Pin It On old guitars, cheap guitars and Happy Days  Jon Shain's
"Silvertone"   On old guitars, cheap guitars and Happy Days
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Player.  click to enlarge 11.21mus_song_shain.jpg  "And it
sounds all right to me." That's the recurring line Jon Shain
delivers throughout "Silvertone," his ode to the cheap, Sears-
sold, tough-to-tame guitar he bought several years ago at a
thrift store. As those he's talking about an old friend, Shain
details the imperfections of his instrument, accepting each one
of them as a mark of charity and character. "You know that sound
is real," he sings just before taking the old guitar out for a
slide-solo spin. Real and proud, you could say.  INDEPENDENT:
So, I assume you've got a Silvertone guitar?  JON SHAIN: I so
have a Silvertone guitar. I found it in a flea market for about
$25, and I play the slide solo on the song with it. A lot of
people write songs about their