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Keith Richards, Corsican drug dealers and the Rolling Stones’ stolen guitar
It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a guitar case. A 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar that former Rolling Stone ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Responds to Claim that Former Rolling Stones Musician Mick Taylor's Guitar Was Stolen
Keith Richards played the 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar when the band made their debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' in 1964, which ...
A former Rolling Stone says the Met has his stolen guitar. The museum disputes it
When the Met announced the gift in May, Taylor thought he recognized the guitar, with its distinctive “starburst” finish, as ...
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The Met refutes Mick Taylor’s claims that he ever owned the “Keithburst” Les Paul as it prepares to exhibit the historic guitar
Taylor is said to be “mystified” that his guitar, stolen during the 'Exile on Main Street' sessions, ended up in the museum’s collection, but the museum tells a different tale ...
Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page played this stolen 1959 Les Paul. Now it’s turned up in the collection of a famous museum
The guitar, which appeared on the Stones' 1964 Ed Sullivan Show appearance, was stolen during the making of 1972's'Exile on Main St.' ...
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Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen and now appears in a new exhibit
Taylor's representatives are requesting that the museum make the guitar available for inspection – while the museum asserts ...
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Former Rolling Stones member claims US museum has stolen his guitar
The 1959 Gibson Les Paul is at the centre of a dispute between the band’s former guitarist Mick Taylor and the Metropolitan ...
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Mick Taylor & The Met Are Fighting Over Ownership Of A Famous Rolling Stones Guitar
When the Rolling Stones played The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, Keith Richards played a 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar with a ...
Rolling Stones rock legend battles Met over stolen ‘Keithburst’ guitar
A guitar, once played by Keith Richards, is now at the center of a high-profile ownership dispute between The Met and former ...
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Rolling Stones guitarist has an axe to grind over Met museum’s Gibson Les Paul
One of America’s most hallowed art institutions is locked in a row with a former member of one of Britain’s biggest rock bands, The Rolling Stones, over the origins of a distinctive 1959 Gibson Les ...
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Keith Richards leaves Nashville with ‘new’ vintage guitar
“I never leave Nashville without another guitar,” added Richards, who is known for playing a ‘59 Standard Les Paul. Hey, Nashville, Great to be back. Bless you all!