The original Blue Boy bass?

[gearHed289]

Are we not supposed to mention Vincent Gallo for some reason? Oops! 

[Dave W]

No reason he can't be mentioned, it's not a secret.

Here's the photo I mentioned that was recently shared on FB, the not-yet-Blue Boy being played by Kirkland with Bob Luman at the Louisiana Hayride. Note the date.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1778451712574&set=a.1778430152035.94263.1577844427&type=3&theater

Here's the whole album, including early Elvis, George Jones and Johnny Cash
https://www.facebook.com/john.golemon/media_set?set=a.1778430152035.94263.1577844427&type=3

[Paul Boyer]

Looks like my response was posted at the same time as mc2NY's. Wish I had received the nice shot that he posted of the rediscovered Kirkland bass for use in the book. The vendor sent only a few shots of it sitting in the case, and that's all I had to use in the book.  Fortunately, I have photos of a couple of hundred more Rick basses to fill the pages, several from readers of this forum!

[Highlander]

Nice set of pics to find...