This year's Summer NAMM changed its days to Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (having always been Fri-Sat-Sun in the past). It seemed to work out pretty well for attendance, which was up from last year. Our evening events shifted nights to correspond, which meant we presented the John Jorgenson Quintet in concert at the Hermitage Hotel on Thursday night this year. The show was a big success, both in terms of audience attendance and enthusiasm, and especially in musical excellence. John's quintet is the best it has ever been, and their performance was superb.
All-Star Guitar night, which has always been on Saturday, moved to Friday night, and featured many top guitarists including notable members of the Shubb family of endorsers, Tierra Negra.
Along with my partner Dave Coontz, myself, and sales manager Gary Mobley, we were fortunate to be joined again by dear friend Raul Reynoso who always brings a special presence and expertise to the booth. And this year, Gary Swallows, creator of the GS guitar steel, joined us as well. He's another great "people person" and added his own brand of positive energy to our booth.
