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Here's a cool pic of Eric Carmen playing a Newport.


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Actually looks like he's playing this one in the Newport pic above...

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We still break out I Wanna' Be With You every once in a while.  That Newport is right up his alley.  Saw him solo in 1977 at Stetson University in DeLand Florida.  I'd only been playing for a year, but I knew that was one of the best rhythm guitar sounds I'd ever heard.  They played loud too.

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Raspberries rule. Crushed by their AM radio success, they evolved into a hard-rocking pop band and then broke up. Listen to "Party's Over", their lamentable swan song. Ain't it a shame..?

Their guitarist used really cool chord inversions, in tandem with Carmens solid rhythm chops. Took me a while to nail the "correct" way to play "Tonight." The chords sound so simple, but their voicing are NOT. The Rubinoos' version is the most accurate of 'em all  

 

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Haven't heard of him by his name before. He must be a clever guy, though, Newports rule.

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