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oldwailer
1842 posts
Feb 02, 2012
1:15 PM
Here's my version of an old song that I learned directly from Elizabeth Cotton. . .



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Blown Out Reed
301 posts
Feb 02, 2012
2:49 PM
Nice Pickin'

I digg Mississippi John Hurt's version also

You got any of his songs in your bag?
Cristal Lecter
294 posts
Feb 02, 2012
3:03 PM
WOW

Guitar playing is good, the singing is great and the harmonica is pure tradition of this gospel..L I liked it a lot Oldwailer
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Aussiesucker
1003 posts
Feb 02, 2012
5:02 PM
OW Nice playing & singing. Enjoyed it. Isn't that the same tune that I know as 'Will the Circle Be Unbroken' a bluegrass gospel tune with different lyrics & made famous by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band? This is my bluegrass version but I mercifully spare you my singing:-

http://youtu.be/xKFK3eX5-1I
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tf10music
124 posts
Feb 02, 2012
5:18 PM
Love it. Can't tell if you're using a thumb pick or not, but I really like the sound you're getting out of your bass strings. I only knew the song from the Mississippi John Hurt version, so it was interesting hearing this interpretation.
nacoran
5170 posts
Feb 02, 2012
5:25 PM
Very nice. There is a sort of messy precision to the harp playing, or maybe it's a precise messiness... or it's evoking messy harp playing while being very precise... I'm not explaining it very well. What I'm trying to say is that you heard what the song needed and played exactly what the song needed. :)

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RyanMortos
1258 posts
Feb 02, 2012
6:16 PM
Sounds good Old Wailer! Like the backdrop, heh.

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oldwailer
1845 posts
Feb 02, 2012
10:25 PM
Thanks for all the nice comments, everybody!

@Aussie--yes--it is a very similar tune--in fact, it's probably the same, but I play Circle a little differently. I believe Nitty Gritty got it from Maybelle Carter--and she made it famous long before they did--but I could be wrong.

@tf10--No thumb pick on this one, although I do use one quite often--but I do prefer the sound of no picks. . .

@Blown Out--yes I do play several MJH pieces--I have a version of his "Salty Dog" already on YT--but I'll be posting some others as I get the time--he's my all-time favorite hero. You can also find some of Buddah's lessons on 12th position set to my version of "Ain't No Tellin'."



@Nac--yeah, I could do it clean and neat--but I'm a big fan of sloppy for this kind of music--I never really know what will come out of the harp--everything else is pretty worked out. . .

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Last Edited by on Feb 02, 2012 10:28 PM
Blown Out Reed
302 posts
Feb 02, 2012
11:45 PM
Now that's some old school Pickin' right there!

I'm gonna get me some Maxwell House and listen again :-)
jodanchudan
479 posts
Feb 03, 2012
8:56 AM
Great stuff! I don't know how anyone manages to play harp and guitar at the same time - I've tried it and I can't coordinate it at all.


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