Watch Jason Isbell play Led Zeppelin riffs on his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul at Guitar.com Live
Jason Isbell recently demoed his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar, formerly owned by Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Ed King, at virtual guitar show Guitar.com Live.In a 30-minute session broadcast on October 3, the country-rock musician showed off the instrument – named Red Eye – from his rehearsal barn in Nashville, playing a few Led Zeppelin riffs and sharing about how the one-of-a-kind guitar came into his possession.“In my opinion the greatest sound in the whole world is a child’s laughter, and second to that is a Les Paul through a Marshall [amp] turned all the way up,” Isbell quipped.Isbell explained that Sharon King, the widow of Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist and bassist Ed King, had brought a number of her late husband’s old guitars into Nashville