or a TV star, golfer or baseball player
1,827 2018-06-23 01:23:46
Re: Don't you hate it when.... (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
baha ED !
You are such a con artist - I watched your videos - you are a very good player!
Me on the hand - I could sing the Beatles and people would never know it was their song 
!
1,829 2018-06-22 16:03:46
Re: friday's blues fix (1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
very nice Badeye!!
1,830 2018-06-21 10:09:34
Re: The Last Gig (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Ed
Small Medium @ Large was a riot - great guitar playing! The lyrics are great- what an entertaining song. I can only imagine that the crowds loved that one!
Your song " A great day to be alive" was excellent as well !
You should be putting more out there buddy, you are very, very good!!
Jim
1,831 2018-06-20 12:53:40
Re: Doug???? (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
rattler's, snakes, and lions...... oh my !
that camping trip better be as worthwhile as going to see the wizard !
that is a great story - glad it wasn't me.
JIm
1,832 2018-06-20 12:51:51
Re: JUNE 2018 FSOTM - KING, QUEEN, PRINCESS, PRINCESS - CAPTAIN, MAJOR (25 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Jan
Once again your marvelous voice is terrific.
I do believe, as you said, that it would be much better if you could slow it down - the tempo you play at seems to happy for that song.
With that being said - it still was an excellent rendition - thanks so much for sharing.
JIm
1,833 2018-06-19 11:20:18
Re: The Medium Is ... (5 replies, posted in Poems)
That is SPOT ON !
well done!
1,834 2018-06-19 10:35:52
Re: Tuesday's Flying Fingers (474 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
TF
That, in my opinion was your best find yet!
That was incredible. I loved the velocity of his play and at about the 3:55 mark his working of the strings made that guitar talk !
Friday night I went to a Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams concert at Bethel Woods ( site of the original Woodstock) and Steve Earle covered Hey Joe, he played it very well and with great passion which sounded great, but the guitar work on this piece was a stratosphere above it.
It is unimaginable the practice hours that it takes to play like that. LeBron James gets gazillions of dollars because he is a " special talent" in basketball, Joscho Stephan is just as unique in my opinion - a very special talent.
Thanks for sharing this TF
Jim
1,835 2018-06-19 10:24:52
Re: Goodall Guitars & Doug Smith (4 replies, posted in Acoustic)
The making of a Goodall guitar was fascinating.
I went to locate a dealer - the cheapest guitar made by Goodall was $6,700
That is way out of my pay scale for a guitar for the level of playing I am capable of. If I was a good guitarist - I would definately consider something like this - what a beautiful sound and high quality.
Thanks for sharing.
1,836 2018-06-15 16:51:43
Re: Violin (5 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
I always wanted to do that-seemed way harder than guitar- so I passed on any attempt
1,837 2018-06-15 11:07:04
Re: Cascade on Soundcloud (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hahahaha
Flatery will get you everywhere !
Thank you all for the kind words of encouragement.
Peatle, I have never tried to reach out to anyone - I wouldn't even know how to begin. I think you have to be a member of the songwriteres guild or something before they will even look at a song. I was watching a video on the history of Country music and Kris Kristopherson was working as a janitor at San Quentin and kept giving Johnny Cash's manager copies of his songs. Finally Johnny recorded one of them - "Sunday Morning Coming Down" - which became the beginning of Kristopherson's career. I don't think that work anymore in today's world.
Bill
Nah, I don't have a book. I really wouldn't even want much more than free tickets to a concert if a major star ever recorded a song of mine - I'm really not writing for any hope of monetary reward. ( Not that I wouldn't take some $ if they offered, but definitely not my main concern)
Jan and EB - TY
The "big name performers" that record my songs are pretty much right here on Chordie - and that is fine by me !! ( And thanks to all that have done so)
Thanks again to all
Jim
1,838 2018-06-15 00:45:42
Re: Cigar box guitar (9 replies, posted in Other string instruments)
Graham
Did you make that ?
It sounds fantastic
Jim
1,839 2018-06-13 17:46:40
Re: Girlfriends (41 replies, posted in Songwriting)
here is graham playing it
1,840 2018-06-13 10:58:09
Re: Girlfriends (41 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This post is a resurrection of an old one. I had written this quite a while ago, Graham did an awesome cover of it. However recently- one of my old college buddies has been going through hell as one of his family members got into opioid use. I went back and added a verse, bc at the time I wote the original, I really had no clue to the magnitude of Opioid misuse in our country. I would not wish this junk on my worst enemy..... it is horrible.
The last verse is the add on.....
GirlfriendsJim Kenyon
[Em]Oh I’ve got a little girlfriend in control of my brain
You might know her , her name’s Cocaine
[Am] She makes me feel like a shining knight
[Em] with me every moment, day and night
[B7] blinded by the power that she brings, oh
[Em]for her pleasure, I’d do [B7]any[Em]thing
.
[Em]I’ve got another girlfriend she’s a deadly sin
Schools and Prisons call her Heroin
[Am]She’s always around, easy to find
[Em] Always willing to blow your mind
[B7] blinded by the power that she brings,oh
[Em] for her pleasure, I’d do [B7]any[Em]thing
.
