My Guitar
About a year ago, I had the privilege of getting my hands on a baritone acoustic guitar built by luthier David Berkowitz in Washington D.C.. His guitars have been called the "cello of guitars" for their incredibly full sound and beautiful construction. David and I had some discussion before-hand about modifying the guitar to accommodate an alternate stringing, which would encompass the low bass notes of the Berkowitz baritone along with the higher bell tones of a standard guitar. My hope was that it would be a perfect compliment as a solo instrument to accompany voice, especially considering my particular finger-picking style. David had never configured one of his baritones quite like that before, but he was game and quickly accomplished the task at hand. I was completely blown away by the result. In the 30 years that I've been playing guitar, I have never played or heard anything like it.
After many months of practicing and playing live with it, and encouraged by the comments I was getting about the sound of the instrument, I decided it was time to record a full album of unadorned music that focused on the songs and the beauty of this magnificent guitar. The result is the new album "Blue You'll Do", which was sung and played live onto a digital 8-track recorder on a snowy night in a loft overlooking downtown Northampton, MA. I then added harmonies plus some occasional piano and percussion the following evening . Best listened to on speakers or headphones that have some bass, I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Tom 
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