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In Memoriam

My highly unique and last surviving uncle passed away yesterday, July 18, 2024. Charles ("Charlie" to many) was six months shy of his 102nd birthday in December. For his 100th birthday in 2022, I wrote him a poem. The photos below comprised the front and back of a card designed by JT, for which I recorded a 90-second .mp3 of me reciting the printed verse, uploading it to a tiny disk attached inside the card. The photos above are Charles with his Gretsch "New Yorker" in 1956, and then with the "Kat330" cigar box guitar JT made for my birthday in 2015.

The background music behind my recitation is from a lovely day in 2011 spent with my uncle on the grounds of the restored West Baden Springs Hotel resort in southern Indiana. We stumbled upon a stone domed "chapel" (probably an empty gardening shed) with phenomenal acoustics. Instinctively I began singing "Amazing Grace," and then I began the round "O, How Lovely Is the Evening" after Charles had joined in humming harmony on the hymn. When we were back home that day, I found out JT had surreptitiously recorded our private moment of joy in song, and that "Amazing Grace" recording was ideal to set behind this tribute poem.

Hymn to Him

Back in nineteen twenty and two Upon the 13th day December, There was born a blessèd man This day we honor and remember.

Born as Charles Henry Boonshot, Sometimes shortened to Charlie B., His name passed down by dad, the Sr. His mother's known as Anna Marie.

A farmboy raised in Indiana, And I might also make a note he Always lived in Martin County Near or in the town, Loogootee.

His sister and my mother, Margaret, His elder 18 months and plus, Did dearly love her baby brother Who is, as well, beloved by us!

He thrived upon the family farm Amid the usual barnyard cluster -- Chickens, pigs, a horse, a cow -- And trusty dog by name of Buster.

The Boonshot family loved to sing With Charlie's purest tenor tone Lifting high their gospel hymns In lovely harmonies home-grown.

He let his singing speak for him, Remained a quiet, gentle man, But never were his words more clear Than when he had guitar in hand.

And now my unc of so few words Arriving at a major milestone, Hears us praise in many words: The light a 100 years he's shone!

--Kathleen Martin, November 2022

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Gretsch G9555 New Yorker Archtop Guitar with Rosewood Fretboard, Pickup 2015 - 2018 Antique Burst

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Throwback to precisely 2 years ago today, back at the old house. . Amps: 1946 Princeton 1965 #VibroChamp 1965 #Vibrolux Reverb 1970 #Marshall 2022 1963 Princeton 1962 #Tremolux 1959 Princeton 1964 #Bassman 1964 Champ (far right, under the TV 😂) . Guitars: 1961 #LesPaulJunior 1971 #ES335 1968 #ES330 1972 #ES325 1965 #SGSpecial 1962 SG Special 2005 Ltd Ed '66 #Stratocaster 2002 Historic '67 #FlyingV Reissue 1968 #Telecaster 1957 #Musicmaster 2015 '63 #Tele Relic 1969 #SGStandard 2007 '60 #Strat Relic 1972 #ES355 1964 #Gretsch 6120 (now owned by @tomgibson3783) 1974 #LesPaul Deluxe (on loan from @marshalllespaulfan) . All #amp and #guitar stands by @atlasstands . Original art by @michaelsegui . #Gibson #fender #guitars #vintageguitars #guitarcollection #guitarphotography (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW-9BNaL2An/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Gretsch "Chet Atkins" Tennessean 1964

Sixty years ago, Gretsch introduced the Chet Atkins Tennessean. It was the high end guitar at that time and Chet Atkins used it as his main studio guitar. George Harrison also played a 1962 Tennessean, which is exactly the same style like our guitar. The George Harrison Tennessean was sold in 2015 for 179200 USD. This guitar modell is perhaps the most famous from Gretsch and it is played by many musicians until today. According to the serial number it is from 1964.  The guitar is in a wonderful vintage condition and has a great vintage look. It plays great and is perfectly adjusted. It has a beautiful feeling and a great sound. The perfect guitar for Jazz, Blues and Rock'n Roll - with the sparkle, warmth and clarity you'd expect.   Read the full article

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Adrian Whyte @adrianwhytemusic jazzing it up on a 2015 Gretsch Anniversary! 😃👍🎸 This one will be available on our website tomorrow. #gretschguitars #gretsch #bigsby #gretschanniverary #adrianwhyte #adrianwhytemusic #vintageguitar #guitarcollection #guitarsofinstagram #guitarporn #vintageandrare #guitargram #rareguitars #coolguitars #guitar #vintageguitars #vintage #guitaremporium https://www.instagram.com/p/B2dv4y7HiLP/?igshid=1fcitfhibxi89

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Musicians profile

How did you first get into music/being a musician?

