Today, we hear about two artists who both wanted to play guitar so badly, one started on an instrument from K-Mart and the other made one herself.
This is episode 25 of Caffe Lena: 60 Years of Song. Thank you to Sarah at the Caffe for selecting the list of artists and songs for this feature.
Priscilla Herdman’s mother kept her musical instruments in the attic when her kids were little. Her older sister took the guitar off to college, leaving Priscilla the banjo. On her 16th birthday, she was given a new guitar from Kmart. That bargain instrument ignited a 25 year long career. And in 1984, she made a stop at Caffe Lena.
Ana Egge is a Canadian-American singer songwriter with a plaintive lilt in her voice and a lush guitar style. When she was 16 years old, she began a one year apprenticeship with luthier Don Musser and built her own guitar, which she still plays exclusively.
Caffe Lena: 60 Years of Song, a production of WEXT Radio.