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Post subject: RIP Sid Lapworth
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:17 am
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I'm sorry to say that I recently read online that Sid Lapworth passed away earlier this month (March 3). Sid worked at OK Houcks back in the day and sold Elvis, Scotty and Bill, among many others including Johnny, Luther and Marshall, many of their early instruments. Regarding Fender, he sold Bill Black his 56 P bass and Fender Bassman amp(s) and Luther Perkins his Esquire. Sid also recorded at Sun, most notably playing bass on Bill Justice's Raunchy. He was amazingly helpful and informative when I was putting Scotty's site together many years ago in regards to the history of their instruments and most notably on the history of O. K. Houck's.

I decided to encapsulate some of the stuff about him on a dedicated page on the site, which includes his obituary. Also, I dug up some pix of his Framus bass and Ampeg amp I had taken when I was at his house a few years ago which may be of interest to a few here. I was going to help him promote it online at the time to sell it but like a few other things he never got around to doing anything with it as far as I know, either that or the sentimental was too great and he just put it off.

Anyway, check it out at http://scottymoore.net/sid.html

Though it doesn't quite look like it here, it's Spring tomorrow and lets hope things all around start looking up.

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Jim

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Post subject: Re: RIP Sid Lapworth
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 10:18 am
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Thanks Jim! Great job on Sid's page.


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