Growing up there was always music being played throughout the house, my mum being a fan of 80s pop and my older sister being a 90s/2000s grunge esc music so I had many influences growing up before I developed my own music taste.

Like most people my initial first step into playing music was the silly music lessons in primary school with learning the recorder, I can’t really say it awoke my love for playing music. During primary I did try to learn guitar but I wasn’t interested at all and gave up within a week.

During my first year of secondary school is when I started playing drums taking lessons once a week throughout secondary school up until the GCSE period where I stopped the lessons but carried on playing up till now.

January this year I decided to buy myself a guitar and amp and have started to teach myself guitar and in the near future I should be investing in a bass to widen my music playing ability and knowledge.

What kind of music are you into right now? Who have you been to see play?

Right now I’m really into Royal Blood. For a two piece band they create such a huge atmosphere, creating such original music without overdoing it. They came out of the black with a new original sound and they were one of the headlining reading acts with only 1 album out at the time. Aswell as royal blood I listen to a lot of Rammstein (an industrial German metal band). As of recently I’ve been listening to a new up and coming indie rock band called the zangwills.

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In 2015 I went to reading festival and saw: Metallica, Bring me the horizon, royal blood, pierce the veil, fidlar, Alexisonfire, modestep, marmozets and babymetal.

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Why do you play the instrument you do? (What brand do you play/want to play? Why?)

I play drums as in a way it’s somewhat therapeutic. Currently im playing a Natal Spirit drum kit with Gibraltar hardware (cymbal stands) and a PDP 2 legged hi-hat stand. I use meinl cymbals. On my toms i use Evans G2 skins and on my snare i use a Remo Powerstroke 77 snare skin. Currently i’m using Vic Firth Nova sticks.

Since January I started to learn the guitar, at this moment in time I have quite cheap equipment but hope to upgrade soon. At the moment I play a les Paul shape Encore electric guitar and a Telecaster shape Benson guitar with a Line 6 spider Amplifier.

Brands i want to play would be a Mapex Black Panther Blaster kit with a Mapex sledgehammer snare. Cymbals i would use would be Soultone cymbals, they aren’t as big and popular as brands such as sabian or zildjian but i prefer soultone. Id use Evans skins like i’m using now. Mapex falcon hardware with Mapex falcon double bass pedal. (as you can tell i like Mapex) Lastly i would use vater session drumsticks.

Guitar Brands I would like to play are:

Bass: Gretsch Electromatic junior Jet in tobacco

Bass: Fender Jaguar orange and black

Guitar: Shecter Synyster gates Custom S

Amp: Helwin

Who is your musical hero? Why?

At the current moment my musical hero is Mike Kerr, the singer/bassist of Royal Blood. If I’m being honest I’m not sure why but it’s just something about him and the band. They don’t take it too seriously, when on stage they have an air of professionalism but are always enjoying themselves. It seems like a couple of friends on stage having a good time. Their sound is so original using a bass splitting the signal to a bass and a guitar amp using octave pedals and fuzz pedals.

What is your past experience as a musician?

The last 3 years I’ve been in a variety of different live performances playing a variety of genres from slow ballads, to acoustic sets to hard rock to 80s pop. I have a variety of genre playability’s in my arsenal.

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Link experiences to skills that you have gained so far.

I’ve spent a lot of time working on my dynamics as I’ve been told countless times I’m a loud drummer so I’ve spent a long time working on when to hold back on the volume during certain parts such as solos and verses and bringing the volume up during choruses.

I also enjoy playing without a click track as it gets rid of the panic of falling out of time with it and then trying to get back in time with it without jeopardising the whole song. I enjoy playing at my own pace as it gives me my own feel to the song.

What do you want to accomplish as an artist over the coming 12 months?

To play and create good music.

Where would you like to see yourself in 5 years time?

In 5 years time I hope to have gone to uni to study music performance more, to then maybe have started a band and start playing gigs gradually getting bigger. I hope to have also made some connections from uni into the music industry.

What about 10 years time?

