Warren Ellis shares story of guitar gifted to him by Glen Hansard: “Everyone Glen crossed in life was richer for the experience”

Warren Ellis has shared the story of a guitar gifted to him by his late friend Glen Hansard, noting that “everyone Glen crossed in life was richer for the experience”. READ MORE: Warren Ellis on nearly 30 years with Nick Cave: “I’m there for him, whatever he wants” Hansard, the Oscar-winning Once star and frontman of The Frames, died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin on Wednesday (July 29). He was 56 years old. In the days since, Ellis has shared a series of tributes remembering their long friendship, including an anecdote about Hansard unexpectedly sending him a Gibson tenor guitar around a decade ago. “So Glen calls me ten years back,” the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds musician wrote on Instagram. “Asked what’s the best address for me. When I pushed him he said he’d been in the Woody Guthrie archives and walked into a guitar shop and found a tenor for me. Said it was a sign.” Ellis said he initially refused the gift, but Hansard told him: “It’s not a conversation. A Gibson tenor arrived with a note. ‘If there’s a song in it you’ll find it’. Most guitar guitar I’ve ever owned.” “From the outpourings the last days, everyone Glen crossed in life was richer for the experience,” ...