Nothing funny here, at all. Your song succeeds for me on every level Richard. It's prickly and sad and a wonderful historical reminder about that war, and perhaps all war. I knew hundreds of vets like your friend. I am an RN and I took care of them.

Pam Drake wrote: "thanks for this tune ! its so fun, i look at it often and have to giggle !!"

Thanks, I think. I guess there is something comic about my performance. Unintentional though.

The song is about an old friend who -- after being crippled by a Vietcong booby trap, and overcome with misery, regret and resentment when he came home -- drank himself to death in near total isolation. If it inspires laughter, the song fails on almost every conceivable level.

Somehow a dulcimer that is less than perfect is the perfect instrument on which to play that song. Grey indeed. Nicely done.

Hi Richard,

I really, really enjoyed that

It sounds so"complete" in itself - I can perfectly understand why you say the instrument has an honest sound.

Robin