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Monday, January 02, 2006

National Music Museum: Barbara Mandrell Crutch Steel Guitar

From the National Music Museum
In 1984, Barbara Mandrell was in a car crash that left her severely injured. Moseley, Mandrell’s close friend, devised a creative get-well gift; an electric lap-steel guitar built as a functional crutch and finished in a bright blue metallic lacquer. When Moseley delivered the instrument, he fitted the instrument to her height in Mandrell’s husband’s basement workshop. ...

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