When George Harrison’s “Lucy” Les Paul was “kidnapped” in 1973, he went to extreme measures to get it back
The cherry-finished Les Paul —dubbed Lucy — had been owned by several famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, who gifted it to Harrison in 1968 ...
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Behind the International Chase for George Harrison’s Stolen Les Paul, Lucy
The theft of George Harrison's Gibson Les Paul, Lucy, led to an international, televised chase and the divisive sale of a ...
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The Hollywood-like “kidnapping” and ransom story of one of George Harrison's most famous guitars
Minus the action movie heroes and firearms (at least as far as we know), this was the exact scenario that no less than George ... Les Paul. Given to Harrison by his buddy Eric Clapton, “Lucy ...
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Peter Frampton on how George Harrison shocked him when they met in 1970 with an invitation to record
It was, of course, Lucy, the red-finished 1957 Gibson Les Paul that Eric Clapton ... d finished those sessions, George called me back up and said [imitating Harrison], ‘Guess what?