“I went back to Joe and I said, ‘It’s my dream guitar but I don’t have $5,000’”: Joanne Shaw Taylor on how Joe Bonamassa’s haggling skills helped her land a signed signature model of her favorite player

Joanne Shaw Taylor with the albert collins signature telecaster.

One of Joanne Shaw Taylor's biggest inspirations is the game-changing bluesman Albert Collins. Therefore, when Taylor spotted an Albert Collins signature model – signed by the man himself – propped up in a guitar store in New York, she simply couldn’t turn around and ignore it.

The only problem? The price tag – which led her to enlist the haggling skills (and celebrity status) of her friend and collaborator, Joe Bonamassa.