Keep It Clean

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I’ve played it since I was 14. It was the first hard to play finger-picking piece I ever learned. It was written by Charlie Jordan in the '30s, but this arrangement and version owes a huge amount to Larry Johnson. He was a student of Rev Gary Davis and would often play here in Toronto in the early‘70s. I saw him at a coffee house in stage and- we all hung out all weekend. I learned that song from Larry but Ken helped me remember it.