The Wikipedia bio of Nico — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico — notes that she did a number concerts around 1980 with “Jim Tisdall accompanying her on harp and Gittler electric guitar,” and then if you click on the link to Tisdall, his bio includes a photo from that time in which he looks a lot like the guy in the video. If some gearhead can confirm that that’s a Gittler guitar he’s playing, you should have a positive ID of Tisdall.
Hi Richard – Thanks for offering your detective skills. I’ve managed to track the guy down and I am trying to work out if I knew/know him. He’s called Joe Bidewell. Do you?
Don’t know anything about Joe Bidewell myself, but his description of the event on that Chelsea Hotel blog certainly matches the video. Sigh — if I were a Real Musician, I woulda known that the guy in the vid is playing a Stratocaster, and I could’ve eliminated Tisdall as a suspect straight away.
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The Wikipedia bio of Nico — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico — notes that she did a number concerts around 1980 with “Jim Tisdall accompanying her on harp and Gittler electric guitar,” and then if you click on the link to Tisdall, his bio includes a photo from that time in which he looks a lot like the guy in the video. If some gearhead can confirm that that’s a Gittler guitar he’s playing, you should have a positive ID of Tisdall.
Hi Richard – Thanks for offering your detective skills. I’ve managed to track the guy down and I am trying to work out if I knew/know him. He’s called Joe Bidewell. Do you?
See: http://www.chelseahotelblog.com/living_with_legends_the_h/2007/03/joe_bidewell_ta.html
Simon
Don’t know anything about Joe Bidewell myself, but his description of the event on that Chelsea Hotel blog certainly matches the video. Sigh — if I were a Real Musician, I woulda known that the guy in the vid is playing a Stratocaster, and I could’ve eliminated Tisdall as a suspect straight away.