By Phil Weller, Guitar Player | The electric guitar has had some iconic silver screen moments. Steve Vai’s virtuoso performance as a guitar-touting devil in Crossroads and Steve Cropper’s Blues Brothers spot immediately spring to mind.
But few have proven as influential as the climactic scene in 1985’s highest-grossing film, Back to the Future.
Michael J. Fox’s protagonist, Marty McFly, flummoxed audiences with a rousing take of Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” at the Enchantment Under the Sea school dance. Comically, the song he played wouldn’t actually be released for another three years, leading to the iconic line, “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet… but your kids are gonna love it.”
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But where it went afterward remains a mystery. Logically, it was likely sold, but Gibson is determined to track it down and retrace the steps it has since made.
“I started searching for this guitar back in 2009 on my first day on the job at Norman’s Rare Guitars,” says Mark Agnesi, who is now the director of brand experience at Gibson.
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The search for the guitar is set to be documented in a new film, Lost to the Future, which will see those involved with the making of the sci-fi smash hit, including Fox, Gale and Christopher Lloyd search every corner of the earth for the cherished guitar.
Fans with information regarding the guitar’s websites can contact Gibson, via LostToTheFuture.com, or call 1-855-345-1955.
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Read the full “Wanted” article here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/gibson-launches-hunt-for-the-back-to-the-future-guitar-that-inspired-john-mayer-and-coldplay-s-chris-martin/
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Heart Band Members Report Stolen Instruments, Offer Reward for Their Return
By McKinley Franklin, Hollywood Reporter
Members of the Grammy-nominated rock band Heart have reported that two irreplaceable instruments were stolen from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City ahead of their tour launch.
The “Barracuda” band was set to kick off their An Evening With Heart tour at the Atlantic City-based Hard Rock Hotel & Casino this past Saturday when instruments belonging to Nancy Wilson and Paul Moak went missing. Among the items stolen were a custom-built, one-of-a-kind purple sparkle baritone Telecaster with a hand-painted headstock, which was made for Wilson, and a vintage 1966 Gibson EM-50 mandolin, which Moak has played for over 25 years.
“A reward is being offered for any information leading to their return. Anyone with knowledge of the theft or whereabouts of the instruments is urged to come forward,” a statement read, with any information asked to be directed to Heart’s tour manager, Tony Moon.
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Read more about these instruments and the reward being offered here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/heart-band-members-report-stolen-instruments-offer-reward-for-their-return/
Lost guitar poster – Image credit: Gibson