Mary Osborne

[jps]

Great article on her in Vintage Guitar magazine.

[jch]

Wonderful

[fabandgear]

Thanks so much for posting this! I've only known of Mary Osborne from the old Gretsch ads and it's wonderful to finally hear her. I can't believe how hip her playing was and man, that wonderful tone! When she does that overdrive on "I Love Paris" it just sends me into orbit!

[jps]

There is a great MAry Osborne Gretsch ad in the article in VG; I can't seem to find it online anywhere , have you seen the VG article?

[fabandgear]

There are a couple of pix of Mary in Jay Scott's book, "Gretsch, The Guitars of the Fred Gretsch Company". One is an ad on page 41, the other a photo with her and Jimmy Webster, page 266. I remember her in the older Gretsch Guitar catalogs, along with Rusty Draper, Mundell Lowe, Harry Volpe, Burl Ives, and of course Chet Atkins.

[fabandgear]

Is this the ad you're thinking about?

[jps]

No, I have seen that around. It is one with a full length shot of her sitting and sort of leaning back with the White Falcon from a bit of a distance; it almost has a Flamenco dancer/guitarist look to it.

[jch]

I believe that pic might be on page 265 of Jays book.

[jps]

Thanks for that info, John.

[fabandgear]

That's right! How did I miss that one on pg 265? I wish it was a larger, better resolution pic, though.

[admin]

Absolutely excellent.

[fabandgear]

Here's a really cool LP cover with Mary and her White Falcon!

[jps]

A Mint Falcon, eh?