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Topic: The Grande Affaire

My cover: https://youtu.be/DIE7bO-BLfs

A song by Ralph McTell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_McTell

Released on the "Streets..." album: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets...

And a recording he made of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NT08VzrXMQ

Couldn't find out much more about it ....

Enjoy!

Richard (in funky dinosaur tank top!) 

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Re: The Grande Affaire

Richard good one takes me back to the days of coffee bars and good folk music played with a guitar a microphone and a good voice by a person with a good talent such as yourself.     

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Re: The Grande Affaire

That's a very nice rendition Neo.

I have to tell - I totally enjoy all of your recordings and I am quite envious of your talents - but I think you have got to smile sometimes - you always look so serious when you are playing smile
I don't know - maybe that's what musicians do (I certainly am not one)  - I just think it would add to the fab productions you do. smile
Keep'em coming my friend.

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Re: The Grande Affaire

TIGLJK wrote:

That's a very nice rendition Neo.

I have to tell - I totally enjoy all of your recordings and I am quite envious of your talents - but I think you have got to smile sometimes - you always look so serious when you are playing smile
I don't know - maybe that's what musicians do (I certainly am not one)  - I just think it would add to the fab productions you do. smile
Keep'em coming my friend.

Jim

Cheers for the feedback; that's my "concentrating" face, but I'll try to get it to smile more wink

Thanks

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Re: The Grande Affaire

Duly noted about the "concentrating face", Neo ... got a chuckle out of this. Playing & singing simultaneously does take a fair bit of focus, and I think we all know that. My wife will sometimes ask me a question while I'm playing, and she gets a blank stare for a response until the piece is done ... kinda like your concentrating face. big_smile     

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Re: The Grande Affaire

Tenement Funster wrote:

Duly noted about the "concentrating face", Neo ... got a chuckle out of this. Playing & singing simultaneously does take a fair bit of focus, and I think we all know that. My wife will sometimes ask me a question while I'm playing, and she gets a blank stare for a response until the piece is done ... kinda like your concentrating face. big_smile

Yep, do that too!! big_smile     

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Re: The Grande Affaire

I often get punters trying to talk to me as I'm halfway through a song. I tell them, when I can, come back when I've finished! The wife's always commented on the faces I pull when doing a solo, and one day she observed;"ooh, they all do it!"
Great recording as usual. How many out takes? I do loads, never to be seen or heard...lol     

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Re: The Grande Affaire

Phill Williams wrote:

How many out takes? I do loads, never to be seen or heard...lol

I did 12 songs during that recording ... this was one of the songs I did twice (the other was The Rolling Stones 'Angie'), when I thunked the top strings on a random strum ... I sometimes go through a run through before recording - especially if it's like "Daniel", where there's that Ab that can catch you off guard ...     

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Re: The Grande Affaire

Phill Williams wrote:

The wife's always commented on the faces I pull when doing a solo, and one day she observed;"ooh, they all do it!"

This one made me smile, Phill ..

I can rarely do anything with a wah pedal, without mimicking the sound shape with my mouth opening and closing ... looks like a fish. I wonder if "wah face" gave rise to the Talk Box?

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Re: The Grande Affaire

Tenement Funster wrote:
Phill Williams wrote:

The wife's always commented on the faces I pull when doing a solo, and one day she observed;"ooh, they all do it!"

This one made me smile, Phill ..

I can rarely do anything with a wah pedal, without mimicking the sound shape with my mouth opening and closing ... looks like a fish. I wonder if "wah face" gave rise to the Talk Box?

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/19718706.jpg

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Re: The Grande Affaire

Tenement Funster wrote:

https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/19718706.jpg

 

Haha!! smile     

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