Sunday June 6th was a fine day here in Toronto. We had the pleasure of spending some time with the guys from R.E.M. prior to their show at the Molson Amphitheatre. As many of you know, Scott McCaughey has been playing an Eastwood Sidejack DLX Guitar for more than half of the songs on this tour (Scott is the long-time sideman for R.E.M.).
In other news, Scott and Peter Buck have teamed up with Steve Wynn and drummer Linda Pitmon to make an entire record of baseball songs. Steve and Linda also dropped by Eastwood headquaters on Monday to say hello. A fine weekend indeed and triple thumbs up to Guitar Tech extraordinaire, Dewitt Burton. Thanks man! Here are some pictures:
1) Hanging out on stage during sound check:
Mike Robinson on stage during the R.E.M. soundcheck
2) Hmmmm… The collection of toy dinosaurs is getting pretty big:
Toy Dinosaurs on the R.E.M. amps
3) Pete and Scott rocking out during the show:
Pete and Scott rocking out during the show
4) R.E.M. with the Eastwood Guitars crew:
Mike Mills, Peter McCracken, Jimmy Lango, Scott McCaughey, (Michael Stipe Background), Mike Robinson, Peter Buck
5) A wee bit of video:
6) Steve and Linda dropped by Eastwood headquaters on Monday to say hello:
Mike,
I am sure you know, but Scott suffered a stroke recently and has a long road to recovery. There is a go fund me page set up to help as well as several items being auctioned on eBay. Is Eastwood helping? Maybe auction a custom Sidejack?
Hi there, Warren
Thanks for the comment. We have shared link back in November on Facebook and are sharing it again on Twitter this week. Great to see so many people care about Scott!