Clash/Public Image Ltd. founding member Keith Levene has donated a vintage Supro guitar to raise awareness of the April 19, 2014 global Record Store Day. The black and white guitar will be given away a promotion the Mike & Jenyr’s Q106.7 FM radio program celebrating Record Store Day.
“I’m getting involved in this way because I want to do everything I can in support of what, unfortunately, appears to be a dying but very important industry,” declares Levene.
“A music lover simply cannot have the same unique experience in some bland corporate chain that can be had in a mom-and-pop type record store establishment. I have personally spent countless hours at record stores and then at home listening to vinyl, and enjoying the artwork and liner notes that accompanied the music,” adds the legendary guitarist.
Although Levene has owned and used countless guitars over the years, his Supro is special to him as it was used to compose music for his forthcoming album “Commercial Zone 2014” release – a project which represents more than three decades of his work.
In 1982-1983, Levene started composing what was intended to be PiL’s fourth album, the Commercial Zone. However, lack of support and creative differences over that album led the fiercely independent Levene to leave PiL and abandon the project. A crowdfunding campaign, which will run through April 28, 2014, has been established on Indiegogo to help bring the project to market.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/keith-levene-s-commercial-zone-2014-initiative
“I acquired my Supro not at a music store chain but at a mom-and-pop vintage store and it helped me finish unfinished Commercial Zone business. Now, hopefully, it will help bring some commercial business to independent record stores,” Levene says.
For further information, contact Kathy DiTondo at
kathy197778@gmail.com, or go to
www.keithlevenelive.com
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| Keith Levene playing his Supro |
