Barbara Mandrell’s Crutch-Shaped Electric Lap Steel Guitar by Semie Moseley, 1984

Barbara Mandrell’s Crutch-Shaped Electric Lap Steel Guitar by Semie Moseley, 1984

Strange.

In 1984, Barbara Mandrell was in a car crash that left her severely injured. Moseley, Mandrell’s close friend, devised a creative get-well gift; an electric lap-steel guitar built as a functional crutch and finished in a bright blue metallic lacquer.

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