Banner Girls

From 1942 to 45, The Gibson Musical Instrument Company faced a labor shortage when many of the men building guitars in the factory were drafted or volunteered for service in World War II. The gap was filled by female laborers who helped build the famous “Banner” Gibson guitars
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those made during these years adorned with the peghead flag that read simply “Only a Gibson is Good Enough.”
John Thomas’s book Kalamazoo Gals (2013) first
revealed the extraordinary story behind this song. Thomm played am all-mahogany 1945 Gibson Banner J-45 on it

Tim Stafford guitar and lead and harmony vocals
Thomm Jutz guitar and lead and harmony vocals,

Mark Fain upright bass
Tammy Rogers fiddle
Ron Block banjo
Thomas Cassell mandolin