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Help Keller Williams Help The South
In an effort to help those whose lives were thrown into turmoil by recent tornadoes that ravaged America’s southern states, musician extraordinaire Keller Williams is auctioning off a few cherished items, including something he likes to call “lil’ sexy.”
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Neighborhood Theater, Charlotte, N.C.
Among the items included in the auction going on now at the Mimi Fishman Foundation website is a
A “Keller Williams Season Pass” is also available, giving the highest bidder and a companion free admission to every Williams headlining gig this year, excluding festival appearances.
But it’s “lil sexy” that is the auction’s crème de la crème, Williams’ Godin Multiac fretless guitar, which the artist warns is “not a cowboy chord guitar you sit back and strum tunes around the campfire.”
“It has nylon strings and sounds like a warm classical that’s being played with a slide except your fingers are doing the sliding as there are no frets,” Williams said in a description posted next to the instrument at the auction. “The fret lines are in place so it plays easily. With a fretless, you simply press the string on the fretline for the proper note to be in tune. It’s a guitar player’s guitar.”
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As of 11 a.m. today PDT, the current top bid for “lil’ sexy” was $2,000.
Meanwhile, Williams’ touring schedule is keeping him busy. With dates ranging through March of next year when he plays Amsterdam’s
For more information about the auction, visit mimfishman.org. For everything you need to know about Keller Williams, click here for the artist’s website.