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Belushi GuitarMania model up for bids on United Way online auction; final touches, frets, strings will complete 10 ft. guitar Friday morning
(Cleveland, Ohio) January 24, 2003 WHEN/WHERE: Final touches on the Belushi guitar are being made FRIDAY, January 24, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes at the Warrensville Campus, 4440 Warrensville Center Road, Building O. When the clear coating process is dry by Friday morning, frets and strings will be added and a photo taken for the auction site. From January 24 through February 3, the guitar will be up for auction on eBay. On-line shoppers can go to www.uws.org or cleveland.com, click onto the auction link and be taken directly to the site to bid.
WHY: Actor James Belushi, star of ABC sitcom "According to Jim," heard about Cleveland's public art project for charity, GuitarMania, from friends at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum but missed the deadline to get in on the November auction action. Undaunted and wanting to be part of GuitarMania, Belushi worked with the Rock Hall and United Way, arranging for a 10 ft. fiber glass guitar model to be shipped to him in Los Angeles, California. Belushi explained the concept he wanted to his cousin, James Demas, who developed the Belushi guitar that features a large silhouette of a Blues Brother, complete with top hat and cigarette. The guitar arrived in Cleveland this week.
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WHAT: A James Belushi GuitarMania 10 ft. tall guitar creation of a Fender Stratocaster® fiberglass model will be up for auction sale on eBay as part of United Way Services' 2003 Online Auction that begins January 24 and runs through February 3.