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Keith Richards, Corsican drug dealers and the Rolling Stones’ stolen guitar
It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a guitar case. A 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar that former Rolling Stone guitarist Mick Taylor claims was once his has turned up at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art some 54 years after it may have been stolen from a villa in the South of France.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Responds to Claim that Former Rolling Stones Musician Mick Taylor's Guitar Was Stolen
Keith Richards played the 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar when the band made their debut on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' in 1964, which was then part of a 2019 exhibit
Met Museum refutes that former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor ever owned the ’59 Les Paul he claims was stolen and now appears in a new exhibit
Taylor's representatives are requesting that the museum make the guitar available for inspection – while the museum asserts that it was Keith Richards who held onto the guitar until 1971
Ex-Rolling Stones guitarist says New York Met has his lost Gibson Les Paul. The museum disagrees
Mick Jagger, centre, Ronnie Wood, left, and Mick Taylor of The Rolling Stones perform at Glastonbury, England, in 2013. Taylor believes a 1959 Gibson Les Paul donated to the Met belonged to him before it disappeared. Joel Ryan/The Associated Press
Rolling Stones rock legend battles Met over stolen ‘Keithburst’ guitar
A guitar, once played by Keith Richards, is now at the center of a high-profile ownership dispute between The Met and former Rolling Stones guitarist Mick Taylor.
Mick Taylor & The Met Are Fighting Over Ownership Of A Famous Rolling Stones Guitar
When the Rolling Stones played The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, Keith Richards played a 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar with a sunburst finish — hence the instrument’s eventual nickname, the Keithburst. The appearance helped to popularize the Les Paul,
Rolling Stones guitarist has an axe to grind over Met museum’s Gibson Les Paul
Rolling Stones guitarist has an axe to grind over Met museum’s Gibson Les Paul - Instrument is believed to have been among nine guitars stolen from the band’s villa in France back in 1971
Un exintegrante de los Rolling Stones afirma que el Met tiene su guitarra robada; el museo lo niega
Solo es rock ‘n’ roll, pero es un lío. Una guitarra que una vez fue tocada por dos miembros de los Rolling Stones está en el centro de
A Former Rolling Stone Says the Met Has His Stolen Guitar. the Museum Disputes It
A guitar once played by two Rolling Stones members is at the center of a dispute between former guitarist Mick Taylor and the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met Accused of Displaying Stolen Rolling Stones Guitar, But Museum Disputes That Claim
A guitar once played by two of the Rolling Stones is the source of a dispute between the band’s former guitarist and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A 1959 Les Paul guitar, once played by two members of the Rolling Stones,
Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page played this stolen 1959 Les Paul. Now it’s turned up in the collection of a famous museum
The guitar, which appeared on the Stones' 1964 Ed Sullivan Show appearance, was stolen during the making of 1972's'Exile on Main St.' ...
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The Met refutes Mick Taylor’s claims that he ever owned the “Keithburst” Les Paul as it prepares to exhibit the historic guitar
Taylor is said to be “mystified” that his guitar, stolen during the 'Exile on Main Street' sessions, ended up in the museum’s collection, but the museum tells a different tale ...
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Les Paul's First Gibson Electric Guitar Is Heading to Auction
The auction house expects the guitar to sell for between $100,000 and $150,000. Sure, you could always by your own Les Paul for $2,500, but we have a feeling it just won’t be the same.
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