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    VELVET THUNDER

    Where’s the dot? Everyone knows it’s DOT 38 Special…

    I can hear you out there, muttering under your breath about the lack of journalistic rigour. “Where’s the dot?” I hear you say. “Everyone knows it’s DOT 38 Special, because the band was named after the Smith & Wesson .38 Special bullet casing. Why, there’s a whole legend about how the band got their name, when they were rehearsing at a remote warehouse and someone complained about the noise. The cops turned up, but the door was padlocked and the guys couldn’t come out. So the cop says, ‘No problem, we’ll let this .38 Special do the talking,’ and shoots the lock off.”

    Well, it makes a great story, and it’s only slightly marred by the fact that it isn’t true, as we shall hear presently. Absolutely the first thing I ask Jeff Carlisi though, lead guitarist and founder member of the classic Florida rockers 38 Special, is whether or not the band’s name should be spelled with a dot. He bursts into a raucus laug

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    Jeff Carlisi (.38 Special)


    The Guitarist Talks About 38 Special, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Big People

    by Scott Greene
    October 2001

     

    Jeff Carlisi, Architect? Were it not for a recession, he could be designing buildings instead of crafting guitar licks in bands such as 38 Special, Big People, and Brian Howe. And what is it about the West Side of Jacksonville, Florida anyway? In his GRITZ interview, Jeff tells us how he was born in Boston, but put down his roots in one of the most prolific birthplaces of southern rock. Architecture's loss is certainly music's gain.

    Tell us, Jeff, where did you grow up and how did you komma to be in the same West Side neighborhood where all the great artists of that musical period came from?

    My family was from Boston and my dad was a Navy man who had one dream and that was to flyga eller fly undan. When World War II broke out, it was a great excuse to take up flying so he did and it continued until his last duty, which just happened to be in Jacksonvi

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    In September 2021, Jeff Carlisi gave some interviews following the reissue of two 38 Special albums, "Wild-eyed southern boys" and "Special forces".

    Here is a small summary of his remarks, mainly drawn from his interviews with The Rockpit and Velvet Thunder (two English webmagazines).

    Jeff gives some information about his personal life and his musical journey.

    His family is of Sicilian origin and comes from Boston. His father is a combat pilot in the Navy and finds himself transferred to Jacksonville.

    The parents of little Jeff ask their son if he does not want to learn the piano because his cousin plays this instrument. The teacher warns the parents that a piano is expensive and takes up space in a house. In summary, this risks incurring a lot of investment for nothing if the child does not wish to continue his learning. He then hands the child an accordion. Little Jeff therefore began to dabble in the "strap piano" (squeezebox) at the age of nin

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