About "Mrs. Kellam's Romp "

History

Elizabeth Kellam (1889-1979) was my landlady in Berkeley, California in the 1960's.  She and her friend Edward Nye (1889-1967), known as "Uncle Ed", lived together in a large house at 1305 Arch Street.  Mrs. Kellam rented several rooms to U. C. Berkeley students. 

Despite physical infirmities, she was a happy person and was always kind and helpful to those of us lucky enough to share her home.

I wrote the song "Mrs. Kellam's Romp" in 1974, after moving to Nashville.  I had met many outstanding classical guitarists through my participation in the Nashville Guitar Society, and this inspired me to make the song into a guitar duet.

Guitarists David Forstman and John Pell gave the first performance of "Mrs. Kellam's Romp", at a 1975 meeting of the Nashville Guitar Society.

—Tom Potter