“That’s my rattlesnakin’ daddy, Wants to rattle all night long”
As I start my climb up into the Appalachia mountains the weather looks hauntingly grim…. But half-way along the winding …
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“No guru, no method, no teacher, Just you and I and nature and the Father…. In the garden wet with rain”
It’s been continuing to rain in biblical proportions here, so my drive further up the mountain to see Paul Heumiller …
“If I was on some foggy mountain top, I’d sail away to the west. I’d sail around this whole wide world, To the girl I love the best”
Well on this foggy mountain top, not 40 miles from where The Carter Family first heard, learnt and played ‘Foggy …
“If I could save time in a bottle”
Dick Boak joined Martin Guitars in 1973 while in his late ’20’s, having lived the life of a boho artist …
“I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin’ about half past dead, I just need a place where I can lay my head”
I eventually pulled into Nazareth at about half-past 4 in the afternoon. The drive from New York took about 2 …
“Fog’s rolling off the East River Bank, Like a shroud it covers Bleecker Street”
The main reason for including New York on this trip was to visit two iconic guitar stores – one in …
From The Big Apple…
It’s late September 2015 and I’m off on my US Roadtrip – starting out tomorrow in Greenwich Village, New York …
Studland Summer
It’s mid Mid June in the UK and the longest day of the year is a few days away. The …
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