Meet Alvin Johnson. He's a homeless man we met today while on a photo shoot at the old rock house I like so much. Alvin is living there at the moment. We asked him if we could take some pictures at the house and he said sure, I don't own the place...go ahead.

Spencer, the young man I was taking senior pictures for had brought his guitar so we could take pictures of him with it. He was sitting in a window playing and then Alvin walked to the other window at the front of the house and sat down and listened.

Then, much to our surprise, he asked Spencer if he could play his guitar. He proceeded to play blues, some Ike and Tina, Beatles, George Straight...you name it. The man is good!!! We listened to him play and sing for about half an hour. We found out he hadn't played guitar or piano since 1983 when his wife left him. He became depressed and then homeless in the years after that. Watching him play and sing was amazing.

Spencer recorded the music on his phone and I took pictures. Spencer was going to head home and get one of his guitars and bring it back to Mr. Johnson. I know when Mr. Johnson started playing that he went into another place in time. He smiled, welcomed us back at any time and thanked us for letting him play. I think Spencer, his Mom and I were more thankful than he. A photo shoot I will never forget.