...the Clint Eastwood of electric guitar.
Short clip extracted from the mini-doc 'The Seer' made by Pitchfork on the recent SWANS tour. Norman Westberg is the star of the extract, Michael Gira is on voice-over. Norman's HOLMES strap is present. Love this.
The entire film can be seen here:
Will Johnson / Austin, TX
The one and only Will Johnson at a recent in-store at Waterloo Records, Austin, TX---strap is a HOLMES skinny.
Will's got a lovely new record out, check him here: http://www.will-johnson.com
Whipstitch Laced Skinny
This would be the actual strap from the Wilco/Tweedy post earlier in the week, photographed at the time it was made. As mentioned, it's the only one I've done with the whip stitch on the shoulder, and there are a couple of things I might do differently now---but overall this is a great looking strap and I plan to get it up on the site for sale in the near future. Meanwhile, contact me if interested. Color options shouldn't be a problem---blonde, black, etc., dependent mostly on correct lacing being available.
HOLMES @ Main Drag Music, Brooklyn
Happy to announce that HOLMES straps are now available at Main Drag Music
in Brooklyn. They have a few tooled/stamped straps and a selection of
nylon straps in various colors. Skinny straps on the way as well.
Stop in, fondle 'em, and say hi to the good people.
Wilco / Bologna & Barcelona
Not sure how this slipped by me for so many months, but I've finally found a photo of Jeff Tweedy using a HOLMES skinny strap, in Bologna, Italy, 3.9.2012. I knew he had it but wasn't sure he was using it. Notice the shoulder piece is whip-stitched...the one and only I've ever done. Need to do a few more I think. Looks good.
Here's the same strap on video. Barcelona, 6.8.2012:
