“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.”
— Ernest Hemingway
Strum and Twang: The improbable yet inevitable rise of the electric guitar since 1750
Featuring rare electric guitars from the Fred and Diana Gretsch collection of musical instruments.
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 6 p.m., Plant Riverside District, 400 W. River Street, Savannah, Ga
Lecture description: Matthew Hill, Ph.D., Gretsch Curator at the Georgia Southern University Museum, takes you on the strange journey of the electric guitar, from 17th century Europe to 20th century America, with stops in Paris, the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, the Hawaiian Islands, and New Jersey.