In 10 years time I hope to been in a functional touring band, or being a successful session musician or tech of some kind.

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Goya Guitar G15

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The Goya guitar information spotlighted on this page comes from different sources (and individuals via email) and will sometimes conflict. Hopefully, enough facts come through to provide enlightenment to the history of the Goya guitar. At the bottom of this page is the list of some of the sources that I used. If you have any additional information about Goya guitars or the companies that produced and distributed them - please

Goya Guitar G15 En Que Consiste La Psicologia Del Color Download Train Simulator 2009 Taraftar Tv Indir Dragon Age Inquisition Full Download Akhkharu Vampyre Magick Pdf Drag Racer V3 Download Tms Tamil Songs Lyrics Create Simple. Goya was the first classic guitar line to put the trademark name on the headstock, and also created the ball end classic guitar string. Sep 09, 2015 This guitar had two cracks on the back of the base. VTG 1956 Goya G15 Acoustic Classical Guitar 50s Gretsch Martin Sweden Orig Case You are bidding on an authentic vintage 1956 Goya classical acoustic guitar. This guitar is in very good condition.

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email me. ThanksThe guitar brand name 'Goya' existed from the mid 1950's to 1996. Nylon and steel string acoustic and acoustic/electric guitars, hollow body electric guitars, solidbody electric guitars and basses, thinline electric archtops guitars, banjos, mandolins and amplifiers. The Goya brand name was initially used by Hershman Musical Instrument Company of New York City, New York, in mid 1950's for acoustic guitars made in Sweden by Levin, particularly known for its classical guitars. NOTE: As best I can tell, 'Goya' brand guitars were made starting in 1954 and ending in 1996. The Goya brand name was initially used by the Hershman Musical Instrument Company of New York (Goya Guitars Inc.). The 'Goya' name comes from Francisco Jose de Goya, the famous 18th century Spanish painter known as the father of modern art (Francisco drew a lot of Spanish guitar players too). The distribution for Goya guitars went from Hershman to Kustom Electronics Inc. in 1970 and then over to Dude Inc. (both of Chanute, Kansas) in late 1972 as best I can tell. Most of the acoustic guitars during this perion (1954-1973) were handmade in Sweden by the Levin company (I believe the possible exceptions were the G-50 models made in the USA based on descriptions in some of my Goya catalogs). The Goya brand then went to Martin Guitars in 1974 (the same year they acquired Levin) and lasted until 1996. These Goya guitars were made in Japan, Korea and Taiwan (I've never seen a Martin 'Goya' that said made in Sweden).

Sparkle plastic covered Model 80 (ESP24 Standard) and Model 90 (EDP46) hollowbody electric 'Les Pauls' (with replaceable pickup assemblies) - made by Hagstrom - introduced mid 1959. These are relatively rare.

By 1963 company had become Goya Musical Instrument Corporation, marketing primarily Goya acoustic guitars. Goya purchased by Avnet, Inc., prior to 1966, when Avnet purchased Guild Guitars. Probably some 1970's guitars were made in Japan.

Justbroadcaster for periscope. Goldspy. Brand name purchased by C.F.Martin in late '70s with Japanese-made acoustic guitars, solidbody electric guitars, basses, banjos and mandolins imported in around 1978 and continuing through the 1980's. Brand name was then used on high-quality Korean-made acoustic and acoustic/electric guitars, banjos and mandolins. Brand name 'Goya' discontinued in 1996.

Goya instruments were originally produced in Sweden by the Levin Company that has been making guitars since the 1900's. Distributed by Hershman Musical Instruments Company of New York. Later Goya instruments were built in Korea from the early 1970's to 1996, and were distributed by the Martin Guitar Company, located in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. The Goya trademark was originally used by the Hershman Musical Instrument Company of New York City, New York in the 1950's on models built by Sweden's Levin Company (similiar models were sold in Europe under the company's Levin trademark). Levin built high quality acoustic flattop, classical, and archtop guitars as well as mandolins. A large number of rebranded Goya instruments were imported to the U.S. market. As a side note - Anders Wasén of Gothenburg, Sweden (where Levin/Goya was made) provides this additional information: H.C. Levin was from Sweden and as I was told worked in the United States as a trainee at the Martin Guitar Company. Nomachine for mac. So did his son just before World War I (as he told me himself). H.C. went back to Sweden and formed the Levin Guitar company (Goya in the US).

