The [’ 62 Strat] body has four
screws, but the [’ 73] neck
only has three. It wobbled
all around, so I epoxied the
whole thing together and
it’s been fine ever since.
exiting the subway—sounds
that turned themselves into a
guitar riff. Other times, a song
will emerge as a reimagining of
an older one. When I wrote the
title track to The Naked Flame,
I set out to make a modern-day version of “Fire” by Jimi
Hendrix. My writing process
also involves the other musicians I work with—their input
can take a song to a place I
hadn’t envisioned.
On The Naked Flame you
cover Lucinda Williams’
“Broken Butterflies.” How
did your arrangement come
about?
I was a slave to the song—I
gave it what it needed to walk
on its own two feet. The song
seemed to call for just a tiny bit
of guitar and mostly harmonium, on account of its organic
sound. I love that instrument.
It’s just so human, with its
Julian playing a 1966 Fender Mustang at a 1981 gig with the Outsets, the band he formed after leaving the Voidoids. Photo by Lisa Lloyd
rest give it a
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• turns any flat surface into a guitar stand
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• inert material will not damage guitar finishes
in the studio · at home · on the stage · anywhere
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