The 40-Year Mystery of Smutty Smiff and the Missing Rockabilly Bass
The improbable tale of how a unique instrument went missing in 1982 and ended up in a pawnshop a few miles from where it was lost.
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The improbable tale of how a unique instrument went missing in 1982 and ended up in a pawnshop a few miles from where it was lost.
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By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clashâs The Clashâs Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockersâ classic album, which was released in December of â79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in the U.S. The bass previously was featured in the popular âThe Clash: London Callingâ exhib...
By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clashâs The Clashâs Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockersâ classic album, which was released in December of â79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in the U.S. The bass previously was featured in the popular âThe Clash: London Callingâ exhib...
By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clashâs The Clashâs Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockersâ classic album, which was released in December of â79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in the U.S. The bass previously was featured in the popular âThe Clash: London Callingâ exhib...