Doug Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 http://www.michiganradio.org/post/best-gibson-guitars-were-made-kalamazoo-gals Kind of reminds me of our photos for PSP! But where are the guitars? Show 'em if you got 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schundog Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Very Cool, Doug! It's almost like time has stood still when we get our pic taken in front of that historic landmark. The more things change, the more they stay the same, some 70 year or so later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoslate Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Great photo! First thing I noticed was just how many women worked there! And now, just Katie. Also, how closely the current "Heritage" headstock logo script matches the "Gibson" script logo, over the door. Nice touch! Nod, nod; wink, wink.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulk1 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Great photo! First thing I noticed was just how many women worked there! And now, just Katie. Also, how closely the current "Heritage" headstock logo script matches the "Gibson" script logo, over the door. Nice touch! Nod, nod; wink, wink.... Say no more, say no more! And on the pic, fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yooper Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I'll bet that same guy is looking down from the window... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golferwave Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 I think that picture was taken during WW II when many factories were staffed by women. A window back in time. Thanks for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HRB853370 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 http://www.michiganradio.org/post/best-gibson-guitars-were-made-kalamazoo-gals Kind of reminds me of our photos for PSP! But where are the guitars? Show 'em if you got 'em! So you are asking them to show their "what"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthpawGuy Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Great article, thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koula901 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 http://www.michiganradio.org/post/best-gibson-guitars-were-made-kalamazoo-gals Kind of reminds me of our photos for PSP! But where are the guitars? Show 'em if you got 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 I thought this was interesting regarding Jeff Beck and the upcoming Kalamazoo Gals documentary: Yes, “Jeff” is that Jeff. And he of guitar deity status is, gulp, sitting in the front row for my short set. Ball invited me to offer the first “spoken word performance” at her eclectic “Classical Kicks” series at the club. Like all of tonight’s performers, I get about fifteen minutes of stage time, which I’ll split between about ten minutes of telling the Kalamazoo Gal tale and then, well, at least attempting to play a song. The Ronnie Scott’s gig is the second stop on the Kalamazoo Gals London tour. The first occurred a few days earlier at the studios of BBC Radio 2, the most popular of the BBC’s four radio divisions and which focuses on Album Oriented Rock (AOR) music. As part of its upcoming, year-long series about the guitar, the studio is producing an hour-long Kalamazoo Gals documentary. A few months back I spent several days in Kalamazoo, Michigan with BBC producer David Cook. He interviewed me about the genesis, research, and writing of the book and chatted with the surviving Gals. He also recorded me as I wandered the old Gibson factory and stood beside now-abandoned machinery waxing nostalgic about the skilled craft of the Gals and peeked into cobweb-obscured corners while musing about Orville’s ghost. Perhaps best, using my1943 Gal-made Gibson, we recorded music in abandoned rooms at the very spots where some of the Gals worked. Source: http://www.fretboardjournal.com/blog/kalamazoo-gals-london-jeff-beck-and-suzi-quatro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterbright Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Great info Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I527 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ledzef Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Interesting piece of history. Interesting to see a W.A.C. (Women's Army Corp.) home on leave. Tell times have changed if you look at the banner it says Banjo's and mandolins. Les would have been cutting records with Mr. Bing Crosby at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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