United Breaks Guitars

United we stand, divided we fall. If a guitar is divided then it won’t play again. The band Sons of Maxwell had the unfortunate experience of having one of their guitars damaged by United Airlines. They screamed foul and United Airlines turned their heads to the plea. So what is a group to do? You create a trilogy of songs about your cause and get over three million hits on YouTube and the story picked up by CNN. A few well known musicians came to their aid and presto you get an apology and the guitar fixed. Sons of Maxwell put themselves on the map with their misfortune or perhaps they got their biggest break. Inspiration comes from the strangest places. The luggage handler made Sons of Maxwell’s career take off. Now it remains to see how long they will hold this altitude.