Rainy Day People

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  • Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
  • Another Gordon Lightfoot classic that only recently hit me in the "feels."
    First time playing it through for me.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 51

  • @jeffmiller3521
    @jeffmiller3521 Рік тому +4

    Thank you for your inspiration. We lost lost a poet with great musical talent.

  • @davidleinweber
    @davidleinweber 2 роки тому +5

    Wonderful version of a truly great song. Glad I stumbled upon this video.

  • @vickivonck5836
    @vickivonck5836 2 роки тому +4

    Wow I think I could listen to this man for hours!!!!!!!

  • @Karen-hl8hq
    @Karen-hl8hq 2 роки тому +4

    Butch- Don't know each other. You have moved me with your beautiful rendition of Gordon's lovely tune.

  • @alden495
    @alden495 11 місяців тому +1

    Very Nice.

  • @pigmeattwo
    @pigmeattwo 3 роки тому +6

    Really great. Sung by, I venture to say, a rainy day person.

  • @Maxsfable
    @Maxsfable 2 роки тому +3

    Wow, what a beautiful cover. I'm 23 and Gordon Lightfoot was one of those guys that my parents would play for me as a little boy, among other artists across the ages like Jack Johnson or Johnny Cash who gave them, and me, a little peace during troubled times.

  • @stevenharpold2562
    @stevenharpold2562 2 роки тому +6

    Very nice Butch! I like how you come across….both musically and as a fellow human being!

  • @jetg2059
    @jetg2059 2 роки тому +4

    One of my favorite songs

  • @TramPainter
    @TramPainter 2 роки тому +4

    Excellent, Sir. Really caught the mood of the song.

  • @lululito124
    @lululito124 Рік тому +1

    Nice job!! I really enjoy playing along with videos like yours with my mandolin and guitar. We sound great together!

  • @s.greasey7654
    @s.greasey7654 2 роки тому +5

    Beautiful cover! Brings a little tear to my eye thinking this is one of the songs I use to rock my kids to sleep to. One in high school and one in college and both are Gordon fans.

  • @nancyhsiao6423
    @nancyhsiao6423 2 роки тому +5

    Great job!
    Great singing with the guitar melody....

  • @codyalcorn9147
    @codyalcorn9147 3 роки тому +6

    Beautiful.

  • @wallyklw5
    @wallyklw5 27 днів тому

    Beautiful!

  • @carolynclark3687
    @carolynclark3687 3 роки тому +5

    Love it.

  • @DBMangum
    @DBMangum 3 роки тому +3

    lovely!!!!

  • @luckydog-287
    @luckydog-287 Рік тому +1

    Great! Thank you!

  • @davidhelsing545
    @davidhelsing545 3 роки тому +5

    I very much enjoyed your song. 👍

  • @Robert-pi6vs
    @Robert-pi6vs 3 роки тому +3

    Good acoustics.

  • @meximlt59
    @meximlt59 9 днів тому

    You play beautifully.

  • @gregdean1538
    @gregdean1538 7 місяців тому

    Great playing and singing a most incredible song.

  • @naderhashemi555
    @naderhashemi555 2 роки тому +2

    Excellent. Really enjoyed it

  • @davemould1833
    @davemould1833 3 роки тому +5

    Great rendition, enjoyed listening 👍

  • @pnatwick
    @pnatwick 3 роки тому +3

    You felt this one, Butch. 🙏🏼

    • @butchlawson
      @butchlawson  3 роки тому +2

      That I did! When life meets song, that can happen- even if the song were just a pretty melody before that. Music's power to create, reflect, and change one's mood is why most players love it. Thanks for the comment.

    • @pnatwick
      @pnatwick 3 роки тому +2

      @@butchlawson And I am a lifelong player as well, having had my gift/curse of perfect pitch noticed when I was five. Why I mention that is because I feel the emotional value of the different keys in different ways. I see C as plain, G as sweet, A as pure, (and so forth), but the key of B major reeks with honesty. If this piece were in B flat, it would sound off, mis-matched, because it is a friendly but powerful key. B fits perfectly in this song.
      I looked at ‘Imagine,’ a while back, the sheet music was in C, and it didn’t sound honest. Come to find out Lennon had dropped the speed of the recording to B, where it glowed. How about that?

  • @josereyna8885
    @josereyna8885 Рік тому +1

    Well done! Gordon would be proud.

  • @mattwright8993
    @mattwright8993 3 роки тому +5

    Great job man, many thanks!

  • @meximlt59
    @meximlt59 6 місяців тому

    That was great, Butch! I’m just learning the guitar and hope to play like you one day. 😊

  • @roberthaigh3206
    @roberthaigh3206 11 місяців тому

    Gordon wrote so many great songs. I sing more than 50 of his songs myself. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @gsus493
    @gsus493 3 роки тому +5

    I've been thinking about this song all day long. Nice to hear your rendition: Very lovely!

  • @lessharratt8719
    @lessharratt8719 10 місяців тому

    Well done. Gordon was my favorite.

  • @mikerunyan1
    @mikerunyan1 3 роки тому +3

    Checking in

  • @edgullo
    @edgullo Рік тому

    Lovely! Gentle picking. Those fingers still work fine, Butch. Thank you.

  • @laurieoneil1330
    @laurieoneil1330 Рік тому +2

    Thank you. So beautiful

  • @jbeavinbeavin
    @jbeavinbeavin Рік тому

    Beautiful and moving--I've never played it either, but inspired now. Thanks.

  • @BeautifulLife000H
    @BeautifulLife000H 2 роки тому +2

    Very nice

  • @uncatila
    @uncatila Рік тому

    Great guitar licks

  • @danmoreno37
    @danmoreno37 Рік тому +1

    Very nice Butch!

  • @philipgriffiths5090
    @philipgriffiths5090 11 місяців тому

    5:08 Hi Butch. Hope you are well and best wishes from New Zealand. Thanks for this and all your other great covers of great classics from great songwriters! I have only just discovered your channel and look forward to hearing more from you.

  • @tomandlindafirme1
    @tomandlindafirme1 Рік тому

    Great version of the Gord classic Butch :) :)

  • @davidspencer2333
    @davidspencer2333 Рік тому +3

    Hey Butch. I'm a first-time listener to your channel, and your cover of Rainy Day People is now my favorite of this great song! I wish I could pick like you! What sheet music would you recommend to learn this song on a guitar?

    • @butchlawson
      @butchlawson  Рік тому +3

      For music, lyrics, and chords, get a Lightfoot songbook that has this song in it. If you find it too difficult to play exactly as he does, focus on the chords and pull the melody from them. I'd like to say I read music and tabs, but alas, I'm not a musician. I'm a lazy player and I play by ear, so I will always take shortcuts. Thanks for the great comment!

  • @deborahpaine4198
    @deborahpaine4198 4 роки тому +3

    Great pickin’ Butch!

  • @joeg.6405
    @joeg.6405 Рік тому +1

    ❤️

  • @kenk2580
    @kenk2580 3 роки тому +3

    I'm trying to learn how you play it. thanks

    • @butchlawson
      @butchlawson  3 роки тому +2

      Me, too. It comes out different each time! The short explanation is that I just pick the melody notes out of the chords that I'm already playing. You can do it too, Ken!

  • @DonnieMellenbruch-uw4ob
    @DonnieMellenbruch-uw4ob 4 місяці тому

    No joke!