Appreciating Vintage Guitars with singer-songwriter and vintage guitar collector Walter Parks

May 30

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Twice 5 Miles Radio welcomes Walter Parks to the microphone. In this conversation, which Walter and I had in his basement studio in Saint Louis, Walter talks, with great joy, about his love for vintage guitars. When you listen to this show, you’ll learn that some vintage guitars sell for more than fancy vintage autos. You’ll also learn why it’s okay to paint a vintage car, but a terrible sin when you paint a vintage guitar. Walter has renaissance sensibilities, which you’ll undoubtedly appreciate when you listen to this show.

I first met Walter in the late ’90s. Many of our mutual friends had encouraged us to meet. The encouragement made sense since Walter was a singer-songwriter and I was a poet, So we got together on a cool spring evening in Asheville. I cooked salmon. Laura Hope-Gill brought wine. Walter brought salad and his guitar. The evening passed quickly.

You probably have people in your life you started talking to years ago, and the conversation never ended. Whenever you see each other, even if It’s been a year or so, you drop into your conversation like you never left. Well, that’s the conversation Walter and I started that evening in Asheville.

After that evening in Asheville, Walter and I have collaborated with music and poetry many times over the years. We called our little confab The Word Salad Symphony. We played at The Artist’s Way Creativity Camp in Taos. We recorded a spoken word/music record in NYC and Jersey City. I met Walter and Richie Havens many times when they were touring the world. I don’t remember how many terrific conversations we had, but I do remember the one we had in Paris over a long breakfast and that late-night gathering in Durango, Colorado, on crisp fall Rocky Mountain night,

My conversations with Walter continue to this day. You’re about to hear a bang-up good story told by Walter Parks about why he loves vintage guitars. You’ll love vintage guitars too after you listen to this show. Enjoy.

Listen to the show HERE.

James Navé

James Navé is a poet, storyteller, creativity consultant, and arts entrepreneur. He co-founded Poetry Alive! a theater company that has performed traditional poems as theater for millions of students, K-12. He and Julia Cameron established and directed The Artist’s Way Creativity Camp in Taos, NM, 1995-2003. Navé helped pioneer the performance poetry movement in the United States. He has been on the TEDxNewYork Salon organizing committee since 20012. His work has appeared in two books of poetry and in numerous journals and magazines. He is a co-founder of Twice 5 Miles, a content and marketing collective based in Taos and Brooklyn. He holds an MFA in Poetry from Vermont College. He has memorized over 500 poems.

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