Gil and Janie Hembree at the freshly assembled VG booth at the 39th Annual Dallas Int’l Guitar Festival.1967 Galanti Grand Prix Sunburst.Unofficially the Jed Clampett model (YouTube “Jed Clampett rocks out” and you’ll see why) – a ’58 Danelectro model 3923 Doubleneck.Howie Statland showing off a Kustom K200 in Wineburst.John Southern and King Tut (guess who’s who) with a 1927 Martin 00-42.Three beautiful old Kay basses.1971 Rickenbacker 360SF -Slant Fret in Burgundyglow.1933 (first year) Gibson A-00 mandolin.Three shades of Stratocaster – ’63 Fiesta Red, ’64 Candy Apple Red, and ’65 Lake Placid Blue.L-R Rick Vito, Jimmy Wallace, Somny Landreth, Robben Ford at the nightly jam session.Three ’59 ES-345s brought together at the show by Drew Berlin (L), Gary Dick (not pictured), and Willie Smith. Willie’s is in the center – he still gigs with it regularly.
