Of all the unexpected things that can happen on an international tour, the last thing singer-songwriter expected was for her 20-year-old Martin guitar to be torn to shreds. “I didn’t know that losing a guitar would ever hit me the way that losing that guitar has hit me,” Diaz told exclusively ahead of her performance on Friday, May 24. “But I’m grateful for the response and the Internet getting pissed with me.
I’ve never experienced that before.” Weeks earlier, Diaz, 38, revealed that her beloved instrument was destroyed as she was on her way to Europe to open for on the tour. “Starting tour w @KaceyMusgraves tmrw and opened my guitar case to practice and found this.
The damage is beyond. How could this happen,” she wrote via on April 27. “Delta needs to know they can’t treat instruments like this.
” The post was accompanied by pictures and videos of the severe damage to her instrument, and the public’s response was overwhelming. With over 1.5 million views, Diaz’s post received immense support, and users demanded that the airline make things right.
Diaz shared that she was first gifted the D28 Martin from her father when she was moving out of the house at 18 years old. In the two decades since, the instrument has followed her from Berklee College of Music to Los Angeles and Nashville. It also accompanied her on stage with when she joined his band during his highly successful , as well as in songwriting sessions and when she recorded her duet with M.
