OLDIE BUT GOODIE
uthrie makes an appearance in the game, plucking away on a string instrument in a grove next to tracks. And ‘older’ is the operative word for a track that existed for 15 years before the game’s release. “It was actually on a cassette that I released in 1997,” Guthrie says. “I recorded that song in ’96 on a four-track.” Though having lost the tuning of the ukelele he played it on, he hasn’t been able to play it since. “It’s almost like improvising a delicious chocolate cake, but you don’t write down the recipe and you can never recreate it,” he says. “I just never expected that song to go anywhere.” Happily, since Adams contacted him to discuss around its anniversary, Guthrie was able to dig up a recording of the tuning, and can recreate the song. Tenth anniversary concert when?
