That'll Learn Me

i was given a very nice Guild 12 String guitar from a co-worker, similar to this. It is more of a rhythm instrument, and, as i am not a lead player, i seek to play with a second person so that it doesn't just sound like yet another guy with a guitar playing Eagles covers.

To quote the band Cracker, "What the world needs now is another folk singer like i need a hole in my head."

Tonight i played with a a guy who was in one of my favorite RI bands in the 80's and early 90's, That'll Learn Ya, a real sweet guy who is part of a collective of musicians that inspire and encourage me to keep at it.


We had a lot of fun playing songs from our childhood, The Replacements, The Pixies, and just talking music; i love to hear his stories from the Learn Ya days.

Every time i play, alone or with someone, i wish that i had worked harder at learning guitar in my younger days. i received my first guitar when i was 15, but quickly bored of lessons and only wanted it so i could turn my "poetry" into songs...i simply thought, "Someday i'll have time to be better."

i am a better player, not great, but enough to put my mind at ease, feel as though i am accomplishing something.

breathing.