Well I used to say that I sang unaccompanied because I'd drive anybody who attempted to play along up the wall. Now I sing in a duo with a guy who plays guitar much better than I do. Of late we haven't been practicing as much as we used to and I'm finding that I'm enjoying singing a lot more again without the guitar. I sing differently when I have someone else playing guitar with me. I sing my worst when I try to play guitar for myself.

I'm a lousy beginner guitar player but having the guitar becomes addictive. Soon I start feeling that I NEED the guitar to sing properly. I noticed that I'm not learning tunes as thoroughly because I can rest on the guitar instead of relying only on my voice to stay in tune and not gradually work myself up higher and higher.