Video: National Cowboy Museum’s “The Guitar” exhibit
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum opens its new exhibit “The Guitar: Art, Artists and Artisans” today. Don Reeves, the museum’s McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture, talks about the exhibit in this NewsOK video.
The public is invited to a free preview of the exhibit from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the museum.
The exhibit showcases about 50 instruments, from historic models dating to the 19th century to ornately tuneful tributes to music legends. It features guitars played by country music stars Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Brooks & Dunn, Lynn Anderson, Eddy Arnold and Marty Robbins.
It also includes elaborately decorated Gibsons paying homage to Elvis, B.B. King and Les Paul and a huge chandelier featuring 12 of Dallas artist Amanda Dunbar’s Swarovski crystal-encrusted guitars.
Brooks, who was born, raised and lives in Oklahoma, said in an e-mail that he is thrilled to have one his signature Takamine guitars in the exhibit.
“I am excited to have anything of mine in the Cowboy Hall of Fame. I believe I have a career because of the men and the women who wear the hat. This is truly an honor,” he said.
-BAM
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