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Lucy King Biography & Facts
Lucy is the name given to the Gibson Flying V and a series of copies owned by blues guitarist Albert King. King apparently picked the Flying V (at a time when few other guitarists did) because of its style, and in return helped make it famous. First Lucy The "original" Lucy, named for Lucille Ball, was a right-handed 1959 Gibson Flying V made of korina, and it is the guitar King used on almost all of the important recordings he made for Stax Records. The guitar was stolen but later recovered. King bought it in his St. Louis days, in the late 1950s, when his career was beginning to take off. He kept the name secret for a while, for some reason, and then revealed it as Lucy; Stax played up the revelation by releasing the single "I Love Lucy", which became a hit in 1968.King played a second Flying V, a 1966 model, after his 1959 model was stolen. Reportedly this one was given to him by Gibson; this is the guitar he used to record "Born Under a Bad Sign". The 1959 V was recovered and it was retired in 1974, to make way for the second Lucy. Second Lucy The second Lucy was made by luthier Dan Erlewine, who had seen King when the latter played at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in Michigan in 1970, and in 1971 had met King at a show in Ann Arbor. He offered to build him a true left-handed V out of a 125-year old piece of black walnut. King agreed and came to Erlewine's shop the day after, where Erlewine measured his guitar and took notes. King asked for his name to be inlaid on the fretboard, and the name "Lucy" on the peghead. This Lucy was delivered to King in May 1972. The guitar was refretted (by Erlewine's cousin Mark, in Texas) in the late 1970s or early 1980s, and underwent repairs in Memphis after being underwater for 24 hours due to a tornado in the mid 1980s. Erlewine saw the guitar again in 1989 and did fret work and other minor repairs. Since then Erlewine has made a number of copies, all from the same slab of walnut; Erlewine said in 2009 that he had enough wood to make 20 or so Lucys. Third Lucy In 1980, a third Lucy was made by Bradley Prokopow. King played the Erlewine and Prokopow guitars until his death in 1992. Fourth Lucy Built by John Bolin upon commission from Billy Gibbons, this one is known as the pink Lucy. Currently resides at Stax Museum in Memphis Fifth Lucy Custom Archtop Flying V, built by Tom Holmes in 1987 upon commission from Billy Gibbons, it was given to AK for his 64th birthday. This guitar was sold by Julien's action on Nov 17 for over 63K to an unknown collector. Legacy Steven Seagal owns the 1958 and 1966 Flying Vs, and the Erlewine copy. A rumor reported by Seagal has it that the 1958 V was a bargaining chip in a craps game in the late 1960s; Seagal says he bought it in Memphis after the guitar had been hidden for twenty years. He bought the Erlewine copy in the early 2000s. Seagal's repairman had the guitar in his shop when his seven-year-old son happened to see it, along with the ghost of a "big black man" he later identified as King. The Gibson website echoes Seagal's judgment on King's importance to the guitar, and says Lucy played "a considerable role in immortalizing the model". See also List of guitarsReferences. Discover the Lucy King popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Lucy King books.
Best Seller Lucy King Books of 2024
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Down to the Woods
M. J. ArlidgeIf you go down to the woods today, you better not go alone . . .FROM THE MILLIONCOPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ARLIDGEThe last thing Tom Campbell remembers is camping in the New Fore...
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The Palace
Gareth RussellA “riotously readable…tender and affectionate” (Daily Mail, London) exploration of five hundred years of British historyfrom King Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth IIas seen through th...
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The Order of Things
Graham HurleyThe fourth novel in the Jimmy Suttle series, from 'one of the UK's finest crime novelists' (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY), author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRAD'There is noone writing bette...
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Queen by Royal Appointment
Lucy MonroeThey say that duty and desire don’t mix…and they’re about to collide spectacularly in this royal romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Lucy Monroe.Fifty dates to decide…If she ...
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The First Bohemians
Vic GatrellThe colourful, salacious and sumptuously illustrated story of Covent Garden the creative heart of Georgian London from Wolfson Prizewinning author Vic GatrellSHORTLISTED FOR THE ...
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The Four Symbols
Giacometti & RavenneFrom multimillion copy bestselling authors Giacometti & Ravenne comes a Nazi spy thriller for fans of Dan Brown, Steve Berry and Wilbur Smith"I couldn't put it down ... the aut...
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The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood
Robert Hutchinson'A marvellous romp' The Times'The clash of blades, the whizzing bullets and galloping hooves guarantee nonstop adventure' Literary ReviewIn May 1671, Colonel Blood became the only ...
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Deep Water
Emma BamfordThe dark side of paradise is exposed when a terrified couple reveals their daunting experience on a remote island to their rescuersonly to realize they’re still in the grips of the...
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The Memory Wood
Sam LloydTHE MUSTREAD RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK. Chilling, moving and unputdownable, The Memory Wood is a thriller like no other. 'Beautifully told, with two superbly drawn young pr...
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Touching Distance
Graham HurleyA killing without mercy. A crime with no motive. A thriller from the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRADThree random killings. Or something much, much worse? DS Jimmy Suttle is try...
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Lost or Found
Graham IsonA wedding ring, a missing woman, a bizarre disappearance...Brock and Poole have one of their most unusual cases to unravel'Devilishly engaging characters and authentic details of p...
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The Happy Pear
David Flynn & Stephen FlynnTHE IRISH NO.1 BESTSELLING COOKBOOK! DELICIOUS PLANTBASED, RECIPES LOVED BY VEGETARIAN AND MEATEATERS ALIKE!'These lovely boys always create incredibly tasty food' Jamie Oliver Let...
