A Scratched-Up Guitar and a Boy named Arlo

We’ve established that Brian Belknap is a talented guy – but what stood out to me was his humility. Brian always thanked folks for dropping change in his tea kettle of a can, took a couple of requests and even sat and talked guitars with a young boy named Arlo who was at the Farmer’s Market with his mother.

Brian, Arlo and Arlo's mother

Arlo mentioned that he had a guitar but that it was smaller and that was “all scratched-up” to which Brian laughed and told him that old scratched-up guitars are the best kind to have. Brian continued to explain how his guitar worked. As the two looked into the inner-workings of his guitar Brian explained, “see how it looks like a speaker inside there? That’s what makes this guitar loud – really loud.”