And I know lots of creative people, so that's saying something! Thoroughly enjoyed this book.Īllen St. Sounds like an all-around nice guy, who happens to be one of the creative people imaginable where musical instruments are concerned.
The guy has played Carnegie Hall (he's also known as one of the best living guitar pickers) yet he's open, friendly and often quite funny. Having retired, he'd managed to produce at least 400 Wayne Henderson Originals by time this book was published. His creative process is fascinating, especially when you learn that Henderson started building guitars at an extremely young age and did so part time for over 30 years until retiring from his rural postal delivery route. He entertains with descriptions of the locals who regularly frequent Henderson's workshop, along with references to notable musicians and other music-connected people who've visited Henderson, purchased his sought-after acoustic guitars, or sit on his up-to-10-year waiting list to have one made for them. The author of this book, Allen St.John, pulls the reader into the entire process of a master luthier (that would be a guitar maker in the person of Wayne Henderson) and his creation of not only a guitar for a celebrity he's never met (and whose music he's rarely listened to) but its "twin" instrument and a few more guitars to boot. Generally, memoir is the only type of non-fiction that mesmerizes me enough to keep reading like that. I picked it up myself, the next day after purchase - and didn't like that everyday chores got in the way of my finishing it as quickly as desired. I bought this book on the sale shelf, thinking my husband or (especially) my guitar-playing son would like to read it.
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