“Let’s Get Lost” is an intriguing title for a movie, taken from a popular song by trumpet legend Chet Baker. Baker crossed that big divide between pop music stardom and jazz obscurity with his song selection, trumpet-playing and his distinctive vocals. It didn’t hurt that he was matinee-idol handsome either.
Film director Bruce Weber made the documentary a year before Baker died and released it right about the time of his death in 1988. I’m not sure if it came out before or after the event. I’m
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What better name for a musician and luthier — Keith Medley.
Keith has been obsessed with playing “… the music I heard in my heart.” But six strings wasn’t enough. What about the 7-string guitar? Or a 12-string?
Nope!
A documentary called “Creative Spirit” will cover the building of this instrument and show Keith playing it.
He says it wasn’t so hard building it — but it took him a couple of years to learn to play it.
“Hall Of The Mountain King” Keith Medley and his 27-string Medley Guitar from Jon Grimson on Vimeo.
In the video, Keith plays classical theme “In The Hall Of The Mountain King” from Peer Gynt by Edvard Grieg (1875).
Not quite satisfied yet, Keith is reportedly working on a 34 string guitar.
Thanks to Oddity Central
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