INQUIRER KAT DYSON

CATCHING UP WITH THE PRINCE AND CYNDI LAUPER VETERAN

- Joe Matera

Q: What was your first guitar? 

It was an acoustic guitar from Sears that my mom bought me when I was nine. I forget what brand it was. Later, when I started playing in bands when I was 13, the manager of the band bought me a 1969 Telecaster Thinline from some pawn shop or something.

Q: What was the first song you learned on the guitar? 

“As Tears Go By” by Marianne Faithful.

Q: The building is burning down; what one guitar from your collection would you save?

That’s like asking a woman what pair of shoes her favorites are! That’s not a fair question for a woman because it depends on what I need to do, where I’m going and what’s happening. I feel like, well, I’ve got two arms and a hand, so I can save three guitars! And they’d be my 1969 Fender Telecaster Thinline, a PRS Custom 24 Santana model and a beautiful Epiphone Crestwood I just got.