Singer Bryan Adams has shared the origins of how he landed his "first real six-string" guitar from his iconic hit, 'Summer Of 69'.
Adams revealed this in a recent interview on the podcast, I Never Thought It Would Happen.
In this chat, Adams explained that unlike the track's lyrics, he did not acquire this guitar from an American "five and dime", but at a music shot in Reading in 1970. The singer was 12 years old at the time.
“It’s was an imitation Stratocaster. The story was at the time, my father was working for the Canadian embassy and we were posted around the world and we got posted to Israel and we spent a year there and I took my guitar with me there", Adams explained. “But when we left, I left the guitar there and I gave it to my next door neighbour. When I got back to Canada I bought another one and I thought why did I do that?”.
He continued: “Anyway I got a random email from somebody saying, ‘Hey I have your guitar from 1970, do you want it back?’ And I was like, ‘Woah yeah course I want it back. Thank you.’ Then I never heard anything back. But 10 years after that email, I’m in a club in Berlin and this guy walks to me and he said, ‘Brian, I have your guitar. I have the guitar from your childhood".
Elsewhere, Bryan Adams added that the man was a friend of the person who had sent him the email years earlier, who had sadly died in a plane crash. The man wanted to fulfil his late friend's wish by giving the guitar to Adams.
Back in March, Bryan Adams released a new single, 'Make Up Your Mind' from his new album, 'Roll With The Punches'. Check this out and Nova's report here.
