A long, long time ago, in a land that seems so far away, I played music with an amazingly talented woman. Laura Williams had the voice of an angel, wrote great songs and played the 12-string guitar. It was a musical match, her 3-octave range and my D-below-middle-C bottom 2 octaves gave us great freedom to explore “wide” harmonies and our 12-strings made a big background sound.

We played a lot in San Diego back then, little places, big places, including, of course, the Del Mar Fair and other local events. We put on our own show at the amphitheater stage in Brengle Terrace Park in Vista, CA that featured a few of my guitar students and it remains a cherished memory for me. I was so proud of them; they did so well.

I found an old rehearsal tape from my garage in Fallbrook. The sound quality was pretty bad. A small cassette recorder with one good mic and one bad mic for two 12-strings and 2 strong voices was all we had to work with in those days. It made a lopsided-balance working copy that I could use to practice to if nothing else.

I didn’t mix the buzz out, nor could I fix the balance. This sound is a memory for me that I’ll share with you because it was an amazing time in my life.

Ever since then, when I hear a female voice in my head singing the “girl part” of a song I’m writing, or a harmony to something I’m singing, this is the voice I hear.

I wish I had better recordings of us, but I don’t. I have a few and I’ll post more songs as I get them done.

She recently found me on Facebook. We haven’t talked in 30 years or so. We discussed and are planning on collaborating on a new project that I will announce soon. I’m so glad she found me. This is going to be fun. We have a great idea and launching it will be a little like old times, a little like the new.

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Enjoy!

DanG