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Terrible loss to blues and rock music.

Sunday Morning Coming Down - https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/su … oming-down

Not good with recording at all.  Getting better about learning how to use microphones, which makes the recording worse.  A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Hey.  I'm still working on Jack and Diane from April.  I've got the intro to where it's recognizable and reasonably accurate about one out of four times.  I'll keep practicing the intro while I move to the chorus. I may have it ready by August.  :-) 

I'm making good progress on Santa Monica, but am having a really hard time with keeping the rhythm with the G5 power chord and singing.  The G5 is basically playing the tom-tom part of a drummer.  Plus the singing is particularly rhythmic in that song.  Doing two rhythms at once while remembering lyrics is too much for me.  So I've got a guest singer who will be helping me out.  We've been trying for weeks to get together to practice, but his family's schedule and my family's schedule haven't synched up.  I was even thinking of getting a distortion pedal, but am going to forego that expense.  I'll mess around with the settings on my amp a bit though to see if I can get something tasty.

Happy birthday, Topdown. Have fun, but don't overdo.

I'll second that one too.  In fact, I already perform this song, so I'll just record it and put it up once my voice heals up.

Abusing moderator privilege to edit in a link to a recording of Live Forever I knocked out between meetings at work. Campfire style - no polish.

https://soundcloud.com/user-35218982/live-forever-cover

Got them started young.

I'd add effort to the list.

My daughters have aptitude for music. One remembers lyrics and melody seemingly effortlessly.  The other is good with rhythm and lyrics. But neither one likes to practice.  So I tell them frequently, "You have talent. But hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

Female - Walking After Midnight by Patsy Cline

I'll second the vote for Father And Son.  It's one I used to do and I could use a break from having to learn new stuff (though it's been a fun challenge). 
Also, a song I've been trying to learn but instead have been learning all these blasted CAGED chords (jk) is Guy Clark's Bag of Bones.  I need to learn how to do slide for that one though.  Dang it's such a good song.

I'm working on Santa Monica.  It's another like Jack and Diane that uses partial chord shapes up the neck - so a good intro to CAGED.  I'm learning.  Also the timing on the lyrics is critical to the rhythm of the song and they are non-traditional timings. 

I'll knock Sunday Morning Coming Down out some afternoon when I've got laundry in the machine.

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I hope a full recovery from your health issues comes your way soon.

In the meanwhile, bad vocals are a speciality of mine.  Keep up the good work.

That must have been awesome! I look forward to hearing the results.