Dion: Lovers Who Wander
Gene Sculatti, EMI/Right Stuff, 1993
"I've got my J-200 there with me. That's the big Gibson, like the kind the Everly Brothers had custom-made for them. So beautiful. The case was leather and lined with purple velvet inside, and the wood... It was heaven owning something like that back then. It cost about $350. What'd it run today? Forget about it..."
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