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On this day, January 23, 1974, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone each bought a guitar at Manny's Music in New York City.
Last edited Thu Jan 23, 2025, 11:57 AM - Edit history (1)
Hat tip for this off-the-wall trivia, an announcer at WTMD, on this day in 2024
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January 19, 2022
“I bought my guitar at Manny’s, on Forty-eighth Street and Broadway, on January 23, 1974… I stuck it in a bag because I didn’t have enough for the case. Later I would be photographed carrying it in a shopping bag. I never planned that to be an image.” Johnny Ramone in his autobiography COMMANDO.
January 19, 2022
“I bought my guitar at Manny’s, on Forty-eighth Street and Broadway, on January 23, 1974… I stuck it in a bag because I didn’t have enough for the case. Later I would be photographed carrying it in a shopping bag. I never planned that to be an image.” Johnny Ramone in his autobiography COMMANDO.
Johnny Ramone
John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer the punk movement.
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Cummings met future bandmate Douglas Colvin, later to become Dee Dee Ramone, in the early 1970s while delivering dry cleaning. They would eat lunch together and discuss their mutual love of bands like the Stooges and MC5. Together they went to Manny's Music in New York City in January 1974, where Johnny bought a used blue Mosrite Ventures II guitar for just over $54. On the same trip, Dee Dee bought a Danelectro bass. They collaborated with future bandmate Jeffrey Hyman, later to become Joey Ramone, to form the Ramones with Richie Stern on bass. Stern left after a few rehearsals. Thomas Erdélyi, later to be Tommy Ramone, joined the Ramones in the summer of that year after public auditions failed to produce a satisfactory drummer.[citation needed] The members of the band each used the "Ramone" surname, and Cummings became known as Johnny Ramone.
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John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by his stage name Johnny Ramone, was an American musician who was the guitarist and a founding member of the Ramones, a band that helped pioneer the punk movement.
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Career
Ramones
Cummings met future bandmate Douglas Colvin, later to become Dee Dee Ramone, in the early 1970s while delivering dry cleaning. They would eat lunch together and discuss their mutual love of bands like the Stooges and MC5. Together they went to Manny's Music in New York City in January 1974, where Johnny bought a used blue Mosrite Ventures II guitar for just over $54. On the same trip, Dee Dee bought a Danelectro bass. They collaborated with future bandmate Jeffrey Hyman, later to become Joey Ramone, to form the Ramones with Richie Stern on bass. Stern left after a few rehearsals. Thomas Erdélyi, later to be Tommy Ramone, joined the Ramones in the summer of that year after public auditions failed to produce a satisfactory drummer.[citation needed] The members of the band each used the "Ramone" surname, and Cummings became known as Johnny Ramone.
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Tue Jan 23, 2024: On this day, January 23, 1974, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone each bought a guitar at Manny's Music in New York City.
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