Dirt Daily. A Flat Fender Jeep history lesson and Identification guide - Fred Williams
Everyone loves the early Willys Flatfender Jeeps, but not everyone knows their history or the different models. I’ve been a Jeep fan for a long time so I thought I’d tell you everything I know about flatfenders, which isn’t everything, but it is a lot. These are the early Jeeps that started during World War 2 and became a national treasure and the sparked the start of the off-roading past time.…
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Taking the new Fender “Vintera II” 70’s Telecaster Bass to the shop today, for a set up with some lovely new La Bella flat wound strings ☺️
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That single split coil pickup vibe! #bass #bassist #fender #pbass #precision #iplayslinky #flats (at Longmont, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnQC4JEPunw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Review: In Tampa, Bleachers, Lovejoy, more expand cult followings at 97X NBT
Wilbur is mentioned in this article!
It’s a harsh reality to face, but even when you’re on your way to the top, it’s hard to convince peers and casual followers to check out your side projects and alternate passions. How many “Stranger Things” fans knew that Finn Wolfhard once fronted indie-rock quartet Calpurnia, or that Gaten Matarazzo portrayed Gavroche in "Les Miserables" on Broadway for a time?
Then you look into less mainstream figures with a cult following. You know, people like Wilbur Soot.
The 27-year-old Lovejoy frontman started as a YouTuber who heavily indulged in playing Minecraft. He put Lovejoy together in 2021, and did a debut U.S. tour—which skipped over Florida—earlier this year. But naturally, 97X—Tampa Bay’s largest alternative rock radio station—booked the boys to play a slot at its 22nd annual Next Big Thing, and surprisingly, on a bill that also included The Black Keys, Lovejoy’s presence was the talk of the entire day.
After NBT repeat offender MisterWives got through an uplifting, hour-long set (which opened with an onstage proposal), filled with lyrics of self-love and a keyboardist rocking a kilt, fans could see Wilbur Soot and company heading over from where the tour buses were parked backstage, and went crazy before any introductions could be made.
While MisterWives was onstage doing a final soundcheck before its set, Lovejoy took a few minutes to be interviewed by Radio Sam, and moments later, fans emptied a pretty good chunk of the bandshell, just to get an obstructed view of Soot hanging out on the balcony, waving to fans as if he were the King of England.
Once Lovejoy’s set finally rolled around at 5:15 p.m., the screams were so piercing that I thought we’d be unable to hear most of its set. Soot, wielding a white Fender Telecaster led the band into “Call Me What You Like.”
“This just in, Clearwater: I am a fucking dumbass,” Soot wailed, lamenting the paranoia that will linger for the rest of his life. But paranoia wasn’t a word in Soot’s vocabulary in terms of his experiences in Florida. He would compliment the glowing styrofoam “tubes” in the crowd, our warm-but-bearable December climate—compared to England’s weather conditions—and the mostly friendly interactions he has had with people while in town.
“I was in a Publix yesterday,” he recalled. Soot was in the process of retrieving a sugar cookie, when the bakery employee behind the counter flat-out told him that his British accent was weird.
“I was just like ‘sorry!’” he giggled. He’d lightly punch himself in the face during “Concrete,” keyboardist Alan Osmundson would switch to trumpet on a handful of tracks (“Sex Sells”), and “Portrait of a Blank Slate” made a smooth segue into set closer “The Fall.”
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