Jay Pilzer has been writng music and playing guitar for decades. He is a retired History Professor and presently is a guitar dealer (click on the link to "New Hope Guitar Traders" if interested) and Scuba Instructor. Jay's love of American folk music dates back to a Weaver's LP that his sister gave him sometime in the early 1950's. His music is a combination of short stories, ideas from out of the blue, and personal moments that have informed his life.
Jay has a Ph.D. in History and some of his songs revolve around historical events. He says that it took him longer to write a song about WW I than it took to fight the war. Jay sings with enthusiasm and has an earnest desire to entertain and, in some cases, inform. For him, the two ideas are not anithetical. "I Think It's Gonna Rain", Jay's first CD, is an eclectic mix that reflects the fantasies and realities of a life not spent on the sidelines.
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