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Mojo that is one brilliant song. It is a song that honours the life of a brave man keeping alive his life  story for many years and future generations  to come. The recording works perfectly because the song is stronger than any technical issues you had.

Man that is brilliant song writing.

I prefer the love of my wife  more than the applause of other people. I don't construct my identity from music. If a person is down then they need support. Encouragement is for when your down. I have found Chordians to be very supportive people when it is important. We  all have diverse musical interests  and it is not always possible to comment on every post.

I can imagine sitting in an old historic tavern with a beer hearing a minstrel sing your song.

The disfunctional  family member  can never be easy to deal with in many ways.. It is good  that you can remember Bill's good side.
Condolences to you and your family.

TIG you have this gift of delivering lyrics that express the various emotions people experience on the highways and byways of life. When you preform your songs the good thing is you put yourself into the shoes of whoever your singing about. The reason why I loved Johnny Cash was he gave the songs he sang  authenticity through his fire and passion. I think you have that fire and passion inside of you when you  write a song,  which then takes a person  inside  what is happening aswell as what is been felt.

I am not much use on the guitar front but having married into a Greek family I find Metaxa  a great relief from lung problems.  If I don't have Metaxa any Brandy seems to work.
Traditionally, brandy because of its anti-inflammatory properties had been used as an effective means to relieve respiratory issues, such as coughs or sore throats. The strong alcoholic content can help eliminate bacteria and loosen up phlegm and mucus, thereby acting as an expectorant. Up in the north of Greece around Thessalonika in the Village where my inlaws lived people would melt a teaspoon of Honey in a little bit of hot water. They would then add some  lemon juice then top it up with Metaxa or Brandy..     
καλή υγεία good health.

Beamer you got a good intro rift on that one. Add a bit of drums and bass to it after the intro  and your got it real good.

On Sunday afternoons back in the early eighties, I use to sometimes do a short set with a  bit of a banter and bit of bad singing with these old Jazz guys at the Oriental Hotel in the Rocks Sydney. Use to be a drunk who would regularly yell out play songs such as Radar Love or Smoke On The Water,  One Sunday the old boys suprised us with a jazz version of Smoke On The Water, Drums. double bass, piano  and trumpet with vocals.  Possible it could  also have  been with the Banjo,  jazz guitar player that would sit in from time to time. The trumpet player who was about forty years older than me was a very good   friend of mine. He was bit like a father to me and his daughter became like a adopted sister. If I did a set with the band I would be paid with free beer and food..He was a very funny man and we would just talk to each other between  the four songs I would sing and it always got the crowd laughing.

Excellent Phill while your cleaning windows I will be close by on the nearest footpath.
I'm leaning on a lamp, maybe you think, I look a tramp,
Or you may think I'm hanging 'round to steal a motor-car.
But no I'm not a crook, And if you think, that's what I look,
I'll tell you why I'm here, And what my motives are.
I'm leaning on a lamp-post at the corner of the street,
In case a certain little lady comes by.

Phill, Billy's ten guitars  reminds me of pub gigs with that one persistant drunk that turns up.

Tf I like songs and poems  about interesting people. .  I am also into songs that incorporate history such as this Australian  song called And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda which I will attach.
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda is a song written by Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971. The song describes war as futile and gruesome, while criticising those who seek to glorify it. This is exemplified in the song by the account of a young Australian soldier who is maimed at the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War. The song incorporates, at its conclusion, the melody and a few lines of lyrics of the 1895 song Waltzing Matilda by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. Many cover versions of the song have been performed and recorded. The song has been praised for its imagery, evoking the devastation at the Gallipoli Landings. The protagonist, who had travelled across rural Australia before the war, is emotionally devastated by the loss of his legs in battle. As the years pass he notes the death of other veterans, while the younger generation becomes apathetic to the veterans and their cause..    To ‘waltz Matilda’ is to travel around with a bushman's bundle of belongings while drifting  from place to place..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZqN1glz4JY