In Chapter Two of our creative documentary series on the Great Depression and its guitars, a 1929 Gibson L-3 leads us from the smoke-filled, all-night jazz clubs, with swinging bodies and free flowing gin, into the reality of total financial loss for the fast-moving players of the cities and the kick-off of the Great Depression.
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