101 Reply by neophytte

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Here's an old Donovan song that might qualify:

https://youtu.be/BBg6BTSxhGk

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102 Reply by neophytte

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joeyjoeyjoey wrote:
neophytte wrote:

Need some pics to see the guitar ...

https://www.watchuseek.com/attachments/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pictures-jpg.676789/ 

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I tried. I cannot post pics.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Y58AAOSw7xNn6N6o/s-l1600.jpg

Wow, that's a nice looking guitar!! How do those pickups sound? Are they gold foil (as some guitars were in the 60's)?

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103 Reply by neophytte

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Need some pics to see the guitar ...

https://www.watchuseek.com/attachments/this_thread_is_worthless_without_pictures-jpg.676789/ 

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104 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Well done Richard !
I first heard it as the Grateful Dead played it, but liked the version by Van Morrison even better.

Thanks for sharing

Jim

Thanks - yes, me in my youth thought this was one of the best songs they'd written, and as time went by it seems almost everybody has done a cover somewhere in their career ... !

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105 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

Heres   some  video  from todays  gig  on  Ilkley  bandstand . Ilkley Nth yorkshire  is  a  great  town for  music   ,lots  going  on all the  time.
My  wife  missed  a  bit  of  the  begining   but   I'm sure  you  will  get  the  groove .
https://youtube.com/shorts/kBtHv6RiBg4?feature=share

Heh - my  parents bought me that record as a kid! I think I still have it ... anyway, nice rendition!

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music113/v4/0c/14/c0/0c14c0c4-c526-ef32-82bf-f03154a5a657/071083128325_cover.jpg/316x316bb.webp

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106 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

Here is a blues song I wrote ( I will post shortly in songwriting as well)

Any chance you can play it? I'm never sure if I've got the right feel for the song with only chords ..

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107 Reply by neophytte

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This is St. James Infirmary blues, which is a song I know from the Perth band The Triffids:

https://youtu.be/deTfn8SBmDs

This is the chord sequence https://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www. … 67347.html - although the words I know are slightly different.

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108 Reply by neophytte

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Thanks all for your comments!! I hope someone else adds a song soon ....

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109 Reply by neophytte

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It's getting colder here, and I'm feeling that effect - but it's better than waking to an empty bladder and a cold wet bed smile

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110 Reply by neophytte

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Also Peter Green's Black Magic Woman:

https://youtu.be/7MwL9N5Go2s

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111 Reply by neophytte

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Standing at the station, aka Station blues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6VYToHiXhU

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112 Reply by neophytte

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TIGLJK wrote:

This is a recording of my song   The Life I left Behind.
https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … eft-behind

Nice, are you mixing this to get volumes, or just one microphone in the room? Guitar volume needs to come up a bit ...

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113 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

heres a quicky i just banged out,about as blues as i can manage.
https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/caffine

Cool - it was like a jazzy blues ... enjoyed it!

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114 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:

neophytte, LOVED IT!!!  that was awesome to watch, very impressive.  Why aren't you playing BLUES more often?

Thanks! I'm writing a song around it ... but haven't got all the lyrics down yet ... content for a blues song has (pretty much) all been done before!!

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115 Reply by neophytte

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I've always been curious about what defines a "folk" song as opposed to a "pop song on acoustic guitar" - and it appears that it's generally an old

The term, Folk Song, originally meant songs that were so old that no one remembered who wrote them. It was pretty clear cut.

source 

However time has transmorgified the meaning, and it's now generally refers to an artist on an acoustic guitar, although when I went to the Wikipedia page on it, there was a whole different definition, including differing countries traditional and folk songs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_music

So, after that research ... I still don't know smile

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116 Reply by neophytte

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I did this little 'noodling' blues tune (which is kinda like my warm up for practice):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMSuTwg8SwM

Enjoy! This was take 2 ...

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117 Reply by neophytte

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Grah1 wrote:

He's pretty  good   used  to  be  a  street  musician in venice  california     check  his   stuff   on   you tube http://www.slotforum.com/forums/index.p … 95&hl= Plays  all  the  instruments  on this  vid

Oh wow, I haven't been to SlotForum for a while, I think a couple of our HO club tracks got mentioned on there ...

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118 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

hows about another type of music as well,my blues is really bad.

I think you'd be surprised at the ones you already know ... anything based around this pattern: 

https://forum.bassbuzz.com/uploads/db6384/original/2X/8/8860053b6528ca2617543ef308602d8eae3661a5.jpeg

is a blues song, (where I=G, IV=C and V=D ... or I=A, IV=D and V=E would be blues in G or A respectively) and sometimes it's more the feeling of the song, like some of Bob Dylans songs sound bluesy because of his voice. 

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119 Reply by neophytte

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I'd consider anything done by Clapton to be blues ... so Alberta, Alberta .. and Layla, etc ...

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120 Reply by neophytte

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Cool, always good when you can "gel' with another muso and rip out some good tunes!!!

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121 Reply by neophytte

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I did this song at the music club:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkHgevQXio4

I guess it's folk, or maybe folk-rock ... I'm terrible at pigeon-holing stuff .... anyway, enjoy!

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122 Reply by neophytte

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123 Reply by neophytte

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we don't tolerate spammers or bad language.

or bots?

There is a "stop the bot joining" plugin at the PunBB website, which might be worth installing:

https://punbb.informer.com/extensions/#1.4

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124 Reply by neophytte

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easybeat wrote:

https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/331 … news-today
heres a folk song i did a while ago.
the back story is i have two penpals in Delaware they are both quilters
this is the old sending a letter type of penpal,it is organised through our local library.
i dont know what went wrong with my bio, i submitted,as i have no idea about quilting.
still its nice to have someone to correspond with.

Nice one, and it looks like my SoundCloud comment worked!!

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125 Reply by neophytte

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Jandle wrote:
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I was playing this one the other day, it seemed to work quite well, sorry for the mistakes:

https://youtu.be/bcT6TNcxng8

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Richard

Nicely done neophytte, liked the added reverb on the vocals would added to it.  An oldie but a goodie.

Thanks!

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