Mojo you kicked the motor  into action on that guitar real good.. Man you got it purring.

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(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Good Country song there TIG, I agree with Phill it would make agood country rocker.

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(8 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Welcome Kevin.to Chordie Land.

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(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

TIG          Two songs  that have got me  thinking of those good times I have had with family  over Christmas and other get to togethers through the years. Your are a top song writer.

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(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jim that is a beautiful song and video. Thank you I enjoyed it.


Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.     
Brad Henry

Te aroha                                       Love               
Te whakapono                             Faith
Me te rangimarie                         And peace
Tatou tatou e                                Be amongst us all

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(11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

“Come Together” is one of those songs that   Is the epitome of good Beatles music and the feelings behind the hippy movement.  Its beat is so pure that it’s been legally covered three times, each by other great bands like Aerosmith.  That song is so stolen, the Beatles acknowledged they stole it themselves.
In 1973, The Beatles were sued by Big Seven Music Corp which handled Chuck Berry’s “You Can’t Catch Me”. They claimed that not only was the beat from “Come Together” just Berry’s song slowed down, the lyrics were also stolen. 
Both parties settled out of court, but Lennon wasn’t done.  He vowed to record three more songs owned by Big Seven Music Corp.  Big Music responded politely by doing the same thing to John Lennon, releasing a series of unauthorized outtakes designed to embarrass Lennon.  When it was time to take the wreckage to court, both sides lawyered up in what must have been an epic legal showdown.  In the end, it was John Lennon that won, to the tune of 85 grand.

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(7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Welcome peteh great have you onboard the good ship Chordie.  Here is a link to a chordie conversation about Banjo's that might interest you.
http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=33748

Jandle thank you for your kind comment.

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(34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Here is the story how a song you all know came about. Done with a bit of light humour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anp2Epk … np2Epk9LNI

Zurf wrote
Thanks!! (not sure I got all the words right, as I did it from memory) ..

Lyrics schmyrics. I never get them right.
All I know Zurf is you got slick licks and lyrics.

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(11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I like your lyrics Bill glad to see your still around. I haven't played much music  recently as I dont have full movent in my hands and arms. It is also painful for me. I picked up the guitar first  time in a few weeks and banged this one out. A song I wrote after hearing a  young man in a Doctors waiting room talking about how he is doing his best to get by.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjZgNWD … e=youtu.be

Love to you and Dondra.

Nice singing and playing Neo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjZgNWD … e=youtu.be

Zurf After a hard day I came home and had a listen to your songs on soundcloud. Your recordings help make my day . Now reading about Alvin and looking at his picture I can see he was a man with a big heart. Unclejoesband I enjoyed the video you put up of Zurf playing.

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(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Phill I just heard you play this song on soundcloud and it's content  music and vocals worked for me. Now reading your lyrics it has brought it out even more.  A top song with a good message.

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(3 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Phill a great song that makes a good comment.

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(2 replies, posted in My local band and me)

There is alot going on in that track I love the production.

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(23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Mojo you have an interesting family history to base your songs on. I like the lyrics to the first verse iin that  song You Will Never Leave Harlan Alive .

In the deep, dark hills of eastern Kentucky
That's the place where I trace my bloodline
And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone
"You will never leave Harlan alive"

Mojo's great ,great grand uncle often referred to as the "Father of Harlan County," General  George Brittain was born about 1768 in Wythe County, Virginia. By 1800, he had moved from Virginia to the part of Kentucky that was to become Harlan County.
He reputedly built a race track and kept a fine string of race horses. Brittain served as a colonel in the War of 1812 and was active in early civic affairs in what was then Knox County. He served that County in the Kentucky State Legislature from 1813 to 1814 and was instrumental in the establishment of Harlan County in 1819. He was also active in the local Home Guard, or Militia as it was often referred to, and that is probably where he acquired the title of General George Brittain.
Brittain continued his civic activities after the formation of the County and acted as the first County and circuit court clerk. Most of the official County records of the 1820's were written or recorded by him and his signature is on the 1820 census and tax records.
Harlan County was named after Major Silas Harlan, a Virginian who came to Kentucky in 1774 and took part in many battles fought with the Indians. The Major was killed in the Battle of Blue Licks fought near Maysville, Kentucky.

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(23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Mojo's great ,great grand father Elder William Brittain was the preacher in  this event.
Elder William Brittain, a Baptist preacher and cotton buyer, arrived in 1837 to found, in his home,  the first Baptist church in Texas, along with a cemetery. A school followed in 1838
A tragic, unthinkable incident in the spring of 1847, frequently associated with the Regulator-Moderator War, remains after 157 years one of East Texas’ worst mass murders.

