The theft of George Harrison's Gibson Les Paul, Lucy, led to an international, televised chase and the divisive sale of a "ransom guitar." ...

The cherry-finished Les Paul —dubbed Lucy — had been owned by several famous guitarists, including Eric Clapton, who gifted it to Harrison in 1968 ...

Minus the action movie heroes and firearms (at least as far as we know), this was the exact scenario that no less than George ... was the guitar that Harrison traded for “Lucy”?

Clandestine meetings, dramatic TV pleas, ransom demands, hurried getaway drives across the Mexican border... it sounds like a thriller, but it all revolved around a very special Les Paul ...

Lily Tomlin served as host and musical guest during the first season of the sketch show in 1975 and again in 1983. The first ...