DON MCLEAN | BETWEEN THE STRINGS
DONMCLEAN
A long
, long time ago , in the days of black and white , a person could fall in love with their instrument . And because there was first a longing , a yearning , and a deep hunger , an enchanted relationship was cultivated . And it grew . Little was taken for granted in those days — certainly a good guitar was not . They were expensive and they were hard to come by . To own one called for sacrifice of both time and treasure . And when the dream of ownership at last gave way to reality , that union of guitar and player was duly celebrated . But also like the days of black and white , that era has sadly come to a close .
As I survey the current spate of performers calling the tune in popular culture , I doubt that they have much at all to do with their instruments in that relational sense . For the most part , their guitars are just props , playing a supporting role in a play that is more about attitude and less about music . The guitars that are pressed into this lonely service have been relegated to mere accoutrement .
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