[Erik Olson]

Thanks for sharing this, Sam. The melody of this song is very nice and wonderfully adapted to the words. I had not heard the song before, I do not think, so I was glad to learn of it.

P.S. John, I doubt Keith Richards, whom Rolling Stone ranked fourth-best guitarist ever, needed to have ‘guitars tuned for him to simplify the chords he has to play on them in concert.’ He experimented with open tunings and the like but rather as an artistic choice than as a crutch. That is so far as I can tell.

Edited-in: Right, we agree then. Whereas Berlin played in the key of F sharp so he could stay on the black keys and had pianos specially made to accommodate an inability to play in other keys, Richards did not similarly play in some tuning or on any guitar made to accommodate an inability on his part to play certain chords or anything else. Rather, he wanted to experiment with different tunings and found certain modifications to his instrument convenient for it. Just wanted to make that distinction.