I love the conversation they have before and after this song...Albert was such a cool mentor....and Stevie was a Texan to his core...humble and deferent to the people who had so inspired him to become a blues icon...the tone Albert had from his Gibson humbuckers was always bananas...
This guitar, dubbed "Lucy 2" after his original 58 had been stolen in the 60s, was made to his exact specifications and, as Albert described it, perfectly similar to his original beloved "Lucy." Which was named for Lucille Ball because Albert had a celebrity crush on her...Anyhow, Dan Erlewine had a huge slab of 125 black walnut that he cut to make Albert's "Lucy 2." He also inlayed Alberts name onto the fretboard in mother of pearl and "Lucy" on the headstock instead of Gibson..though all the pots, caps, hw and pickups were all standard issue 1958/59 era Gibson...also, it was the first truly left handed Flying V Albert owned...Prior to that, he had played all his Gibson Vs upside down..
George Michael's talent is breathtaking...and perhaps the only person I consider to have Elvis-tier charisma....If you can make Seal and David freaking Bowie watch u at a rehearsal then you are absolutely Old-School-Cool...not to mention George began writing number 1 songs at age 19...dude was off-the-charts talented both as a performer and songwriter...he was a brilliant song-writer imho...I digreas...George and Wham! had often performed a cover of this song...so he knew it cold...Brian May wanted him to front Queen after Freddie's death...