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LED ZEPPELIN - AEROSMITH Photographer To Judge Guitar 'Face Off'
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Rock photographer Mark Weiss, who has captured everyone from LED ZEPPELIN
to AEROSMITH and OZZY OSBOURNE in 25 years of taking pictures, is one of
the 20-odd judges selected to determine who has the best "guitar face",
according to the Associated Press.
"You can hold up a tennis racket, pretend it's a guitar and still enter,"
said Jesse Railford, director of programming for the on-demand television
service Mag Rack, which is sponsoring the contest. The prize is a Les Paul
"Black Beauty" electric guitar and case.
Weiss is looking for someone who reminds him of Ted Nugent. "When he plays
his notes, it's emulated in his face. He's all over the place. Look at his
mouth and you can tell he's playing the guitar; you don't have to look at
his hands."
Another one of the judges, GODS AND MONSTERS guitarist Gary Lucas, said
he's been making the guitar face since he was nine years old.
"This is first term I heard term encapsulating it so well," he said. "It
captures the gamut of grimaces that accompany playing of guitar.
"It sort of comes from within. You're expressing your inner guitarist, which
is like expressing your internal child." Read more.
[http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/entertainment/9191367.htm]
Aspiring guitar-facers can enter the contest by visiting www.magrack.com
or sending a photo no larger than 4 by 6 inches, along with name, address,
age and phone number, to Guitar Face Challenge, c/o Cataldi Public Relations,
143 W. 29 St., Suite 904, New York, NY 10001.
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