Lafayette Man Fulfilling Father’s Final Wish to Have Guitar Autographed

(Lafayette, Louisiana) - A Lafayette man is on a mission to get as many local artists to sign a guitar he was gifted years ago, and many have already answered the call.

Bubba Guillory, who you may recognize as a mobile disc jockey and who has been in the automobile industry for years, was gifted a guitar by his father just before he passed away nine years ago.

Skip Stewart, a founding member of the band "The Boogie Kings" and a local radio personality, gave his son a guitar with very few autographs before his death and asked him to have as many local artists as possible sign it, then donate the guitar to whoever he wished.

Guillory tells me that his father initially wanted artists to sign the instrument and then raffle it off at a Hurricane Katrina Relief fundraiser in Eunice. Well, the fundraiser happened, but Skip Stewart thought he needed more signatures before it could be put to good use.

Having had the guitar in his possession for many years, Guillory was recently cleaning out a closet in his home, and he found it. It was then that he decided it was time to fulfill his father's last wish and have the guitar signed by as many local artists as possible.

So far, artists like Steve Riley, Johnnie Allan, TK Hulin, B-Lou Hulin, Jamie Bergeron, Keith Blair, Ray Boudreaux, Ray Boy Blanchard, Kip Sonnies, and Camey Doucet have signed Guillory's guitar, and he's not stopping until it is covered with local signatures.

If you're wondering what Guillory plans to do with the guitar once it is covered in signatures, he tells me he plans to donate it to the Swamp Pop Museum in Ville Platte, Louisiana.

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We hope that this story reaches other local artists and that they are inclined to autograph it before it finds its new home in the museum. If you'd like to sign the guitar while Guillory continues his journey, you can contact him via Facebook to make arrangements.

And yes, Guillory has a few other artists on his radar, but he'd love for you to tag your favorite local artists so they are aware of his mission, and he often goes to them for their signature.

Here are a few photos of some who have signed the guitar that has gotten a lot of attention on social media. Guillory says that while the autographs and photos are great, the stories he hears from these local artists are the best.

Do you recognize any of these artists?