One Guitar

"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is what Light of Day for me is.  Yes, I love all the shows and especially was excited my son played in five shows including the main event with the Smithereens.  There is a great write up in the Asbury Park press today! But, this is a picture of a customer of Greetings from Geralyn.  She bought a Darkness on the Edge of Town scrapbook and came back this summer and I made her a River scrapbook.   She now has some pretty awesome pictures to put in her scrapbook after this.  She signed up for first Open Mic at the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park.   I am so thrilled and excited she realized one of her dreams........talk about a dream and try to make it real!  That is what life is all about.  All the bands that play at Light of day also bring some kind of message of inspiration.  By sharing yourself with  the world through your creativity, talents or art takes a certain amount of courage, But it is so important to take that first step, to prove with a no surrender attitude It is a win win for you and others who get to be a witness.  One of my favorite songs is by Willie Nile called One Guitar: 

 It is the middle of the night right in the middle of the street 

It could be uptown, downtown but I can feel that beat 
There is a marchin' drum there is a song unsung 
It could be your dream, my dream it's not the only one 

I'm a soldier marchin' in an army 
Got no gun to shoot 
But what I got is one guitar 
I got this one guitar 

I see the risin' smoke I hear a heartbreak joke 
Hey all my brothers and sisters I think it's time we spoke 
I've only got six strings but like a bell they ring 
It's like a jet plane, insane crashin' in my brain...cause 


I'm a soldier marchin' in an army 
Got no gun to shoot 
But what I got is one guitar 
I got this one guitar 
And it goes...na, na, na 

So if you get knocked down you gotta take a stand 
For all the outcast, dead last who need a helping hand 
So get your tambourines and turn your amps up loud 
And raise your voices, voices up above this crowd...cause 

I'm a soldier marchin' in an army 
Got no gun to shoot 
But what I got is one guitar 
I got this one guitar 
And it goes...na, na, na