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Anyone who's been here for a while will know I just love this old tune. I did a nylon string version and a self-duet on acoustic and slide, this time I did an acoustic steel string in a kind of melody/rhythm/bass line style I'm trying to get happening properly. Usually for this kind of thing, you're meant to wear a thumbpick, but I loathe them, so I'm trying to iron the bugs out of this naked thumb/back of finger nails technique, trying to get that Big Band feel on one guitar.
Pardon the motor cycle driving by the house at 1:25 or so.
Lost in admiration - its all unbelievable (to me) but if I had to chose it would be the regularity and drive of the rhythm that impresses me most. Next would be the tone, and the clean finger-picking. You make it look so easy. An inspiration (as always).
One good thing about music is that when it hits you, you feel no pain - Bob Marley
Yet another hair-raising performance Kirk. Outstanding! That is one of those tunes that is both hard to stop playing and hard to stop listening to isn't it.
That was great Kirk! I especially liked the section around the 1:00 to the motorcycle - that was inspired. What a great piece of music. Constantly changing.
"we don't see things as they are, we see things as we are" - Anais Nin
Never fails to impress me Kirk. Even if I stopped playing it would still be a pleasure to listen to you. I think of all the tunes I have watched you play, this one impressed me the most in that it had a free and easy style ( although I am sure it is very difficult to play) which gave it depth, if that is the right word. Absolutely great anyways about but I must get back to 'House of the rising Sun' or 'Humpty Dumpty' or something...............wished I had stuck with the Kazoo now......
Download the PDF of the 'Guitar Chord Slide Rule', print it out, fold it together and you'll have at your disposal a very neat tool that will not only show you all the positions for the main flavors of chords, but will also teach you a very important lesson about how the guitar works... It consists of a folded sleeve and six double sided inserts, instructions for cutting it out and folding it together are included with the PDF ... it's very simple to do, and if you botch it, you can simply print it out again!
- that was inspired. What a great piece of music. Constantly changing.
