The story of an old Guitar

[James Kerr]

Played here for the first time in 40 years, it was supplied to a Scottish Immigrant in Alberta Canada in 1931 by the New York Academy of Music, I bought it from the man, Hamilton Clarke over 40 years ago.
Read the full story beneath the Video.

http://www.youtube.com/user/kerrsteel

Hope you enjoy it.

James.

[Dennis Manuel]

That is a great story and at the same time heart breaking. I remember my parents talking about the "Great Depression" and in some ways they never got over it. I can only imagine how hard it was for Hamilton to endure the winters in a cave so to speak.

You have a true piece of history and if only the guitar could talk, "What a story it would also tell".

[Daniel McKee]

That is a great story I really enjoyed reading all that and the guitar has an amzing sound.

[James Kerr]

Thank you both for listening to my recording, today we complain we are hard up, but you need to talk to people like Hamilton Clarke to learn what true hardship was. I only had space to give a small sketch of his time on the Lone Prairie when a trip to the nearest Town took a week out of your life, when you might only see another Human being twice each year, where the Animals and you were tormented by hoards of Mosquitoes so large they made the sky black and the Giant Grasshoppers ate your crop if the Prairie fires didn't burn it first, then there was Winter, I won't even talk about that, Canadians know what Winter means.

James.

[Dave Alfstad]

Absolutely beautiful! The story and the wonderfully rich sound of that guitar brought tears to my eyes. This is the heart of music!!!

[Erv Niehaus]

Very soulful music and a heart warming story to boot! Thanks so much.