In the late 1950's, solidbody electric guitars and basses built by Hagstrom (also a Swedish company) were rebranded Goya and distributed in the U.S. as well. In 1963 the company changed its name to the Goya Musical Instrument Corporation.

Goya was purchased by Avnet in 1966, and continued to import instruments such as the Rangemaster in 1967. By the late 1960's, electric solidbody guitars and basses were then being built in Italy by the EKO company. Avnet then sold the Goya trademark to Kustom Electronics. It has been estimated that the later Goya instruments of the 1970's were built in Japan.

The C.F. Martin company later acquired the Levin company, and bought the rights to the Goya trademark from a company named Dude, Inc. in 1976. Martin imported a number guitar, mandolin, and banjo string instruments from the 1970's through to 1996. While this trademark is currently discontinued, the rights to the name are still held by the Martin Guitar company.

The Goya company featured a number of innovations that most people are not aware of. Goya was the first classic guitar line to put the trademark name on the headstock, and also created the ball end classic guitar string.

Levin-Era Goya models feature interior paper label with the Goya trademark in a cursive style, and designated 'Made by A.B. Herman Carlson Levin - Gothenburg Sweden.' Model and serial number appear on the label, as well as on the neck block.

Albin Hagstrom's company produced guitars in Sweden from 1957 through the early 1980's. Early distributors included the Hershman Musical Instrument Company of New York (under Goya logo) and Selmer, U.K. (under Futurama logo). Hagstrom really came into it's stride during the beat boom of the early 1960's, making functional, affordable models such as the Kent. Hagstrom also began to export widely, often badging guitars to suit the marketing brands of the customer. Thus some US Goya-brand guitars orginated at the Hagstrom plant, as did a number of British Futurama models.

The earliest known Goya guitars that I can VERIFY are from 1958. I have a 1958 Goya Guitar catalog to base that statement on. Also, all Goya guitars with labels saying 'Made by A.B. Herman Carlson Levin, Gothenburg, Sweden' have serial numbers showing a 1958 date using the 'Locksley Serial Number List.' I believe that list can be ONLY be used for Goya guitars having that label. All other Goya guitars CAN NOT use the 'Locksley Serial Number List.'

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Goya guitars were imported from Sweden by Kustom Electronics in the late 60's to early 70's. I have a 'Kustom Goya Ad' dated 1971. I've been told that Kustom didn't put serial numbers on the Goya guitars. The Goya distributorship was then sold to Keith Dodd of Dude Inc. in the early 70s who I've been told did put serial numbers on the Goya guitars. Kustom Electronics originated in Chanute, Kansas as did Dude Inc. Around 1977 the Goya franchise was sold by Dude to the Martin Guitar Co., who began importing Goya guitars from the orient (I have a 1977 Goya Martin Guitar catalog).

Goya was a brand applied to guitars imported into the US by Hershman. From 1959 some were made by Hagstrom in Sweden, with distinctive touches including colorful plastic finishes and multiple control layouts. By the late 1950's the influence of electric guitars had spread worldwide, evidenced by other countries' contributions to the cause, and some of these did make their mark on a pre-beat boom British market. In Sweden, accordion maker Hagstrom decided it wanted a piece of the electric guitar action and launched two- and four- pickup solidbody models in 1958. These visually arresting guitars boasted banks of pushbuttons and chromed panels plus abundant sparkle and pearloid plastic - all unsurprisingly appropriate in view of their accordion-derived ancestry. Such exercises in excess even fared well in the US where Hagstroms bore the Goya brand name.

Jimi Hendrix played a psychedelic (paisley design) Goya Rangemaster, which can be seen in the 'Jimi Hendrix Electric Gypsy' book by Shapiro & Glebeek. The picture in the book has this description 'Goya - probably made in early 1968. This photograph (taken around March 1968 in the USA) shows Jimi playing this Italian-manufactured guitar - the first psychedelic guitar available on the market.' NOTE: I believe I saw the guitarist for 'Country Joe and the Fish' playing a Goya Rangemaster during a performance that was shown on 'The History of Rock 'n' Roll' shown on PBS television.

Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame composed her first song 'I've Loved and I've Lost' with a Goya guitar, her very first guitar, given to her by her parents on her sixteenth birthday. Asked during a MTV interview, 'How long, actually, have you been composing songs?' she answered, 'Since my 16th birthday, the day I got my Goya guitar. I wrote a song that day.' Another great artist that used a Goya guitar in all her songs was Melanie. If you ever saw the 1967 movie 'The Sound of Music' then you saw Julia Andrews playing a classical Goya guitar (I believe it was a G-13 model).Another artist associated with Goya guitars is Mason Williams, who gave us the great guitar instrumental 'Classical Gas.' His second guitar was a Goya which he bought in 1958.

The Goya Rangemasters electric guitars were produced between 1965 - 1969. The 'Goya' brand name was used at various times by Hershman Musical Instrument Company of New York, an importing firm, and as was so often the case with distribution companies one brand name turns up on guitars from a number of different sources. The Rangemaster model, for example, is of Italian origin, reflecting a 1960s predilection for multiple control layouts and most likely comes from the EKO factory. The vibrato bar, however, was provided by another Goya supplier, the Hagstrom company of Sweden.' NOTE: Someone informed me that they had talked with a production manager from 'EKO' in the 60s who said they had no involvement with Goya. That same person suggested to me that the 'Polverini Brothers' in Italy made the Rangemaster guitars. It has also been suggested that Italian guitar maker Galanti made the Goya 'Panther' models. The Goya Panther and the Galanti guitars look nearly identical.

The Japanese manufacturers who started to mass produce electric guitars in the early 1960's included Fujigen Gakki which made guitars with Goya, Kent and other importer brands. Greco instruments were imported to the U.S. through Goya Guitars/Avnet. Avnet was the same major company that also acquired Guild in 1966. NOTE: The 'Greco' brand guitars as owned by the Hershman Musical Instrument Company of New York (Goya Guitars Inc.) during the 1960s are NOT the same as the Japanese made GRECO guitars made in the 70s and 80s. The Hershman 'Grecos' were made in various European countries and are listed in my Greco catalogs. I believe the 'Greco' name comes from the 16th century painter El Greco (there were no guitars around during his days). The logo for the Hershman Grecos are in the same style as the Hershman Goya logo and different than the Japanese made GRECO guitar logos. By the way, speaking of logos, the Goya logo did go through a change sometime in the 1980s when Martin owned the Goya brand - some of these guitars were made in Korea.

Today is a good day I would suppose. I ran over to one of my old friends houses whom I don't see very often. He is heading off to college Sept. 1st to finish his degree and is trying to get rid of useless shit in his house. He doesn't play guitar and had this acoustic lying around from some house party he had AGES ago. Some stupid kid left it there. I am assuming its really not that valuable, considering the kid left it, oh, at someones house. He got wind that I had started playing guitar and asked if I wanted it, told me it would be a fixer cause it had been lying around his house for, well, ages. It is indeed a fixer-upper (Well kinda..) It needs new strings and a new nut (missing it, where the hell it is, G-d only knows. But- Its a Goya by Martin Model # G310

I know nothing of this guitar, and I am probably retarded and cant find anything online really of use, ie- value, where to find parts (aka-this nut that I need) and some way to tell what year etc I have on my hands. From what I can find, they stopped making this guitar in 1992. So..Ah..Little help here? Please. Por Favor? Love Tan.

Goya Guitar G-10

Goya Guitar G150

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Sanger fra ei tom whiskeyflaske

Sarah Shook synger om alle feilene hun har gjort i livet. Om rotete forhold og et liv som har havnet i grøfta igjen og igjen. Publikum er de hun kan dele historiene med.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers spilte på John Dee i slutten mai. Etter konserten fikk Omstreifere en prat med frontfiguren i bandet.  

Tekst og foto: Henning Benjaminsen

John Dee i Oslo er ikke stappfullt, men det har samla seg en god gjeng foran scenen. Etter å ha vært på mange country-og americanakonserter i hovedstaden de siste årene begynner jeg å kjenne igjen fjesene som har dukket opp i kveld. Sarah Shook skal spille for Oslos country-og americanamenighet.

Med trange jeans og Gretsch-gitaren over skuldra smeller hun og bandet i gang konserten. Sarah Shook er en vever skikkelse med en ubestemmelig alder. Hun ser ut som en tenåring samtidig som hun utstråler levd liv. Øynene hennes, de gangene vi skimter dem bak det lange håret, er intense og man blir raskt sugd inn i de utleverende tekstene hennes.

