Richard Davis owns more than 12-hundred vintage guitars, many with stories behind them, which he displays inside an old meat factory in Durham.
EXPLAINS, SOME RARE, SOME COLORFUL AND ALL CHERISH. >> WHO KNOWS HOW MANY GUITARS HE KNEW SHE FEELS THIS ISN’T ONLY RICHARD DAVIS OWNS ABOUT 1200. HE ORDERED HIS VERY FIRST ONE. THERE IT IS. $79. AND $0.95 >> THIS IS A LIPSTICK TO PERFECT BK. THE NEEDLES STRINGS PLAYING FOR GOOD. YES, BUT THE MUSIC. >> WE HAD NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE. WHAT DID YOU GROW UP? I GREW UP IN COATS, NORTH CAROLINA. HE WORKED IN THE TOBACCO FIELDS TO IT. >> IT’S OUR. GOING TO GET OR TO MATCH MY BOOTS NEED EVEN KNOW HOW TO PLAY GUITAR. OF COURSE NOT. HE DID NOT START COLLECTING UNTIL 1999 AFTER VISITING A FRIEND WITH A RED GUITAR OVER HIS MANTLE, THOUGH, SOME OF THIS BEAUTIFUL THROUGH I HAD EVER SEEN TO BE BEAUTIFUL. 1964. THIS WAS PROBABLY ABOUT $150. $20,000 TODAY. SIMPLE JUST MADE FROM A PIECE OF WHAT EXACTLY A 2 BY 4. AND IT’S MADE OF PLEXIGLASS. THE ROLLING STONES PLAYED THIS KIND OF GET ON. I WAS THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD ON THE WAY TO A ROLLING STONES CONCERT AND SHE’S SAVED MY LIFE THAN ERS. WHO BECAME HIS? WHY THIS BUILDING WAS A NEAT HOUSE. NICOLE SAUSAGE FACTORY IN DURHAM. THAT WAS A DOOR. THAT’S WHERE THE PIGS WOULD COME IN EARLY IN THE MORNING WE BRING THE HOGS IN OFF THE TRUCK. WORKED AT THE FACTORY NEARLY HIS WHOLE LIFE. I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT WHAT HE’S DONE WITH THE PLACE THAT THIS BUILDING HAD TO BE COLD AND THE GUITARS HAVE TO BE COOL. AND THAT IS COOL. REFLECTED TAPE ROAD SOUNDS YEARBOOK PHOTOS. HE CALLS THE GUITAR. ALL DID THE DEVIL COACH WHO HAS THE DEVILS >> CERTAINLY MUSIC IS THE UNIVERSAL TO LOVE HAPPENED TO US. YOU CAN TALK. I HEAR THE NEWS. THOSE THE MORES. THAT’S WHAT THE COLLECTION THIS FOR ME.
