From Teisco to Voice: The Story of Iwase Denshi
My book publisher is a guitarist, and knew a Japanese pedal-steel player named Kiyoshi Kobayashi (nicknamed “Lion”) who knew some people involved in Teisco. Lion was a wonderful source of information with a terrific sense of style and food. I was planning to visit Japan, and he was helping me to gather some people there that I could interview. Lion always kept talking about this one guy, calling him the “master” and the “maestro.” Well, the “master” turned out to be a fellow named Yukichi Iwase, and, let me tell you, Iwase was one of the most interesting people I ever met.
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