As someone who is most at home on the trail in Wyoming with dozens of miles and the Great Divide between him and a sign of civilization, the last thing in the world I would have expected was that a little lady in Brooklyn could play this song well enough to bring a tear to my eye. You're all right, Ms. Newman; a real treasure!
I love the way you sing and talk and smile! I have to ask though, what colour was your little cute outfit? My guess is green, maybe red, less likely blue.....but which is right?
Yes. It's an old New York Martin parlor guitar from 1898. I bought it in the late 50s from a teenage boy who was selling stuff from his garage... his grandparent's stuff, I think. I paid $150 for it. The guitar was in two pieces - the neck and the body. I took it to McCabe's and had it put back together. It certainly would be a hot collectors item, but someone put a pick guard on it, and some kind of shiny finish, that takes away from its value. It's still valuable, but just not worth $50,000. More like $5000, if I wanted to sell it, which I don't. Thanks for asking.
@@tracynewman3256 That's incredible that you still have it. It's probably worth a little more than 5k but I suppose it doesn't matter because I imagine it's priceless to you.
@@TenWilder0 I had it appraised a few years back by Norman's Rare Guitars in Tarzana, CA. He's the one who told me it was only worth about $5000 because of the pick guard and the finish on it... or something like that. Then he offered to buy it. I said no and left.
@@tracynewman3256 I have heard that he is not always the nicest fellow. He has very little love for guitars outside of their value and/or collectible status. I'm a dirt poor mostly unsuccessful folk musician, but that guitar would be priceless to me because of it's history and the legacy you've left imprinted on it. I'm a big fan, even bigger now that you took the time to reply and I have a deeper respect for you because you didn't sell it. I don't think there are too many people in this world who deserve to own that guitar. Other than you of course! Thank you for replying and take care!
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As someone who is most at home on the trail in Wyoming with dozens of miles and the Great Divide between him and a sign of civilization, the last thing in the world I would have expected was that a little lady in Brooklyn could play this song well enough to bring a tear to my eye. You're all right, Ms. Newman; a real treasure!
Thank you, Joseph.
I've been singing this song forever. This version ... *_ain't it._*
She’s so cute
I will always remain a cowboy...
My dad used to sing this to me when i was very young...i'm sure he learned it from a Burl Ives record...one of my favorite cowboy songs
love her she good
This is my JAM
4yrs pre moonlanding
I love the way you sing and talk and smile! I have to ask though, what colour was your little cute outfit? My guess is green, maybe red, less likely blue.....but which is right?
Purple. I couldn't find it in another color. And it was velour! Yikes!
Tracy Newman Even in purple velour, you were still cute singing princess I ever saw!
Brian "Skip" Reidel?
I don't understand.
Do you still have that guitar? I hope you do!
Yes. It's an old New York Martin parlor guitar from 1898. I bought it in the late 50s from a teenage boy who was selling stuff from his garage... his grandparent's stuff, I think. I paid $150 for it. The guitar was in two pieces - the neck and the body. I took it to McCabe's and had it put back together. It certainly would be a hot collectors item, but someone put a pick guard on it, and some kind of shiny finish, that takes away from its value. It's still valuable, but just not worth $50,000. More like $5000, if I wanted to sell it, which I don't. Thanks for asking.
Of course you wouldn’t! It would be like selling your liver!
@@tracynewman3256 That's incredible that you still have it. It's probably worth a little more than 5k but I suppose it doesn't matter because I imagine it's priceless to you.
@@TenWilder0 I had it appraised a few years back by Norman's Rare Guitars in Tarzana, CA. He's the one who told me it was only worth about $5000 because of the pick guard and the finish on it... or something like that. Then he offered to buy it. I said no and left.
@@tracynewman3256 I have heard that he is not always the nicest fellow. He has very little love for guitars outside of their value and/or collectible status. I'm a dirt poor mostly unsuccessful folk musician, but that guitar would be priceless to me because of it's history and the legacy you've left imprinted on it. I'm a big fan, even bigger now that you took the time to reply and I have a deeper respect for you because you didn't sell it. I don't think there are too many people in this world who deserve to own that guitar. Other than you of course! Thank you for replying and take care!