In the isolated settlement of East Hamilton in Shelby Country, many of those who ate a cake while attending a wedding supper came down with a sudden illness and over a period of days as many as forty individuals may have died.

The wedding supper, a common event in small communities of the l840s, was to honour a young couple following their marriage ceremony.

In May of 1847, the Texas Telegraph and Register of Houston, reported: “We learn from San Augustine...that seventy or eighty persons who attended a wedding...on the evening of the 22nd (of April), were taken ill immediately...and eight or ten died, evidently from the effects of poison.”

On May 23, 1847, a letter written in Bayou Sara, Louisiana to a friend contained the particulars of the incident. The culprit was allegedly a man known as Wilkinson, “a man of bad character and a notorious hog thief,” Wilkinson was apparently accused of stealing the hogs of Spot Sanders, whose daughter was to marry a man named Morris.

The 1847 letter said that “old Wilkinson and his wife, and Morris’ wife, were arrested and examined before Squire Sanders, who committed them to prison.” Wilkinson was brought before a magistrate and released. “He was afraid to leave the house during the day, as there were persons determined on killing him,” said the l847 letter.

During the night Wilkinson supposedly escaped on a horse brought to him by Morris. Eight men rode off in pursuit of him with intentions to kill him on sight. In an account printed in the Telegraph and Register in May, 1847, Wilkinson was captured and hung.

“It is said that he confessed and had given the arsenic to the cook purposely to be mixed in the cake, and that he cautioned the bride and other members of the family not to eat the cake,” said the newspaper.
Elder William Brittain, who  officiated at the wedding, entered the names of several members of his own family on the deaths page in his family Bible.

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(23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Jshaw it is real cool to read your post and how you and Wlbaye are related through your interesting family history.

Jandle you  capture the feel of someone inside Folsom Prison while that train goes by and the driver blows the trains whistle. Nice singing and playing.

Neo I like that swirling mystical feel you guys got going on in that song.

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(2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Thank you for having a listen Neo. The appealing factor in Teeks music to me is it' feels like he is digging deep when he sings.
That  song of his , Wash Over Me is tinged with sadness and, while Teeks is not particularly religious,  the river water in that song to me comes through as a powerful cleanser and purifying substance.
"People can interpret that song the way they want," Teek says. "I wrote it after everything that happened last year. I just felt I needed to write something that would help me start anew. My grandfather passed away so it's a dedication to him as well. When he was sick my dad asked me to sing a gospel song for him. I didn't really have one so I thought I would write one for him."
                      Wash Over Me
I'm ready now would you please take me down to the river
To the river
Wash my body, cleanse my soul
Down in the river
In the river
Wash away my sins let them flow away
In the river
Till I'm purer then I was before I came
Smooth waters can you carry me to my redemption
My redemption
Deliver me from the dark
Pour my thoughts into here, let them soak in the river
In the river
Till their pure just like the waters on my skin
Pull me in, pull my down in down, pull me deep in your river
In the river
Fill my cup, fill my glass, fill my soul
In the river
Take me back, take me home to when I was a child
I was a child
Where my mother was the only world I knew

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(2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

TEEKS (real name Te Karehana Gardiner-Toi) grew up surrounded by music and performance . Teeks has just released  his debut EP GRAPEFRUIT SKIES. Recorded both in New York and in New Zealand, the EP makes a powerful statement that boldly introduces a young artist, who is unequivocally in my opinion one of New Zealand's next great talents.
Steeped in old-school soul and yet glimmering and shimmering with golden moments that capture TEEKS’ strength of youth, the songs that make up GRAPEFRUIT SKIES - from its velvety smooth lead single ‘If Only’ to the simmering soulful ‘Wash Over Me’ - are no short of stunning.  The fact that 23-year-old  is completely unassuming about his talents only makes him more appealing as an artist. He’s a clever, kind, committed songwriter, and I am sure  he’s on the road to big things. I will attach three of his songs.

Wash Over Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1w1UlpBvJQ

Never Be Apart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_QpEsiQqs
If Only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u17JkBm-zes

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(19 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Sacanaday I am trying to get what your comment is about.?
"I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch."
— George Burns

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(34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Cheers TF glad I got your morning of to a good start.  Here is a bit of humour with the lyrics of Bluegrass love songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwc-ABw_vK0