Explanation: In the given excerpt from "Bluesman on the Move" we can see that the speaker expresses a sentiment of melancolie an loneliness when he says that the notes from his guitar still bounce around the mountains like "ghosts." This gives us the idea of he remembering being young and playing music, and now realizing that those times are gone and now he is an old man.
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