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STEVE EARLE: "THE BLACK DILLION”
STEVE EARLE: "THE BLACK DILLION”
STEVE EARLE: "THE BLACK DILLION”
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STEVE EARLE: "THE BLACK DILLION”

JOHN DILLION, BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 1996

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STEVE EARLE: "THE BLACK DILLION”
JOHN DILLION, BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 1996
The acoustic guitar labeled internally DILLION GUITARS / Handcrafted FOR STEVE EARLE / #65 MAY 1996 / John Dillion, Luthier / R.R. 4, Bloomsburg, PA. 17815 and signed John Dillion, the top of spruce, the back and sides of mahogany with pearl inlay, the mahogany neck with 12 frets to the body and bound ebony fingerboard inlaid with pearl skull and cross bones, with ebony bridge, stamped to the reverse of the headstock DILLION / 65, with shaped Carlton travel case
Length of back: 20 7⁄8 in. (53 cm.)
Overall length: 39 ¾ in (101 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired from Carter Vintage Guitars, 2015.

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Lot Essay

This guitar was made for Steve Earle by John Dillion in Bloomsburg, PA. Earle played it on several tours and notably used it to record the song 'Ellis Unit One' for the 1996 soundtrack album thematically linked to the death row movie Dead Man Walking (1995), starring Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon. The soundtrack album featured several songs written from the perspectives of characters in the film, with Earle, who has long been a staunch opponent of capital punishment, writing his song from the point of view of a prison guard.

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