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Lonnie's Red Guitar

by Penelope's Thrill

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Can you plumb the secrets of the universe through a guitar string? Channel the electromagnetism of guitar pickups to heighten your senses? Lonnie thinks you can! Every time he picks up that red guitar, gets those P90 pickups screaming through an overdriven amp, tubes glowing like coals, he knows he's there....
A new single from the upcoming Penelope's Thrill album, "Twilight on Tunnel Road." All the songs on the album are about Lonnie and Chloe, who grow up on nearby farms on the edge of the Driftless Region in southern Wisconsin. This song is Lonnie's anthem.
All guitar tracks are played on a Gretsch 2622TG with P90 pickups...and, yes, it is red.

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“Lonnie’s Red Guitar”
Words & Music by Timothy Walsh

He don’t ever smile—just does his thing.
Smells just like oil—the sweet, sweet smell of gasoline.
When he’s working on cars, he loves the engine’s purr.
And when he’s playing guitar, he travels up beyond the stars.

He don’t ever say the secrets he knows.
He goes walking out at noontime where the river flows.
And they whisper all about him, and they think that they know,
and they go, “Say hey, Lonnie, how’d you learn to play that guitar?”

Chorus: Go, Lonnie, go! Play that red guitar.
Go, Lonnie, go! Burning like a shooting star.

He’s at home with the night—the moon tangled in the trees.
Like an owl in flight, he rides the wind on silent wings.
Dreams of liquid chords—his soul’s vibrating strings.
Flesh is so hot-wired, his fingertips tap sacred springs.

When he’s playing lead his mind’s all aglow—
sees the flickers of the future flash in stereo,
and they’re cheering all around him and they think that they know,
and they go….

Chorus

When he’s sleeping his guitar’s by his side.
His six-string dreams are always amplified.
With his fingers on the fretboard, she seems like his bride…
and they go…

Chorus

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released April 5, 2021
Vocals, guitars, bass by Timothy Walsh
Words and music by Timothy Walsh
Recorded and mixed by Timothy Walsh at Yew Tree Studios (that is, a small upstairs room in my house nestled amid century-old yew trees)
©2021 Timothy Walsh All rights reserved
This recording ©2021 Timothy Walsh

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Penelope's Thrill Madison, Wisconsin

Penelope's Thrill is a lucky accident. Lured out of musical retirement by son Andrew, Timothy Walsh dusted off his guitars, including his favorite vintage Guilds and Gretsches, and picked up where he left off 25 years ago playing in garage bands in New Jersey and Boston.
Tim founded Penelope's Thrill as the vehicle for his songs, often pulling in other musicians for particular tracks. ... more

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