Sarah Shook synger fra bunnen av ei whiskeyflaske. Det høres i hvert fall slik ut. Tekstene handler om å gå på trynet, reise seg igjen, for så å gjøre de samme feilene en gang til. Etter 3-4 låter har Sarah Shook & The Disarmers satt fyr på et overopphetet publikum.

- I hate fucking bullshit, flirer hun før bandet teller opp på ny.

Kontrakt med Bloodshot Records

Sarah Shook og gjengen hennes slapp debutalbumet «Sidelong» i 2015. De ga ut albumet sjøl og begynte å turnere. Men det var først i 2017 da anerkjente Bloodshot Records skrev kontrakt og ga ut albumet på nytt at jungeltelegrafen begynte å rope om dette særegne bandet. Musikkblogger og forskjellige nettmagasiner har skrytt av musikken og bandet har fått rykte på seg for å holde minneverdige konserter. Albumet «Sidelong» dukka opp på diverse årsbeste-lister på tampen av fjoråret.

I april i år slapp bandet sitt andre album, «Years». Et album som har mottatt mange godord fra anerkjente musikkforståsegpåere. Countrypunk er en betegnelse som går igjen når journalister skal forsøke å beskrive musikken til Sarah Shook & The Disarmers.

Kø for signering av plata

Etter et par røyk og en samtale med noen svært begeistrede publikummere finner jeg meg et bord i en krok ved baren. Der sitter jeg og noterer litt i boka mi, mens jeg innimellom studerer signeringskøen borte ved scena. En smilende frontfigur sitter henslengt på scenekanten, mens hun villig signerer vinylcovere, deler ut klemmer og kikker inn i mobilkameraer. Jeg har blitt lova en prat når signeringskøen er unnagjort.

Spilte gitar i trærne

Sarah Shook forteller at hun ville bli musiker, eller i alle fall at hun ville skrive sanger, fra hun var rundt ni år. Kanskje tidligere. Hun forteller at hun vokste opp i en fundamentalistisk kristen familie, et livssyn som ikke hadde mye rom for annet en klassisk musikk og kristne sanger.

- Vi hadde et piano som det var greit å spille på, men det var ikke spesielt populært at jeg begynte å spille gitar, smiler hun.

Hun lærte seg å spille gitar i smug, helst sittende høyt oppe i et tre. Jeg klatra mye i trær i oppveksten, ler hun.

I trærne fikk hun være i fred. Hun forteller at hun følte seg ensom som barn og hun var ekstremt sjenert. Foreldrene ble bekymra da hun slutta å snakke. Sarah Shook ble sendt til forskjellige psykologer og terapeuter.

- Det hjalp ikke akkurat at vi flytta så mye rundt. Når jeg endelig hadde fått kontakt med noen måtte jeg si adjø. Det ble en del tunge brudd, sier hun og kikker ned i bordet.

Gifta seg etter to uker

Sarah Shook har et intenst blikk og hun snakker nærmest uten filter. Det virker som om ordene kommer rett fra hjertet. Sarah Shook ler mye når hun prater, men plutselig må hun holde tårene tilbake. På et tidspunkt, da hun var rundt 20, måtte hun bryte med det livet hun levde. Det var for mange fordommer og for få muligheter til «å se utenfor boksen».

- Kristendommen jeg var omgitt av var veldig begrensende for meg, forklarer hun.

­Sarah Shook ville bort og vekk hjemmefra. Hun møtte en fyr på nettet som hun gifta seg med.

- Vi gifta oss etter et par uker, etter to måneder var jeg gravid etter et år var jeg skilt, smiler hun og tar seg en slurk av plastglasset på bordet foran seg. Plastglasset er skjenka godt opp med whiskey.

- Jeg har alltid følt meg annerledes, ja, så lenge jeg kan huske. Jeg forstod tidlig at miljøet jeg vokste opp i var feil. Jeg kom meg i alle fall bort, fortsetter hun.

Samhold med publikum

Virkeligheten er ofte brutal og jævlig, mener Sarah Shook. Hun forteller at det hun har opplevd i livet gir henne kraft og en mening med det hun holder på med. Når hun er på scenen og synger opplever hun et samhold med publikum. De er noen hun kan dele sine historier med.

- Hver eneste gang jeg står på en scene og ser utover publikum, ser jeg at tekstene mine treffe folk. Jeg ser at folk kjenner seg igjen i tekstene mine. Vi har opplevd de samme tingene, eller ting som likner. Jeg ser det i øynene deres, forteller hun.

