{"id":445,"date":"2008-07-17T02:24:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T09:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=445"},"modified":"2008-07-17T02:28:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T09:28:42","slug":"world-record-for-guitar-players-broken-but-not-with-louie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=445","title":{"rendered":"World record for guitar players broken, but not with LOUIE"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a serious effort by the LOUIE FEST<\/strong><\/a> to break the world record for the largest number of guitar players doing one song. We tried, but we just couldn’t do it. <\/p>\n

Someone else recently broke the world record for guitar players, and it happens to be with another song close to my heart.<\/p>\n

On July 1, 2008, 2,052 guitar players got together in Concord, California to perform Woody Guthrie<\/strong>‘s “This Land Is Your Land,” led by Country Joe McDonald<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This was in my turf, and I didn’t even know about it until about it until it was over. Less than 60 miles from my home, and I completely missed it. I don’t spend a lot of time in Concord, but I have a few memories there. I actually twisted my ankle at a Ringo Starr<\/strong> concert in Concord, running down a hill when I heard “It Don’t Come Easy,” mere days before I was scheduled to fly to Seattle to participate in a film festival, showing off a little film of mine that had absolutely nothing to do with LOUIE.<\/p>\n

Yup, Concord to me, represents a twisted ankle and a few video jobs. Now, it’s got the stigma of being the location for the new world’s record for guitar players.<\/p>\n

I’ve always liked the song “This Land is Your Land” and Woody Guthrie. There’s actually some controversial lyrics in the original composition<\/a>, where Woody discusses the problems of the “haves and have-nots.” I’ve read that Woody wrote this song as his response to another American anthem “God Bless America.”<\/p>\n

About four years ago, “This Land” was used as part of a funny animated political video called “Jib Jab<\/strong><\/a>.” Jib Jab<\/a> became a successful web company as a result of that particular video, and they recently created a new animated political spoof for the 2008 election<\/a>, using a Bob Dylan<\/strong> song. At the Jib Jab blog<\/a>, you can read about the elaborate process it took to create this recent production.<\/p>\n

You can read the news article about this world record-breaking event by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For what it’s worth, I’ve actually got a LOUIE LOUIE story from Country Joe McDonald<\/strong>, but we’ll save that for another time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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