Willie Nelson’s fate changed in 1969 when a drunk audience member stepped on his Baldwin acoustic guitar. Nashville luthier Shot Jackson said the Baldwin couldn’t be fixed. However, he thought Nelson ...

Willie Nelson’s longest-running current collaborator remains his guitar. Harmonica player Mickey Raphael is the last living, breathing member of Nelson’s classic Family band from the '70s, and has ...

We have read about author Larry McMurtry’s fixation with typewriters, and Babe Ruth’s dependence on a particular type of Louisville Slugger, but perhaps no one’s love for an object is deeper than ...