Yo-Yo Ma uploaded this cello part on indabamusic and invited others to create with it. I thought it was a cool idea. I had help with this christmas song from Matthiew, a wandering Parisian trumpet player.

The first version. This is the first and only song I wrote on [arrsuarez](http://alonetone.com/arrsuarez)'s Christmas gift to me, a mbira that he lovingly crafted by hand. ![mbira](http://img.skitch.com/20090309-qan7jaha9gtbge23e6d3aqh2td…

Remedies are funny things. You want to get better but you don't want to change. This is now a minimally tidied up version of this track 18/3/09

This was the first time I'd fired up my telecaster and amp for a recording and it felt like sitting in Sun Studios or something. Amazing sound after playing just acoustic instruments for a year. It's the first take and I loved it! This is now…

Accompanied by Jim Bouchard on Slide Guitar, this is "the way my people does". The unsung heroes.

You never let me smile You never let me out of sight You never let me live You never learned you had to give I'm taking it away x 2

Remedies are funny things. You want to get better but you don't want to change. This is now a minimally tidied up version of this track 18/3/09

This was the first time I'd fired up my telecaster and amp for a recording and it felt like sitting in Sun Studios or something. Amazing sound after playing just acoustic instruments for a year. It's the first take and I loved it! This is now…