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Topic: Ballad of a broken hearted man cover for Jim

Many  thanks Jim   for  getting  me  the  correct  words  to  this  song  and  for  the  great  pics   you  sent  of  the  band    ,This  video  is  an  acoustic  cover  in my  lounge   so  please   excuse  the  sound .But  I  hope  you  like  it 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0h-4i7yqjg   Cover  of Ballad of  a broken hearted  man  by  Robert Jon and  the  Wreck 

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Re: Ballad of a broken hearted man cover for Jim

Graham,   That was brilliant !! What a cover - that's a great song.   I hope you and your band get to play it live, audience will go nuts for sure!!   I actually was telling Robert jon ( Burrison)  how it was through you that I actually discovered them, He was a really cool guy  - we chatted for about 10 minutes - and also  with the other band members.  Interesting - I was chatting with the bass player Warren and I was telling him this band is headed for stardom and I admired how they all genuinely like each other. H replied and I quote "  I have played in a lot of shitty bands and shitty places to get to this point, I hope we can keep it moving upward- we do enjoy what we are doing now!" .     He was very funny too - we had some good laughs.   Henry James their Lead guitarist is fabulous - best way I can describe him is that he's a little Hendrix and a little Carlos Santana mixed, along with his own great abilities. The band also has a whole following ( about 50 people that go to all their concerts). The band does a free concert somewhere every Friday night !

Thanks for the cover and sharing it with us - fantastic performance of it ! Not an easy song to master acoustically !   Well done my friend!!

Jim     

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Re: Ballad of a broken hearted man cover for Jim

Played  the  song at  the  open mic  last  night It  was  well  recieved   but  none  of  the  audience  had  heard  of  Robert Jon . so  I  hope  it  stirred  some  intrest.
We  will  see  how  it  goes  with  the  band  at  rehearsal   next  week .     

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Re: Ballad of a broken hearted man cover for Jim

Graham,
That is so cool !
When you and band get down to how you love it - you gotta record it and send me a copy.

Jim     

The price of anything, is the amount of life you exchange for it.   - H.D. Thoreau
Your vision is not limited by what your eye can see, but what your mind can imagine.
Make your life count, and the world will be a better place because you tried.
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Re: Ballad of a broken hearted man cover for Jim

Hoping  to   do  it  in October   at  the Love  Lancaster  event  ,bit  short  on rehearsal  time   as  Jim our  drummer   is  up  and  down the  country   playing  for  Gaelforce  at the  moment   Check  them out  they  are  very  good  https://www.gaelforcecelticrock.co.uk/     

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