The Gallis Pole
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- A favorite Lead Belly song, one which is known to many via Zep's excellent cover, and one which I never have before attempted even though I knew it back in 1963 listening to my "How to play 12 like Lead Belly" record. Guitar work's a little sloppy in places (just getting back up to speed on those
"E7" slides), but I liked the vocal energy. Simple one camera-one mike no-frills vid.
I heard Mike Russo play this song once. He introduced it by saying it was the song everyone wanted to hear when they found out a person played a 12-string, but nobody could play it. "On record's the only place you can get it." I enjoyed this.
I meant to write you this long ago, but forgot that I hadn't yet. Somehow Mike Russo, that astounding, brilliant titan, completely escaped my notice all my life---until you brought up the name. Wow. I am in awe of the guy. THAT'S how Lead Belly should be played. I will study his moves for the rest of my playing life. Thanks!
Some really fantastic fingerpicking and playing. This video was great.
Absolutely Brilliant!
Superb version of that classic song, thank you.
A very fair rendition of a true classic! Mike Russo and Ben Andrews could belt out Leadbelly so well it was amazing.
I really enjoyed your version. It had the staccato drive going on that so many people can’t get. BRAVO!
Upload the picking pattern man
i love this song so much. its sounds incredible on 12 strings
Beautiful cover, my friend. Just got a 12 string and am working on learning all my Lead Belly favorites. Best wishes! :)
If you find a good way to learn it, please let me know!!
You're absolutely amazing sir!
Incredible!
That was incredible
Great rendition, Alonzo. At one time I collected several recorded versions of this song, which is actually Child ballad #95, and is also known as "The Maid Freed From the Gallows", "The Briary Bush" and "The Prickle Holly Bush." The last two refer to a chorus which was used in many of the English versions but which seems to have been dropped when the song made its way to America. My favourites, apart from the Lead Belly and Led Zeppelin versions, are by Odetta and John Jacob Niles. I think I have uploaded more versions of this song to UA-cam than any other of the Child ballads.
Real good work. I love this. You got it going real good. Odetta do a good vesion a this song too.
Great, thank you sir!
Outstanding
Awesome! Now please teach us!
lovely
Best offering musically on guitar on UA-cam period. Such an awesome song Led Zeppelin ruined it when they did it.
sure.... they ruined it.... so it wasn’t made popular by Zeppelin.... it wasn’t brought to peoples attention because of Zeppelins version... it was already extremely popular ??? I say i know why Zeppelin was influenced by his stuff and now we have 2 versions of it that we love ..well, most of us ;))))
@@LedSteelersheh. They ruined Whole Lotta Love too. 🙄
Is this in standard tuning ?
Standard guitar tuning intervals, but the standard tuning has been dropped down a fourth, so that the top and bottom courses are B. From treble to bass: B-F#-D-A-E-B.
Alonzo Garbanzo alright thanks !
@@memesspaghetti5668 By the way, while Lead Belly occasionally played 6-string in open G (Children's Blues, Easy Rider), he never played 12-string in any alternate tuning, not even Drop-D.
I should say, at least as far as can be heard on the recordings from 1935 to 1949.
@@memesspaghetti5668 Oops! When I wrote I was mistakenly thinking I'd recorded it on my "big" Weigert 12, but on reviewing the video I see I used my Larivee, which I keep tuned a half-step higher. So, correction: I'm tuned down two whole steps, thus down to "C" rather than "B".
If you could i would really appreciate it if you could lend the tuning to us :)
Well, it's standard tuning, except it's down a fourth (as in a baritone guitar); the outer strings are tuned to B.
@@alonzogarbanzo thank you didnt expect an answer back this fsat haha your amazing thank you so musch
that's not how it ends though haha Disney ending
Well, in folk music variants are quite common, so let's say that's how THIS version ends. Thank you for the nice words, though.