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According to YouTube - the next most famous singer from Timmins


This singer from Timmins has become an internet sensation with a YouTube video about how an airline mistreated and damaged his guitar.

Damaged goods makes songwriter an Internet star

Last Updated: 9th July 2009, 4:16am

TIMMINS -- Timmins singer-songwriter Dave Carroll found out first-hand why baggage handlers are often called throwers.

Carroll, who forms the band Sons of Maxwell with his brother Don, had his expensive guitar broken while flying in 2008.

Now, his YouTube video about the incident is a hit.

Carroll was flying United Airlines to Nebraska for a one-week tour when baggage handlers in Chicago threw his Taylor guitar, valued at $3,500.

A woman sitting in the plane near Carroll witnessed the incident.

His bass player's guitar was also thrown, but Carroll's endured $1,400 in damage.

After nine months of fighting, United said the discussions wouldn't go any further.

"They didn't deny the experience occurred," he said.

"But for months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone but themselves."

Carroll promised the last person he spoke with that he would write and produce three songs and videos and post them online.

As of last night, United Breaks Guitars had been watched 168,700 times on YouTube.

Carroll was even discussed on CNN's Situation Room yesterday, which showed part of his video and explained his experiences.

United Airlines is now in discussions with Carroll about restitution. The company also hopes to use his video as a training tool for employees.

"It struck a chord with us," spokesman Robin Urbanski said.

"We are in conversations with (Carroll) to make what happened right and, while we mutually agree this should have been fixed much sooner, his video is excellent."

Carroll still plans to produce two more videos though.

"The first one is more of a chronology of what happened. The second focuses on particulars of the plight with United -- and United has a golden opportunity to determine how song three turns out."



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