Central NY Guitar Show April 26, 2026

03/05/2026

REVISED 3/5/26 at 7:15PM

My sister Carol is a professional graphic artist and has produced a new design for Central NY Guitar Show Apr 26 flyer. Contacted local women owned graphics company.

Plan making T shirts and decals (4' by 6.5") from this design. Production will be two week lead time on T shirts and one week for the decals.

03/03/2026

PLEASE check out "Central NY Guitar Show Apr 26" FB Event page. All are welcome to attend guitar show located at Phoenix NY Fire Station (upstate central NY). Easy driving from Interstate 90 or 81. Kitchen on main floor. Free public parking nearby. Hours 10am to 5pm. Thx !!!

This memento from the Western Edge exhibit at the Country Music’s Hall of Fame was sent to me today by its president and CEO Kyle Young. It makes me so proud to have gotten to represent my home state’s contribution to Country Music. It is also a nice tribute to my friend Mark Sampson, who refinished this guitar for me and surprised me by adding my signature to the pickguard-not an easy thing as it had to be drawn backward on the clear material before the gold was painted on. The cracks show that this guitar has seen a lot of stages and is well-travelled!

02/10/2026

People sometimes ask what a guitar show involves ? Sometimes you can see vintage American 50s and 60s guitars from the "golden age" of guitars.

This is the original Lifton brand hard case for a 1951 Gibson SJ-200 guitar. This case has older "water slide" travel decals from numerous American states and cities laid in neat diagonal rows.

There are white ink autographs on top of the travel decals from famous 1950s and 1960s country stars. Some of them are Country Music Hall of Fame members! Some notable stars including Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Conway Twitty etc. No Johnny Cash!

This case may be or may not be at the show depending on owners schedule.