February 2017 FSOTM - Amie - Take me Home, Country Roads (Page 1 of 2)

For a minute there I thought the song was
Amy, take me home.

Probably won't be able to do either of these as I've still got throat problems which are preventing me singing ,no gigs booked till May so hopefully back in tune before then.,enjoyed listening to last month's renditions.

Zurf we got these?

So cool! Im glad I thought of that one AMY AMIE! and UG has a few versions of how to play it, I posted the link in the other thread.  Maybe I can get that one before March? LOLOL

With scotch and strings, not much.

RickyJack

Nicely done !!  I enjoyed it.

Jim

Pure Prairie League was a band that had its roots in nearby Waverly, Ohio.  Craig Fuller (songwriter, guitar and vocals) and John David Call (pedal steel) were both from Waverly.  I met Craig when we were taking some of the same classes at Ohio University in 1968 and John when we both hired in on the same day as Instrumentation and Control apprentices at a local uranium enrichment facility in 1969.  John quit within a year as the band he was playing with (PPL) got signed to a record contract and the boys hit the road. Call had to quit touring after a couple years because of back issues and moved back home to Ohio.  In the early 70's PPL was my favorite band and I collected all their albums and learned to play some of their songs.  Although "Amie" is more popular, "Tears" has always been my favorite. Over the years the band had changed members often and at times no original members were touring. As mentioned, Vince Gill was a member at one time.

John Call was well-known for his innovative steel guitar licks and I even heard him referred to as the Jimi Hendrix of pedal steel once. I spoke to him last fall (he is a member of our Foothill Folk Society group) and he is doing some gigs with the band again and his wife Andrea (also a musician) plays at a venue in WV.

DE

Song two - Amie. For Amies everywhere. Also for Woody Woodpecker. Thanks again Zurf. I had a great time!

https://soundcloud.com/joe-lilly/chordi … -2017-amie

I got to tell you, I have not had so much fun playing guitar since the last Chordiestock.  BGD is a tremendously skilled guitar player and very good company.  I strolled into his hotel room and he was on what seemed to be a challenging work conversation.  Not wanting to interfere with his job duties, I left the room immediately after grabbing his ice bucket.  Upon returning, his conversation had turned, so I poured us each a stiff scotch on the rocks from a stock I had brought along. He finished his conversation then toasted me by saying, "I like how you roll."  From that dubious introduction through the rest of the evening we had a lot of laughs. 

I would have liked a few more passes on these songs, as they are rough, but we had great fun playing them. Finding a pitch on Country Roads was hard for me (as you can tell), but BGD didn't have the foggiest notion how the melody went on the bridge so it was up to me to sing.  John Denver's pitch is far above what I am able to perform, and we didn't mess around with capos at all.  So my singing was far from polished.  Oh well.  I'll give all dis-satisfied customers double their money back if you don't fall in with the fun we were having.  Some conditions apply. Your mileage may vary. Side effects may include early or late chord transitions, inappropriate language, cartoon sound effects, and almost certainly hair loss.

Can`t beat a good laugh guys.
love ya humour.

The winners this month were our stomachs.  We had one of the best dinners I've had in all my time in DC, at a restaurant I've been to 6-8 times.