great musician's audio systems


A Naim dealer recently told me that Charlie Haden (bassist for Ornette Coleman in early 60's) had an all Naim rig with a Linn TT. I know for sure that Keith Richards and Ron Carter both own Tetra speakers (the manufacturer lets that be easily known). I have been curious if any of my fellow audiophiles might know what the audio systems of other great musicians were like. And if anyone knows of past musican's rigs (Pablo Casals, Jimi Hendrix, whatever) this should be a very interesting discussion indeed.
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Albert --Very funny story--is it true that Madonna is wired with kubala??--rich

Madonna is long after my stint with rock and roll photography, sorry but I don't know the answer.

I did meet some of the very famous ones before her. Some of the best musicians in "rock and roll" are a joy to be around, and some are pricks, same as in real life :^).

Strangely enough one of the nicest people I met back stage was Peter Frampton, so it makes me laugh out loud when I see him in the Geico insurance commercial, posing as a "star" to speak for an ordinary insurance buyer.

Funny thing is, Glenn at Aesthetix Audio (Jim White's right hand man) turns out to be a roadie for rock groups. Somehow we got on this discussion the other day when I was asking about upgrade for my Aesthetix and we went on for an hour :^).

His stories were much better than mine because they involved the groupie girls that show up to meet the band. Now I wish I had learned to play guitar instead of a Nikon camera.
Now I wish I had learned to play guitar instead of a Nikon camera.
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Worked out OK for Arnie Freytag.
Paul from Dave Letterman has Andras. I think the II's and Pass amp. Don't think he put much thought into it. Heard the system, it sounded good so he bought it.
Some people get lucky the first time around.
When employed at Wilson Audio in 1996, I had the pleasure of working with Lenny Kravitz on several occassion because he kept damaging tweeters in his WATT/Puppies. I believe he was using a Krell FPB-300 to drive them.