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So, it’s January, it’s cold, and
summer, on the off chance we get one, still seems a lifetime
away. Not so for The Music Stop co-owner Chris Hargrave, who
decided to abandon his colleagues to the vagaries of a British
winter and head off to Jamaica for the seventh annual Little
Feat fest. For the last seven years, the American rock legends
have taken over a resort in Negril, Jamaica for a week in
January/February for a select number of Feat fans, where they
perform full band live shows on the beach, acoustic sets in
and outdoors, and a good time is had by all.
Little Feat performing some of their Songs
Before setting off, Chris decided to arm himself
with a Tanglewood
TW73VS parlour guitar on the off chance he
may be able to get up close and personal with the band and
get them to have a play on a quality instrument from a British
company. ‘All the guys in the band were fantastically
open and accessible’ said Chris, ‘and Paul Barrere
and Fred Tackett (Little Feat guitarists) were gracious enough
to try the guitar and were both genuinely impressed with the
design, build and quality of the instrument. Paul remarked
that it was ‘one sweet sounding guitar’, and was
taken aback at the price, expecting it to be a much more expensive
instrument.’
During the years Little Feat
have been going down to Jamaica, they have set up a foundation
to help underprivileged kids, and to raise money, they hold
a raffle and auction of items donated by the band members
and guests. Chris thought it would be a nice gesture to donate
the guitar for this cause, so all the members of Little Feat
signed it and it was duly put up for auction where it helped
to raise over six thousand dollars for the charity.
Pictured left to right Little Feat guitarist
Paul Barrere, The Music Stops’ Chris Hargrave, and Little
Feats’ Fred Tackett, holding the Tanglewood TW73VS.
For more info. on Little Feat
in Jamaica and the foundation they support, visit www.littlefeat.com
For more info. on Tanglewood Guitars, visit www.tanglewoodguitars.co.uk
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