I bought my Baby Taylor last July, for the purpose of travel. But I soon learned
that this guitar was much more than just a convenient carry-on; it sounds great and
is fun to play. I knew I would be visiting Aspen in the fall and looked forward to
bringing the Baby with me. This little guitar was small enough to carry-on and the
airlines had no problem with that.
Begun in October 1998, hundreds of John Denver fans gather in Aspen to celebrate a
"Musical Tribute to John Denver". It has become so popular that the town of Aspen has
issued an official proclamation, declaring it John Denver Week!
John Denver played Taylor Guitars and several of his fans play them also. I knew that
many of them would be in Aspen too, and that's when I got the idea of including all the
Taylor guitars in the picture.
This picture was taken on Sunday, October 15, 2000, in front of one of the world's most
photographed mountains in the world, Maroon Bells. We gathered an astounding eight
different Taylor models, and two Baby Taylors. The people in this photograph traveled
from all over the country to attend the John Denver tribute events. They are:
Standing in back row, left to right: Rod Hier (Nebraska) -
K22; Dr. Christopher Westfall
(New Jersey) -
814 with custom inlay; Steve Gorman
(Northern California) - 355; Frank
DeLaMarre (Michigan) - K65
Kneeling in front row, left to right: Dave Howard (Texas) -
512; Pat Hier (Nebraska) -
Baby Taylor; Shirley Pestana
(Southern California) - Baby Taylor; Melanie Trondson
(Colorado) - 655; Judy Therrien
(Northern California) - 815E
Thank you for making such great sounding guitars and for making the Baby Taylor.
Shirley Pestana
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NO BUYER'S REMORSE
Back in 1993, as I was leaving the house to buy a Taylor, my wife gave me these explicit instructions: "Buy the one you want. I don't want to hear you six months from now
saying, 'I should have bought...'" (I love that woman.) Well, my mama didn't raise a fool, so I came home with a beautiful
815-C! Six years and quite a few "dings" later,
it sounds and feels even better than the first time I played it (and I've never thought of saying the words, "I should have bought..."). It will be displayed prominently on
the cover of my group's first CD (due late next spring).
Joe Guadagno
Levittown, New York
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