Nice to have a weekend free, the good wife is in Spain with our daughter and friends to celebrate her fortieth birthday, watch out Spain !!!! Got round to this one, everything is in Open D on my trusty acoustic.
Nice to have a weekend free, the good wife is in Spain with our daughter and friends to celebrate her fortieth birthday, watch out Spain !!!! Got round to this one, everything is in Open D on my trusty acoustic.
Nice to have a weekend free, the good wife is in Spain with our daughter and friends to celebrate her fortieth birthday, watch out Spain !!!! Got round to this one, everything is in Open D on my trusty acoustic.
Well, IF YOU eveh spend time above the 45 th parallel
You know all about the northern view
So here is my imaginary solution to a northern cold ass winter
If you don't get it that's not unusual
Here is the latest song challenge offered by the Minnesota Asscociation of Songwriters:
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Your mission this month is twofold:
1. Try creating a boundary between the production of content versus the judging…
Sometimes life tends to repeat itself if you're not careful.... Good to find a moment to recognize old patterns and shake them off.
Great help on this one from the MN Coffee Table Gang - Greg Connor on guitar and vocals, and Mark Lofgren…
A friend got me excited about writing short instrumentals for Video, TV etc and posting them on Pond5 ( A site catering to that type of thing). I recorded this little banjo piece this morning.
I C see it all Em happen on the F evening C news
Am Someone G started C something G
C Running for Em cover, F crying the C blues
Am Your world is G just a C crumbling
C It was bad Em before and it’s F getting C worse
Am You think you G…
Just in time for St Patrick's Day . . . . And with any luck we might have a bonus "LIVE" Leprechaun track coming soon. The Minnesota Coffee table met and recorded a fun version last night.
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I was…
The Feast - A A J Russe
Written 26th September 1985
Recorded 3rd March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1
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This one's been sticking out of the shoebox for a long long while. It always shows up in a list of maybes. And it did this time…
Just To Make It What You Want - A A J Russe
Written 1st October 2016
Recorded 4th March 2022
The Shoebox Demos Vol 1
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I was going to choose a more uptempo one next, then this one jumped out of the shoebox at us, shouting "me me ME…
Comments on oldfolks2's stuff
Great Song! This should help her with a speedy recovery!
Makes me want to dance around in a circle on a couple of toes.... Love it!
Very smooth, this song just rolls and flows right along. I like the interplay between the vocals and the slide guitar!
Very easy feeling, like putting on old shoes.
NICE. It's got a wonderful feel to it. Love the "Doo-do-do-doo" choruses.
OOh Yeah!!
Like it mate
This is great stuff. Thank you for sharing.
Ohhh, Rock me Roger.... loved the crash chords and that sweet bass line. Faved instantly
who you gonna meet on the street. Great recording Roger, So clean and focused. You are one of my favorites
Excellente!
Oh very tasty. Very tasty indeed... It had me thinking Ronnie Lane? Excellent stuff.
A nice easy feel to this. Just what you'd expect from a *"fine looking woman"*
I really like that tuning.it suits a "fine looking woman with long blonde hair"
That's the stuff. I'm with Merry Bear over that banjo.
That banjo in the distance is just too damn cool!
YOU ARE GETTING YOUR GROOVE ON. I THOUGHT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SENIOR CITIZENS.
*I'm reaching for my harmonica to play along! Yep, key of E I'm forwarding this over to a friend. We'll be tooting along in Minnesota*
I was digging this and wondering what to say - handturkey nailed it, it's the pulse of the thing. Nice one.
Playing it again. This is one for the headphones! Love that lead guitar moving from ear to ear -- good fun!
Comments made by oldfolks2
Very good ....
Great story ...
I know that voice, can't beat the love of a good woman ....
I Know who you are ....... love it ....
Blimey Greg, that's so classy .....
Ooh, a great bit of magic ........ Coffee and Cream .........
Very nice ...... Great pickin'
Think you should be weary of that Bunny Boiler ......
Love it, Love it, Love it ......
Good tune mate .....
First class guys ..... a bit of magic .......
Excellent .... and a powerful message ......
Cool vibes ........
Rather poignant ... in a nice way ...
Love it ....... An empty glass !!!!!!! Sacre Bleu ........
Great RPM .....
Very good .....
Ha ... put a great big smile on my face .... me thinks you need a Minnesota Wine table version .........
I can feel that being a great Rockin' song .....
That's a great song in the making ......