison before he ever got a chance to retrieve the LightHouse guitar for an encore. You should see the weird photo that was in the case with it. Goes with the guitar if you want to see it.

Thanks Christopher Smith for sharing your videography & recording playing the Tony Cochran Lighthouse guitar!