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Kirk Douglas.

Engine 457, 1920s

Light in my shop this afternoon.

Azim Haidaryan

“Ted Newman-Jones III was somewhat of a shadowy figure. The Nashville based guitar builder was the man who was responsible for putting together Eric Clapton’s famous “Blackie” Stratocaster in 1970. Soon there after Ted Newman-Jones made his way to France when The Stones were recording “Exile on Main Street” and talked his way into working on Keith Richards’ guitars. Ted Newman-Jones would serve as Richards’ guitar tech from ’72 to ’79. He built a handful of guitars for Keith partly to replace some recently stolen ones and partly to allow Keith to take advantage of his newfound love for open G (G-D-G-B-D) tuned five stringed guitars.” ~Adam P Hunt

Happy 100th birthday, Kirk Douglas! Born December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. He is pictured here relaxing between takes on the set of the 1949 film, Champion. (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegends #HBD #KirkDouglas

Hopper.

Image by Art Kane (Harlem, 1967)