Rare Charlie Christian guitar to be exhibited during Charlie Christian International Music Festival
The "holy grail of rock 'n' roll guitars” is coming to the Oklahoma History Center .
Starting Saturday, the museum will display a blond maple Gibson ES-250 that legendary Oklahoma City -bred guitarist Charlie Christian bought in 1940. On loan from guitar collector and historian Lynn Wheelwright , the rare instrument is thought to be the only authenticated guitar Christian actually played that still exis...
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