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One Under
Graham HurleyTwo crimes, two tangles of emotions and thwarted love...From the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRADA man is chained inside a tunnel and then dismembered and scattered along the tr...
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His Royal Love-Child
Lucy MonroeDanette Michaels knew that when she became Principe Marcello Scorsolini's secret mistress there would be no marriage, no future and no public acknowledgment. At the time it was eno...
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The Little Book of Self-care
Suzy ReadingSelfcare is daily nourishment that gives us a fighting chance to minimize illness, fatigue, depression and anxiety. Central to the idea of selfcare is the idea that taking care of ...
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Sins of the Father
Graham HurleyDS Jimmy Suttle investigates a murder in a house haunted by the past in the latest from 'one of the UK's finest crime novelists' (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY), author of LAST FLIGHT TO S...
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Big Summer
Jennifer WeinerA deliciously funny, remarkably poignant “beach read to end all beach reads” (Entertainment Weekly) about the power of friendship, the lure of frenemies, and the importance of maki...
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Gainsborough
James HamiltonSelected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer 'Compulsively readable the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times 'Brings one of the very ...
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Restoration London
Liza PicardHow did you clean your teeth in the 1660s? What makeup did you wear? What pets did you keep?Making use of every possible contemporary source, Liza Picard presents an engrossing pic...
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Harlequin Presents November 2021 - Box Set 1 of 2
Lucy Monroe, Abby Green, Sharon Kendrick & Michelle SmartHarlequin Presents brings you four fulllength stories in one collection! Experience the glamorous lives of royals and billionaires, where passion knows no bounds. Be swept into a w...
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King Of The Vagabonds
Colin Dann'Don't stray into the Quartermile Field. Any animal with sense avoids the spot,' warns Sammy's mother. But Sammy is curious about the Field, and about his father, ...
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Vladimir
Julia May JonasAn NPR, Washington Post, Time, People, Vulture, Guardian, Vox, Kirkus Reviews, Newsweek, LitHub, and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year “Delightful…cathartic, devious, ...
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Deadlight
Graham Hurley'There is no one writing better police procedurals today.' Daily TelegraphA twentyyearold crime throws DI Joe Faraday into the violent legacy of the Falklands War...Freshly promote...
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The Cost of Their Royal Fling
Lucy MonroeIn this enchanting royal romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Lucy Monroe, what starts as a nostrings arrangement becomes extremely complicated…The only man to tempt her?A princ...
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The Phoenix
Leo Hollis'A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science' ECONOMISTThe remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fir...
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A Gift for Dying
M. J. ArlidgeThe totally gripping psychological thriller, from the millioncopy bestselling author of the Helen Grace series. 'The perfect psychological thriller' 5 Reader Review Nothing surpri...
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Denial
Peter JamesIntroducing policeman Glenn Branson...When actress Gloria Lamark takes her own life, her devoted son, Thomas, is heartbroken. Something must be wrong with a world in which such a t...
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Happy Days
Graham Hurley'There is no one writing better police procedurals today.' Daily TelegraphA war which throws the police into the front line: the reckoning awaits.D/I Faraday is gone and the police...
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The Price of Darkness
Graham HurleyGraham Hurley's acclaimed crime series takes a step into the dark side as DC Winter wonders whether crime might pay...From the author of LAST FLIGHT TO STALINGRAD.DC Winter, sacked...
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Knight of Pleasure
Margaret MalloryTHE GREATEST PASSION Lady Isobel Hume is an expert swordswoman who knows how to choose her battles. When the king asks her to wed a French nobleman to form a political alliance, ...
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John Sinclair 942
Jason DarkEndlich als EBook: Die Folgen der KultSerie John Sinclair aus den Jahren 1990 1999! Die blutige Lucy (1. Teil). Es war eine mörderische Nacht, aber Lucy Tarlington genoss sie. Die...
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No Lovelier Death
Graham Hurley'There is no one writing better police procedurals today.' Daily TelegraphTwo murdered teenagers. Both sides of the law are looking for the killer.But who will get there first?A te...
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Rocking Kin
Terri Anne BrowningRule #3 Don’t give second chances. Jace St. Charles left me when I needed him most. He said I was too young. He didn’t want to be tied...
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Londoners
Maureen DuffyMany of the Londoners in this novel are outcasts some are criminals in society’s eyes. Most are descended from adventurers and immigrants. The worlds they inhabit the bedsit; the...
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Five Minutes to a Healthier You
Hannah EbelthiteCan you spare five minutes? From simple stretches when you wake up in the morning to five minutes of mindfulness in the evening, the exercises and prompts in this guided journal sh...
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Mister Teacher
Jack SheffieldIt's 1978, and Jack Sheffield begins his second year as headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. There are three letters on his desk one makes him smile, o...
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The Off Season
Amber CowieFor fans of Lucy Foley and Ruth Ware, a destination thriller about a woman who accompanies her new husband to a remote hotel during the off season to do renovationsand uncovers dea...
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Borrowed Light
Graham Hurley'There is no one writing better police procedurals today.' Daily TelegraphFour charred bodies. One killer. A race against time...DI Joe Faraday is convalescing after a serious inju...
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James II
David WomersleyThe short, actionpacked reign of James II (168588) is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history. James managed, despite having access to tremendous reserve...