Music Museum of New England

To preserve, honor and showcase New England’s musical heritage.

Daddy’s Junky Music Stores

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Daddy’s Junky Music Stores. The name is a sobriquet for what it became, a haven for musicians, aspiring to pro. How does one become a Daddy’s Junky Music Store? If you were Fred Bramante, a young Keene State College student, the genesis was a bandmate who told him of an incarcerated friend that owned a Hagstrom solid body guitar, which necessitated a quick sale to raise bail money. Faced with the “offer he couldn’t refuse”, a deal was struck allowing Fred to re-sell the guitar and make a profit. From
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