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Zurf I enjoyed your cover of Bad Moon Rising. This is my first time hearing any Slaide Cleaves songs. Zurf I was sold on your version of Quick As Dreams you do it well  the song suits your guitar and voice. Racing Horses was a big part of New Zealand culture when I was growing up. Also over the years many a rider has been killed..
Great lyrics. After hearing your version I went to youtube and had a listen to  Slaide other songs I loved every minute of it. Thank you  He has got a great way of using words that tell great stories in song. I am now a fan of Slaide Cleaves thank you.
Some of Slaide songs have parts in them that could be about places or people  I know in New Zealand. These lyrics of his below describe the ruin of many a great town.
I grew up in the valley, every neighbor a friend
Until the modern world started creeping in
One day came the lawyers, with cash in hand
They swore that our village would light up the land

Muchas Gracias, Thank you Mojo.

Mojo great choice of song. It is the first time this Gringo has heard that  song and I enjoyed it  immensely. I was just wondering what is the DEA the cowboy was running from???

Greetings from New Zealand.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tangata! He tangata! He tangata!     Roughly translated into English this local proverb says..  What is the greatest thing on earth? 'Tis people! 'Tis people' Tis people.
                                                                                                                                                                                     
You people are some of finest  people on this planet. Even though we are not with you this weekend the Kiwi part of Chordie Land is there with you in spirit.

I descided to just bash out Bad Moon  with just me and the piano it  is all I could do in a quick bash. Maybe it is a better song for Mekidsmom to cover.??  Or maybe whoever wants to  be the next one  up to do a cover. I am sure I have set the bar low enough for anyone to do it better than me.
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/bad-moon-rising

Greetings Bill
Love seeing you on here again.

cool sound those guys put out.

Cheers TIG easybeat has covered it well above. I am also doing a bit of music with another friend of mine Robert Hall who is dabbling with recording using proper recording techniques. As I am unable to play much Robert does it for me.

Cheers TIG
Thank you for the excellent  link very moving sung in two languages.
He also performed for audiences including Queen Elizabeth II and former US president Barack Obama.
Blind from birth, he emerged from the remote Galiwin’ku community on Elcho Island off the coast of Arnhem Land in Australia’s north to sell over half a million albums worldwide.
The song which TIG put up is interesting also in that the words were writen by a white man and then adopted by black slaves. No one actually knows who wrote the music. As the notes in it are all part of the pentatonic scale it is assumed it is a Melody known to slaves of the time.
"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn published in 1779, with words written by the English poet and Anglican clergyman John Newton (1725–1807).
Newton wrote the words from personal experience. He grew up without any particular religious conviction, but his life's path was formed by a variety of twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by his recalcitrant insubordination. He was pressed (conscripted) into service in the Royal Navy, and after leaving the service, he became involved in the Atlantic slave trade. In 1748, a violent storm battered his vessel off the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, so severely that he called out to God for mercy, a moment that marked his spiritual conversion. He continued his slave trading career until 1754 or 1755, when he ended his seafaring altogether and began studying Christian theology.
I will attach the only song I know of that Gurrumul sang in English which he wrote about himself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOR5VvbGNds

UJB your doing a fantastic Job. Chordie Land I see has picked up a few more  representatives from differant parts of the world. That can only improve the diverse range of interesting inputs onto this site.  I am thinking there might be people out there who just pop into chordie for a read and a browse.  It would be intersting if  they could give you the time to place themselves on the map. They don't have to give to much detail just rough indicator.of their location.

Beamer thank you for introducing me to Indigo Girls they  are great.Telsa are new to me also excellent show. I will put this version of Stairway To Heaven done with Australian instruments because I like the way its done,,.
I must point out that the guy singing it Rolf Harris has disgraced himself and is doing prison time, But you cant take away from him  the originality of this version of a Led Zep song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soJBGLP7Akk