Peatle Jville wrote:

Jandle, good choice of song. You do it good.
Grah, hope you get over Covid soon.  Good cover only thing lacking was a harmonica solo. Your guitar and voice and guitar worked good in the true Blues tradition.

Cheers Peatle ,I'm afraid a harmonica would probably finish me off at the moment  .My harp playing however is very much in the Bob Dylan style i.e. pretty bad but just bearable.Lol When we do this song with the band Robert uses an electric harmonix C9 Pedal which makes his guitar sound like an organ and I play a distorted  solo against it. This works pretty good.     

Even later   mainly due  to  the awful  Covid  which  has  struck  me  down again .I  had  to  call  in some  help  from the  late  Woody  Guthrie  with  this  cover  of  the  Doors  Road house blues .(its  not  really    Woody    just  a  nice  badge  my  wife  bought me )
https://youtu.be/6AFIsmPgW4A     

Just  had  a  listen to  Richard  on you  tube  nice  version of  a  Brucie  classic   just   a  little  too  loud  on the  guitar  in places  but still a  good  cover  .Well  done .     

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A sad  song Jim well written as usual     

Sounds   good  Jan your  voice  is  so  clear     

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Time  to  nail a  song   depends   on a  few  things  Jim  , Do all  the band  members  know  the  song  ,or  is it new  and  original .  . The  Current  set  with this  band  has  taken   twelve  months  to  get the  set  to  the level  we are  at  . We have  been playing together  in various  forms  for  about two years . However  with my old  band  it was  possible  to be  asked  for  a  song in the  morning and we  could  rehearse  and  play a  reasonable  version  that evening . But  we  had  been together   for    10  yrs   .
I remember  doing a  gig  some  years  ago  at  a  small club  in London ,which was   supposed to be  me  and an acoustic  guitar ,when I  arrived  I found  a  bunch of  my mates  had turned up  to back me   and  we had  an hour  to  choose  a dozen songs  before we  were  due on    The  guys  were  fantastic  and  we  nailed  every song straight off  and  it was  great   except  I forgot the  starting line  of  David Crosbys  Cowboy movie  song , I was  15 yrs   younger  though LOL  .
Re  confidence  to  perform  Jim   you  write   great  songs  and  should  go  out  and  play  them  ,But  choose  a  venue  which  respects  its  players and  listens  to  the  content  of  the  songs .
We  are  lucky   over  here  in the  UK  as  the  folk  clubs  make sure  the audience  is  quiet   during performances   as  do  some  of  the  better   open mics ,Give  it  a  go  you  have  a  great   and   unusual voice    which   I'm sure   people  will  listen to  and  enjoy .

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Hi Jim thanks for the honest feed back  we appreciate constructive comments  it helps us to improve .We currently have about 15 songs in the set and are working on another 9  classics.Watch this space .     

road  house  by the  doors     

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Yeah   its  a  classic  5 piece     

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This  is  a  link  to  the  face book  page we are  setting  up   drop us  a  message  and  have  a  look .

   https://www.facebook.com/Ronnie-The-Roc … 329218146/

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Hi  Guys
would  you please  give  us  some  feed back  on these   three tracks  from   our  band
https://soundcloud.com/user-600541469 

Deka vimata  stin ammo would be a literal translation     

Check  this  video of  my  friend Ellen Skourti who  often used  to  play  with  us  in Crete.I  think  Ellen would  be  a  great   artist  for   a  Greek Eurovision entry  . Please  listen and  share  the  vid  it  would  really  help.
https://youtu.be/DuiKifqySG0 

Great  song  Jim  I'll  try  and  give  it  go     this  week .     

Whiskey in the  jar  on a  Banjitar   . Clean family  version  . If  you  want  the  smutty  version  come  to  one  of  my  live  shows  after 9pm LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI4HxSoo_Cg     

No one has suggested whiskey in the jar yet .If I have a few mins spare I'll give it a go on the Banjitar     

I taking  it  round   to my  friend Mike  Harding  on Saturday   to  see  what  he  thinks ,Those  who  folllow  the  UK   folk  scene  will  know  Mike   he   enjoyed  a  lot  of  commercial  success  in the  Uk  and  is  a  fantastic  banjo  player and  all round multi  instrumentalist  ,Heres  a  link  to  one  of  his  shows check  it  out  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QazSl2-hLuM warning  though  some  of  the  material   is  a  bit  risque.     

I've since  replaced  the   low   E  with   a  regular  D string   and  tuned  it  up  to  E   gives  a  better  banjo  sound .     

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I just  use   a Roland   street  cube   in the  house   or  if  I'm   doing   a    small venue , It  has mic .guitar  and  aux  inputs   , models several amps  has  an acoustic simulator   as  well  for  use  with  electric  guitar  and  a  variety  of  effects  very  good  sound   and  not  stupidly  priced  . It  can also  be  used   on battery  or  mains . Most  street  musicians  use  them over  here .   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwNqr43VH5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnltkDuF4Ro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6BoN8hMA-Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3JHfDyWcig
Lonnie Donegan cover ,Putting  on the  style     

I'll  do  a  vid  shortly probably  an  old  Lonnie  Donegan song     

Just picked up a second hand Banjitar the other day one or two minor issues as it had been messed around  by some one who had no idea how to set the thing up.The tail piece had been bent and fitted wrong also it had been fitted with heavy gauge acoustic guitar strings .All pretty easy fixes.I also fitted some acoustic damping foam inside the head to make it play at a sensible volume as it was very loud .It now sounds much better and plays well .I may put a thinner low E on to give a better banjo sound but for now  I'm happy.

Struggling with my voice at the moment again and I've a couple of solo gigs coming up this month so I'm not singing  with the band at the moment. Hopefully it will settle but since getting covid in March I've had a recurring problem but I'll send how I feel after this week ends session


Zurf wrote:
TIGLJK wrote:

Ok - here is my version   https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … ard-island

hope it doesn't hurt your ears too badly  smile

Thanks for listening

Jim


Isn't that cool? You heard  it totally differently.  I hope a competent bluesman (or woman) (or someone who isn't sure one way or another) can take it on as a project and give us a third wholly different approach. 

Graham.

I'm talking about Graham.

     

Heres   the  lyrics and a link   to  my  song  Tomorrow never  comes  please   have  a  go .
https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/to … ever-comes
Em    A G riff
Em                          AG
The  sea  rolls  in 
Em                          AG
The sun  is  hot
E m                         AG
Thank  the  world
Em                          AG
For  what  you've got
Em                          AG
Another  day
Em                          AG
For  you to love
Em                                   AG
Beneath  the  the  bright
E m                         AG
Blue  sky  above

Em
Today is  life
A                D
Live  your  life
Em
Love your life
A                 D
You've only one
Em
Today is  life
A                D
Live  your  life
Em
Today is  life   
G                A           Em
Tomorrow never  comes
Em                          AG
Time  goes  on
Em                          AG
All things pass
Em                          AG
No matter how
Em                          AG
We  hope  they  last
Em                          AG
Enjoy your time
Em                          AG
Its yours to spend
Em                          AG
But make good  use
Em                          AG
Before  it  ends

Em
Today is  life
A                D
Live  your  life
Em
Love your life
A                 D
You've only one
Em
Today is  life
A                D
Live  your  life
Em
Today is  life   
G                A           Em
Tomorrow never  comes     

Jim  it  was  supposed  to  be  this  one  https://soundcloud.com/graham-windle/just-for-a-change