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(4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxu2dZUsNB0

second  song  of  the  set  .Messin with  the  Kid

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(4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Big  thank you  to   every  one  who  came  tonight   we  had  a  blast    hope  you  all  enjoyed  it  too

1,428

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Need to  get back  on with  this  one I  might   play it  tomorrow  at  my  Richmond gig  if  the  audience  are  kind  to  me .

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(8 replies, posted in Poems)

Hey   Easybeat  I must  have been to one  of  your  bbqs ,it all  seems  so familiar .Love  the  flying  lettuce .
Great  stuff
Grah

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(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Nice  words Phill well done

I  had  a  commando  850  for  a  while and  later  a  triumph trident  t150 v the commando  was  nice  but  the  trident   out performed it  in every  way.

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(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks for  the feed back  guys its  appreciated

It was  entirely Trevs  fault  he  used to  ride  like  a  lunatic  .He  wasn't  wired up  right I  remember  one  time  he  stripped  a bike  down in his mothers living room , granted  he  covered  the  carpet  with plastic  but  he  then  drained  the  oil out which ran over  the  edges .We all  had  a good  laugh at his  Dad  dragging  the  bike out  of  the door and  Trev trying to drag it  back in. Honestly you  couldn't  invent  a  story  like  this even if  you  wanted  to .

Cant  say  really  but  at  the  time we  always thought   Lennon couldn't count  . lol I  would  think that by now  there  all  filled  but I'll be  up  there  in a couple  of  weeks  so I'll  try  and  do  a  quick audit smile

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

The  new  skills  thing  is very important .I  always  bring  something new  to  rehearsals ,not  as  a  suggestion  to  include it  in future  sets  but  to  improve and  diversify  from things  we  have  been   used  to. 
Some time  ago  I  suggested  we play  Donna Summers  hot stuff which  every  body   except  our  girl singer   seemed  horrified  by . How ever every body  loved it  once  they  played  it ,the  lead  riff  having such an effect on our  Conga  player( who  is  also   a  good guitarist ) as  he  asked if  he  could take  the  lead  on guitar for this  song .

On Phill Williams posts  he  has  a  reference  to the  holes in Blackburn

I actually  come from Blackburn and  I  do  have  a  funny and  totally  true  story about a  hole .

Back  in the  late  60s  a  friend  of  mine  had a  Norton Dominator motorcycle .One day   not  looking  where  he  was  going  he  rode it  into  a  large hole  in the  ground .Looking  up  from the  hole  at the  bewildered  council worker who  had  been leaning on his  shovel as the  accident  happened  he  said "Give me  a  hand  to  get  it  out  mate" .The  council worker  replied ."You were clever enough to get  the  bugger  in there your self  ,lets  see  if  your  clever  enough  to  get  it  out ."

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

This  is an argument  which some  of  my  colleague's feel quite  strong about .Our  last  bass player really  felt  that we  should  mimic the  original songs  where as  the  rest  of  us  felt  we should put  out  own stamp  on the  track ,As probably  60% of  the  current  set  is  covers My  personal take  is  that  it  should  sound  like us  and not  the  original  artist .
However if  you  play  as  a  tribute  artist  then yes try and  be  as close to  the  original as you can ,no one  wants  an Elvis  impersonator who  sound like Dolly Parton .

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(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks Jets your  too kind   it  will  be  better  when Cindy  sings  it  lol

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(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPHBzozYNc
Rough recording  as promised

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kpW4E-pulA

This  is  a  preview  of  an original song I 'm working  on at  the moment .The  recordings  a  bit  rough  as  is my  voice  at the  moment .But  I  hope  you like  it .

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(173 replies, posted in Acoustic)

Probably   Johnny  be  good  or  some  other  rock n roll  classic

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(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks dino  cindy wrote  this morning saying can I sing it over Skype for her  tonight .I  think I'll vid it and utube it though

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(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Wrote this  for  Cindy Scholl  the  great  flautist who  I  often play  with  something  to  try  while I'm in the UK  never  penned  a  reggae tune  before but  as  she  had  me  playing Bob Marley  most  of  last  year  I  thought  I  should  try ..

Frantic  by Graham Windle copyright 01/01/2014 allrights reserved

A                                        Em
You cant  tell me its the way  you planned it
                                      A
you cant  tell me that  you understand it
                                        D
you cant  tell me  that the Martians landed
         A                     E                                      A     
Are the  answers  to  my  questions gonna make you frantic

A                                   Em
You cant show me how it is to  be  famous
                                             A
You might  tell me that  the  journey is painless
                                D
You might ask me to swim the Atlantic
         A                  E                                     A
But  the answers to my  questions gonna make you frantic

Bridge
E
Time and time and time again
D
I search for things I cant explain
E
An autograph, a photograph,
D
A thousand things that make you laugh
E
The leaves that fall beside a stream
D
Your always on the winning team
F#
I close my eyes and count to ten
E
Ihen every things the same again

E.....

A                                        Em
You cant  tell me its the way  you planned it
                                      A
you cant  tell me that  you understand it
                                        D
you cant  tell me  that the Martians landed
         A                     E                                   A     
Are the  answers  to  my  questions gonna make you frantic

         A                     E                                    A     
Are the  answers  to  my  questions gonna make you frantic

         A                     E                                     A     
Are the  answers  to  my  questions gonna make you frantic
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In chordpro format below:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Frantic by Graham Windle


copyright: 01/01/2014 allrights reserved




[A]You canttell me its the [Em]wayyou planned it


you canttell me that[A]you understand it


you canttell methat [D]the Martians landed


Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic




[A]You cant show me how[Em] it is tobefamous


You mighttell me thatthe[A]journey is painless


You might ask me [D]to swim the Atlantic


But[A]the answers[E] to myquestions gonna[A] make you frantic


Bridge

[E]Time and time and time again


[D]I search for things I cant explain



[E]An autograph, a photograph,


[D]A thousand things that make you laugh


[E]The leaves that fall beside a stream


[D]Your always on the winning team


[F#]I close my eyes and count to ten


[E]Then every things the same again


[E].....


[A]You canttell me its the [Em]wayyou planned it


you canttell me that[A]you understand it


you canttell methat [D]the Martians landed


Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic


Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic


Are [A]theanswers[E]tomyquestions gonna[A] make you frantic


I think  the  thing  that  helped me  most  when I  came  back  to  playing  was  the  use  of  backing  tracks  as  I  had not  played  with  a  band for many  years  I found it  helped  with  timing  issues  and gave  me  added confidence  to  play  live again.

Do  you  get   nervous or does  it  happen all the  time .If its all the  time  I would  just say  practice. If its just  when some ones listening try  to imagine  your on your own .But in either case warm up your vocal chords with a few  exercises before you start  then you don't strain

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(4 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

My  friend John Dillworth is  organizing a  blues jam night  at  Richmond bridge boat club  on Sunday  the  12th of Jan .John is hoping that this can become a regular venue as a blues club .
So  to  kick  off this venture  I will  be  playing a set  accompanied  by  John on sax and mandolin  Steve Francis on drums and Steve Kempson on guitar . Any chordians in the  London area who  fancy coming down to give a little support ,we will be  starting around 8.30,

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(1 replies, posted in About Chordie)

You can just  use the  browser on kindle and it  functions  just like a  normal computer no app needed

1,448

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

part  of my  name   and its  the  same as  I  use on other  forums

Thanks Daiyu

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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

good  song ,I'm no  christian but I  agree   with the  words xmas is  too much about  comercialism.