Chorus
[Am] I can’t help myself, I’m outta control
[Em] falling deeper into the black hole
[B7]she’ll make you believe you’ll never die
[Em]make you keep on looking for that[B7] higher[Em] high
.
[Em]The last girlfriend I had , was a living death
went by the name of Krystal Meth
[Am]soothes your heart like a summer breeze
[Em]then she crushes your soul like a cruel disease
[B7] blinded by the power that she brings, oh
[Em] , for her pleasure, I’d do [B7]any[Em]thing
.
(Guitar solo) [Em] [Am] [Em] [B7] [Am] [Em]
.
[Em] oh now I got a new mistress that fills a void,
a deadly little vamp called Miss Opioid
[Am] she promises to take all your pains away
[Em] then she destroys your family in every way
[B7] blinded by the power that she brings, oh
[Em] , for her pleasure, I’d do [B7]any[Em]thing
Chorus
[Am] I can’t help myself, I’m outta control
[Em] falling deeper into the black hole
[B7]she’ll make you believe that you’ll never die
[Em]make you keep on looking for that[B7] higher[Em] high
(slower)
[B7]she’ll make you believe that you’ll never die
[Em]make you keep on looking for that[B7] higher[Em] high
1,841 2018-06-12 21:54:23
Topic: Cascade on Soundcloud (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Well here is my futile attempt at playing and singing.
After hearing Easybeats jazzy song, I was thinking this might be a good jazz style song - only problem is that I have no clue how to play Jazz
So this is my version of cascade..... I think pretty good lyrics....
music - maybe not so much.
anyway thanks for giving it a listen
https://soundcloud.com/tigljk/cascade
Jim
1,842 2018-06-12 10:20:51
Re: Tuesday's Flying Fingers (474 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
TF
I was watching and listening and began to notice how the head movements were all the same kid of jerky symmetry. Then I noticed - same quirky smile, then the hair color - then i asked my self - hmmm is the quartet a quartet of sisters...then I finally realized it's all the same woman Tatyana.
Very unusual video - but in the end - great musical talent.
Good one my friend!!
Jim
1,843 2018-06-10 23:58:58
Re: Off-Topic (A Little) (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Strummerboy Bill wrote:
Pete, (We left Germany when I was 11
Bill
SAY WHAAAT ?
I didn't know that ~
I was just thinking about Royalty the other day...... what exactly makes the better than anyone else?
1,844 2018-06-10 23:55:18
Re: Charles Krauthammer (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
It has never made sense to me.
1,845 2018-06-10 12:07:08
Topic: Cascade (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I was mowing my lawn yesterday and the word "cascade" somehow popped into my head. I have no reason for it at all !
I just started thinking of things that cascade. Got up this morning at 5 am and picked up my guitar... and this came out.
Probably needs to be tweaked a bit b/c I don't know what I'm doing musically
Hope you like it.
Cascade Jim Kenyon
[Em]Sometimes just the smallest things, trigger a cascade of memories
[Am]Not sure where they come from , [Em] don’t know how they start
[Am]Mixed with sorrow and silent cries [Em] which always lead me to
[B7]madness not of the head, but [Am]sadness from a lonely [Em] heart
.
[Em] So I try to remember, what obstacles tripped me up before
[Am]I tell myself, don’t struggle, and [Em]never show you’re afraid
[Am] with teardrops sliding down my cheeks, and [Em]all hope fading fast
[B7]seems the world doesn’t care, that it [Am] leaves me in a cas[Em]cade
.
Chorus
[Am]We all have different journeys, different [Em]paths along the way
with [Am]altered visions of what we see and [B7] what we hope life is to [Em]be
.
[Em]as I’ve lived and traveled through this land of the broken souls
[Am] I always believed, that I should follow my [Em] heart at any cost
[Am]but like raindrops and moonlight, cas[Em]cading through my hands
[B7]love somehow slipped away from me, found it [Am]easy to get [Em]lost
.
Chorus (2x)
[Am]We all have different journeys, different [Em]paths along the way
with [Am]altered visions of what we see and [B7] what we hope life is to [Em]be
yeah [Am] we all have different journeys, different [Em]paths along the way
with [Am]altered visions of what we see and [B7] what we hope life is to [Em]be
1,846 2018-06-09 11:47:16
Re: JUNE 2018 FSOTM - KING, QUEEN, PRINCESS, PRINCESS - CAPTAIN, MAJOR (25 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
nice one Mojo
1,847 2018-06-09 10:01:38
Re: Paging The "LOREMASTER!" (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Peatle
I like your song. U R correct - I think a children's choir would add just the right element to make it superb. It's very good even w/out them, however.
Hope you enjoy the days ahead
jim
1,848 2018-06-08 22:17:10
Re: Charles Krauthammer (9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
That is a truly sad story.
Cancer sucks!
He was a really good journalist.
What a brave man.
1,849 2018-06-08 10:01:30
Re: Song Captain Kennedy by Neil Young (6 replies, posted in Song requests)
Jan
I have it on chordify
It is an underexposed, but really great song.
https://chordify.net/chords/neil-young- … dy-simmoez
It's not a tutorial but I
Hope this helps -
1,850 2018-06-07 11:23:16
Re: another hour of my life. (7 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I've been married 37 years now, 30 of them waiting. LOL
Phill
that is a classic line !!!