Da den amerikansk musikkbloggen Saving Country Music skrev om den siste plata hennes. Var det en mann som kommenterte under artikkelen. Han kom med både homofobiske og sexsistiske uttalelser mot hennes livsstil, men han skrev også at han likte plata og ble berørt av tekstene. Shook mener dette gir håp. Hun tror musikken hennes traff noe i den mannen og håper hun det fikk han til å tenke seg om.

- Kanskje folk kan innse at det ikke betyr så forbanna mye hvem man ligger med likevel, sier hun.

Sarah Shook er politisk aktiv og har engasjert seg spesielt i saker vedrørende LHBT-bevegelsen. «I’m a vegan, bisexual, atheist, civil rights activist, female in a country band in the South», skriver hun på hjemmesida si.

Amerikanerne holder fasaden

Shook mener at det amerikanske samfunnet og musikkbransjen er preget av å holde en fin fasade med «candy og kaker», sier hun.

Shook reagerer på at innholdet i både de gamle og nyere countrysangene vi hører på radio er så fjernt fra virkeligheten. Hun mener at hovedpersonen i sangene, som oftest en mann, nesten alltid blir fremstilt som et offer. Mannsfigurene i tekstene oppdager at kjæresten har ligget med en annen og Shook har ofte spurt seg hva jeg-personen i sangen har gjort. Hva var det som gjorde at kjæresten dro eller at hun fant seg en annen? I tillegg mener hun at mange av sangtekstene i den tradisjonelle countryen er urealistisk, det blir for rosenrødt.

- Et brudd er jævlig. Det kan være noe av det kjipeste du har opplevd, noe som er med å prege deg resten av livet. Jeg har driti meg ut mange ganger, ja og det har vel de fleste andre også, sier hun engasjert.

Shook forteller at det er slike følelser vil skrive om. Hun vil at de som hører på musikken hennes skal forstå at det hun synger om er ekte.

Punkinspirert

Sarah Shook sier hun ikke hører så mye på tradisjonell countrymusikk, det går mest i gammel punk. Men hun elsker Hank senior.

- Det første bandet skikkelige bandet jeg spilte i, Sarah Shook & The Devil, gjorde halvparten med Hank senior låter og resten var egne låter. Da var også mitt eget materiale nærmere tradisjonell countrymusikk. Punk-elementene i musikken kom helt naturlig da jeg for alvor begynte å konsentrere meg om å lage mitt eget materiale, sier hun.

Sønnen er hennes største helt

Sarah Shook sier hun elsker å være på turné og hun elsker å være på vei fra sted til sted, men hun savner sønnen sin noe skrekkelig. For annen gang under intervjuet sliter hun med å holde tårene tilbake. Den 11 år gamle sønnen er hennes største helt. Det er han som gir henne kraft til å karre seg opp igjen, sier hun.

Bandet er familien min

Sarah Shook synes Skandinavia har vært helt fantastisk. Shook beskriver midnattssola hun og bandet opplevde nord i Sverige som en helt ekstraordinær opplevelse.

- Jeg trodde det skulle bli kaldt her og pakka luer, tykke gensere og et par jakker, men det er jo t-skjortevær. Jeg fryser vanligvis hele tida men her kan til og med jeg gå ute i t-skjorte. In fucking Norway, utbryter hun.

På gata utenfor John Dee tenner hun en røyk, Sarah Shook vil videre. Hun har fått anbefalt puben Revolver. På veien snakker vi om musikkmiljøet i hjembyen hennes, Chapel Hill i North Carolina. Hun forteller om mange bra spillesteder som er samlet i en del av byen. Hun er glad for at folk der er åpne for ny musikk og nye impulser. Slik jeg forstår det var det i dette miljøet hun traff resten av bandet sitt. Gitarist Eric Peterson og bassist Aaron Oliva er passert 50 og har vært aktive musikere siden begynnelsen av 90-tallet.

- Jeg elsker bandet mitt, sier hun og veiver med sigaretten. De er familien min, de er «freaks» akkurat som meg, sier Shook.

Sarah Shook & The Disarmers er fortsatt i Skandinavia. Bandet har spilt en rekke konserter i Sverige og Norge, pluss en liten tur innom Danmark. Turnelista viser at bandet spiller i Gøteborg 13 juni, i Uppsala 15 juni for så å avslutte denne turneen i Stockholm 16 juni.