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"We are the thrilled to help get this guitar in the hands of Linda Ramone. So what happened then was The Grammy Museum and the Queens Museum started partnering together. Simon has offered an autographed poster featuring the cover art for his Grammy-winning 1986. Linda Ramone is your new favorite person. "Johnny personally had this guitar customized to achieve his instantly recognizable sound and fit his unique playing style," said Robert Livingston, Executive VP at RR Auction. Paul Simon and late Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone‘s widow, Linda, are among the many artists that have donated items and experiences to a new online charity auction benefiting the Grammy Museum and the facility’s music-education initiatives. The winning bidder was Linda Ramone, Johnny’s widow, who announced the guitar will be displayed as part of the Ramones exhibit at the Grammy Museum on Los Angeles. The guitar remained in Greiss’ collection for more than three decades, and sold for the first time in history as part of RR Auction’s Marvels of Modern Music sale on May 19 for $55,247.
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Johnny played the guitar extensively on stage and during live TV appearances until May 1982, when he traded it with Adam Greiss, a long-time friend of the band, for a sunburst Ventures II Mosrite guitar. The last original founding member of the Ramones, Tommy Ramone died July 11 at the age of 62. The original version of the following tribute ran in the 53rd GRAMMY Awards program book that year.
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It was Ramone’s first-ever custom guitar, and he was so happy with the instrument that he allowed Hamer to use his endorsement, the first time any member of the band had personally promoted equipment. GRAMMYs / 09:06 pm (The Ramones were honored with The Recording Academys Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. Ramones and the Birth of Punk exhibit at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles is a wide array of memorabilia including drum kits, guitars, leather jackets and a. As part of the GRAMMY Museums Musical Milestones series, and in conjunction with the April 10 opening of Hey Ho Lets Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk. The white Hamer right-handed electric guitar was made for Ramone in 1980 by Hamer founder Jol Dantzig, who customized it to his personal specifications.įeaturing deep body contours and a larger, more flared headstock, the lightweight model also included a single coil pickup and an aluminium bridge. (hennemusic) The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles will host an exhibit marking the 40th anniversary of the release of The Ramones groundbreaking 1976 self-titled debut album. The bulk of it is in four or five glass cases. A custom guitar owned by the late punk legend Johnny Ramone has sold for more than $50,000 in an online auction. after The Beatlesand we couldn’t not take our families to see the Ramones exhibit which traveled from the Queens Museum to the Grammy Museum and will show until February 2017. Paul Simon and late Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone‘s widow, Linda, are among the many artists that have donated items and experiences to a new online charity auction benefiting the Grammy Museum and the facility’s music-education initiatives.