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June 2011: Ed's
Home for Wayward Guitars is a new area of the site to showcase some of the lonely, unwanted guitars that we have
rehabilitated around here. Some dirt common, some kind of rare, they all enter as rejects but emerge as worthy,
self-confident guitars. Not all of the guitars are listed yet, but I just wanted to get the pages up there, so check
back regularly for more.
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Ed Perrone has been creating music since his pre-teen years.
Coming of age in the 1960s and '70s, he was immersed in the hippie/folk/psychedelic
music and culture of the era: Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Santana,
Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Yes, Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix, Cream,
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin... And, like most teenage boys in those years,
he was eager to pick up a guitar and learn to play like his heroes.
Musically, it was a highly eclectic time, a time of experimentation in
many different directions simultaneously. The music of a single band could range from
acoustic folk and pure vocal harmonies to psychedelic guitars and other-worldly
synthesizers -- all on the same album! A true product of his era, Ed continues to
reflect those divergent influences in his music today, writing songs that range from
quiet country-folk vocal pieces to hard-edged blues-rock guitar instrumentals to
mellow New Age synthesizer works.
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"I believe listening to music should leave you feeling better, not
worse," Ed states. "Music definitely has an emotional impact on the listener.
A lot of music over the past decade has become discordant, aggressive, and in-your-face.
You listen to it and you end up feeling angry or upset or depressed.
"But I think even sad songs should have an uplifting quality. Music
is therapeutic. If you're upset and you put on a CD, you should come out of it feeling
better. Not that suddenly everything's okay, but you're at least able to handle it a
little better, and you still can find some things that are right with the world. The
music can help you through the bad time in a positive way, instead of just making you
feel more miserable and angry."
Visit Ed's page
at MySpace
Download Ed's music at iTunes
Download Ed's music at CD Baby
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