Original instrumental music written on a simple acoustic guitar...before I heard the voice. That's how I used to write, puttering around in my '59 Corvair until the spring of 1971 when the engine caught on fire for the last time. Right there on Main Street it coasted to a stop, in front of the First National Bank with the engine smoking much more than usual. I took it as a sign, retrieving my guitar, that the '59 Corvair should expire at this exact location and decided it was time to make my musical instrumental debut with only a simple acoustic guitar.
There I sat, cross-legged & bell-bottomed in front of the First National Bank playing an instrumental I wrote on my simple acoustic guitar as the '59 Corvair slowly melted. A disturbed crowd quickly gathered, seemingly quite annoyed at my playing an instrumental written on a simple acoustic guitar while the '59 Corvair lay helplessly aflame in front of their First National Bank. An equally outraged Police & Fire department soon arrived demanding an explanation of me calmly playing an instrumental written on a simple acoustic guitar, while the '59 Corvair was sadly extinguished in front an annoyed crowd, defending the First National Bank.
Then I heard a most beautiful voice,"Instrumental does not live by acoustic guitar alone". I was awestruck. Joan Baez? "Your right", I admitted to the police officer, strapping my guitar to my back, "With no lyrics I'll need to add some strings on the 2nd verse, with an additional underlying piano melody and a bridge as well. The ending I think I'll keep." Wrong...answer.
I saw that police officer that October as he came up to me, patted me on the back and congratulated me on my new promotion. He heard I'd received my draft notice...
Good luck, we'll have to get together again.
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