RE: [Paddlewise] Cheap guitars

Bill,
As someone who is just learning to play the guitar, I like to stick to songs
that at least have some amusing lyrics to make up for the shoddy playing!
Although I knew he wrote the song, I'm not familiar with Greg Brown yet; I
learned Four Wet Pigs from a Bryan Bowers CD. I will check out more of his
work to see about adding it to my repertoire!
FWPs is a great song, so I hope to do it credit at some future time.
Hopefully with practice, the margaritas can become a welcome option instead
of a necessity! I'll be working on my ukulele as well; it is much more kayak
friendly even with my giant guitar holding hatches.
Check out Bowers if you've never heard him. He does finger picking on an
auto harp and if your a FWP fan, you'll probably like his work.
I'm sure you're paddling partners enjoy your music contributions!

Mark Sanders



-----Original Message-----


As a rabid fan of singer/songwriter Greg Brown, author of Four Wet Pigs, I
was delighted to read that with or without the necessary margaritas, you
chose
something from this flatland Iowa songwriter to entertain your fellow
paddlers.  I have picked up the ukulele for the sole reason that I can fit
it in my
kayak,  though I've bought a travel guitar) Martin backpacker that could
possibly  be wrangled into a hatch for a short trip. For my river trips on
the San
Juan  and Green Rivers in Utah, the Uke (with wine, rather than margaritas)
entertains  my fellow paddlers just fine.......

Bill Cutler
Topeka Kansas
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