There ought to be a law with no bail

You smash a guitar and you go to jail

With no chance for early parole

You don't get out until you get some soul


Oh, it breaks my heart to see those stars

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

I don't know who they think they are

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

 
John Hiatt

 

  

functionform <|> harmonybalance

a guitar stand build


gregg brazel

feb 2025

 

 

raw materials

birch plywood, mahogany slab, copper pipe

 

 

work in progress

copper pipe was sanded bare then patinaed

with salt, vinegar, and ammonia

ray says metal!

 

 

the final stand

this design is a mash-up of some

of my favorite styles...

art-nouveau, mid-century, and wabi-sabi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

carved mahogany picks

 

• • •

 

I won't be a great musician in this lifetime

but I love music to the core

and consider it an essential element

like water, oxygen, and sunlight

with all the beautiful instruments

keys, brass, strings, woodwinds, percussions

and of course vocals

and all the talented people

who make and play them

with inspired skills and raw spirit

thank you for sharing your gifts

to radiate light & heat in this indifferent world

 

 

 

 

let the good times roll

Perfectly Good Guitar, John Hiatt (country rock)

Chan Chan, Buena Vista Social Club (latin jazz)

More than A Feeling, Boston (prog rock)

Four Seasons, Vivaldi (classical orchestra)

Rose Tattoo, Dropkick Murphys (irish punk)

The Thrill Is Gone, BB King (blues)

Dance Yrself Clean, LCD Soundsystem (electronic)

Evidence, Faith No More (alternative funk)

More, Sisters of Mercy (goth metal)

Don't Carry It All, Decemberists (indie pop)

Interstate Love Song, STP (rock)

Going to Jackson, Johnny and June (country)

I Still Believe, The Call (alt rock)

 30 Days In The Hole, Humble Pie (rock)

Reach for The Sky, Social Distortion (punk)

True Faith, New Order (post-punk)

Soulshine, Allman Brothers (southern rock)

Sacred Choir Compilation

 

 

 


 

Late at night, the end of the road

He wishes he still had that old guitar to hold

He'd rock it like a baby in his arms

Never let it come to any harm


Oh, it breaks my heart to see those stars

Smashing a perfectly good guitar

I don't know who they think they are

Smashing a perfectly good, good guitar

 

               

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