tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post4400241571233915822..comments2024-01-31T05:22:26.747-08:00Comments on A Modernist: Ellingtonia: Fred Guy (1946)Nick Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16604719128495370171noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-61349046678062435452015-03-02T12:16:10.813-08:002015-03-02T12:16:10.813-08:00You are correct, Fred Guy did commit suicide. I ha...You are correct, Fred Guy did commit suicide. I have more information if you want the whole story at www.petrinvintageguitars.com this is a site showing Fred Guys Levin guitar, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-22149423007587784952015-02-02T07:15:47.422-08:002015-02-02T07:15:47.422-08:00That is interesting and the first time I heard tha...That is interesting and the first time I heard that piece of news. I will definitely investigate further. With the widespread collapse of the Big Band economy after World War 2, so many guitar players were left out in the cold - not to mention the limelight. Thanks for taking the time to comment.Nick Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604719128495370171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-51219811812536737532015-01-31T09:14:10.567-08:002015-01-31T09:14:10.567-08:00I once read, but have lost the source. that Fred G...I once read, but have lost the source. that Fred Guy died by his own hand.<br /><br />Whatever, it was tough getting noticed as a guitar sideman until Goodman took up Charlie Christian. Unlike him, Guy was a self-effacing character. He must have regretted the eclipse of the banjo in urban jazz-- maybe felt to be too corny and minstrelsy by the Thirties?<br /><br />At least Mr Guy could look back on a quarter-century holding his place in 'the best band of them all'.W Phillipsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1203248208360152904.post-31088232004684183352011-10-06T12:01:58.894-07:002011-10-06T12:01:58.894-07:00A little guitar stuff:
Fred Guy was also known to...A little guitar stuff:<br /><br />Fred Guy was also known to play a blonde Stromberg Master 400 guitar (same as Freddie Green used from 1940 to 1958). He also used a Gibson L5.<br /><br />For us living in Denmark, Levin guitars were familiar to us back in the 1960s and 1979s. At that time they were also available under the brand name of Goya in US.Oldanenoreply@blogger.com