Name: My Old Guitar Rag
Duration: P00H01M49S
Description: I bought an antique parlor guitar. I later found out that it was made in 1911 by the Chicago Musical Instrument Company. Though it originally used cat gut strings I used light gage steel strings when I was a member of a string band. Than I changed the strings to nylon that resembled cat gut and got a sweeter sound. Of course a guitar is like a woman in several ways.

My Old Guitar Rag

from The Simple Son by Chaim Bezalel

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I bought an antique parlor guitar. I later found out that it was made in 1911 by the Chicago Musical Instrument Company. Though it originally used cat gut strings I used light gage steel strings when I was a member of a string band. Than I changed the strings to nylon that resembled cat gut and got a sweeter sound. Of course a guitar is like a woman in several ways.

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I'm keepin' my old guitar
I thought about puttin' her away
But I changed the strings
Now she really sings
This baby should do okay.

I like the way she makes an old time sound
As long as I don't play her too rough.
It's nice to have her hangin' round
And not sweat the smaller stuff.

I'm keeping my old guitar
Sometimes she's a little out of tune,
She's not the top of the line
But she suits me fine
Not tossin' her anytime soon.

Sometimes when she sings so sweet
I wanna play her till the cows come home.
She can also turn up the heat
If I wanna make her moan and groan.

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from The Simple Son, released December 8, 2020
music and lyrics by Chaim Bezalel
guitar and vocals - Chaim Bezalel
vocals - Yonnah Ben Levy

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Chaim Bezalel Stanwood, Washington

My mother had a collection of 78 rpm records of folk music and I became a folk music lover from a young age. I attended festivals and concerts, sat with Libba Cotten when she sang Freight Train. I learned to pick sitting in Washington Square as a teenager. However, I did not begin writing songs until my 50's. I am also a poet and artist. I live in Wasnhington State and in Israel. ... more

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