"Silver Springs" Fleetwood Mac - Cover- Played finger style in Open G tuning.

(#40 in “Open Tuning Songs” series.) I have been “re-imagining” some classic songs that were played in standard tuning, and have arranged them using open guitar tunings. “Silver Springs” is one of the most beautiful ballads ever written by Stevie Nicks. It was cut from the Rumours Album due to the limited run time of vinyl records. It wasn’t released until a 1992 box set and never performed live until the 1997 live reunion video, “The Dance”. So here is my.finger style, open tuning acoustic guitar version of this Stevie Nicks classic. I played this one in Open G tuning with the capo of the 5th fret on my 1966 Martin D-18 (Which sounds sweeter every year!). Enjoy, Thomas

[@marguit71]

This was so very beautiful Thomas. My favorite Stevie Nicks tune of all time. Thank you.

[@nllleonard]

Lovely.

[@DanStedingMrCowMusic]

Absolutely beautiful, Thomas🎶👍❤️

[@ThomasEarlMusic]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@thomdudleymusic3130]

Excellent!

[@joseluiselvirad]

Fantástica interpretación Thomas, me ha gustado mucho y me he suscrito a tu canal para seguirte. Saludos desde Madrid y hasta pronto, like 18

[@ThomasEarlMusic]

Muchas gracias por las amables palabras. Tengo un primo, Joseph Pistrui, que vive en Madrid. :)

[@BrianWMay]

That was lovely Thomas, thank you. The D-18 sounds sublime, what strings are you using?

[@ThomasEarlMusic]

The new D'Addario XS Phosphore Bronze 13-56 gauge.

[@freevoice2387]

Beautiful. Also what guitar is that? It has a great sound.

[@ThomasEarlMusic]

Thanks. I'm playing my 1966 Martin D-18 on this one. ( With D'Addario XS Phosphor Bronze Strings 13-57)

[@hrcnsfan]

Hi Thomas. Are you using just the one mic for guitar and vocals?

[@ThomasEarlMusic]

To record my videos I use my Apple iPhone 14. To record the audio I use a Shure PG42 USB microphone plugged into an Apple Lighting adapter and then plugged into the iPhone. (You have to use a second lighting power cord plugged into the adapter since the iPhone itself doesn’t have enough power to activate the mike. ) The audio is just the pure sweet sound of the acoustic guitars I play - no effects at all. For editing, I Airdrop the raw video clips into my iMac and use Apple iMovie to trim the clips and do titles and credits. On a couple of occasions I have used the overall volume level adjustment in iMovie if the audio was too hot or too low. I am an old school analog/acoustic guy and try to keep it that way as music as possible. Hope that helps.

[@hrcnsfan]

Thanks very much for the info. I’ll be 60 next month so I’m a bit old school as well.
Best, Mark.