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Jim Metzger gave me his Teal 1983 Guild D-16 and I immediately wrote this song about the future. At some point I imagined it as a duet. Actually I think it was pretty much the moment I met Brigit. She's a force of nature.

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A New Guitar
E B7
we’re going to need a new guitar
A E
one whose strings ring clear
A B7
no buzzing frets, no sour chords
E B7
just simple, true, and dear
C#m A
our songs will all be peaceful
E B7
our harmony beautiful
E A
like the sun coming out
E B7
after a storm

we’re going to need a set of drums
one that plays beats of the heart
no need to be loud
just play it strong and proud
our songs will all be peaceful
our harmony beautiful
like the rain falling down
after a drought

we’re going to need a new piano player
one who’s found the secret chord
who fills the room like sweet perfume
so strong it brings strangers to the door

our songs will all be peaceful
our harmony beautiful
like a first snow falling down
on Christmas morning
we’re going to need a new guitar
one whose strings ring clear

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from If I Woke Up This Morning and Died, released September 14, 2019
Fred Gillen Jr: guitar, percussion, bass, harmonica, vocals
Brigit Moynihan: vocals
Tony Jefferson: drums

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Fred Gillen Jr Athens, New York

NYFA grant recipient Fred Gillen Jr has released 12 solo albums, and 6 ep’s, has toured all over the U.S. and Europe solo, and Nepal/ India with Greenheart. His songs have been on ABC's "All My Children," NPR's "Car Talk," CMJ, and his version of Woody Guthrie's "I Ain't Got No Home" was featured on Pete Seeger's "Pete Remembers Woody." He is also a founding member of THE TRIKE rock trio. ... more

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