Guest post by Drew Zackary, guitar afficionado "So if I had a dime for every time I should've Stopped playing guitar and put my nose in a book Then my head would be healthy and my guitar would be dusty And that just might save me from a bunch of bad songs So maybe I'm too polite just like good Moses But just like good manners we've had enough of them." --Davey von Bohlen So this pick isn't so much about the guitar playing on Maritime's latest album as it is about Davey von Bohlen's long career as a guitar player. Personally, I have a special affinity for him. While we never met, his various bands' songs have found their way into my cars and living rooms for the past decade. He may also be the coolest, baldest, most left-handed sunburst Fender Telecaster player and father of two in rock today (who also had a fist sized tumor removed from his head AND survived a van crash). Bohlen truly deserves that oh-so-overused moniker of ‘underrated’. Pitchfork ...
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