Chris Coole is a renowned Canadian clawhammer banjo player and songwriter from Toronto. Not only is he part of one of my all-time favourite acoustic bands The Lonesome Ace, but he’s also a wonderful soloist. He reached out looking for an illustration for his 2022 solo release entitled The Old Man and the C Chord, a spoof on Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. Chris didn’t give any specifics regarding the concept, apart from it sharing some similarities to past versions of the book cover, and my first thought was “I HAVE to draw the Marlin jumping in a C shape!”