Love to play this... This is my warm-up thne every day and you've played it so well. I love to add a little more swing when i play it for variation too! Bravo!!
I've been playing variations of this one for years but it's always wonderful to see you tackle the recorded versions with such authority and precision. Thank you for continuing to keep this music vital!
Great version. Thanks. Saw Fahey in Sydney Australia a long time ago at 'The Basement'. Went backstage after his first set where he was changing strings for the second set (!). I asked if I could change one of the strings on his guitar while he ate. He said go for it. Ah the memories.
Yet again, you've just got the rhythm coursing through your veins. Sounds amazing. Even without being able to (at the moment) subscribe to the Patreon lessons, the view of you playing from the front is so incredibly helpful. Some of these tunes escape me because of some particular picking pattern or nuance that I can't quite intuit or pick up aurally. Love your videos. Keep it up.
Beautiful rendition of this Fahey tune, Andrew. I remember trying to learn this many years ago - worked out it was in open C and the rest seemed simple - 'seemed' being the operative word. These tunes with the deceptively simple repetitive alternating bass pattern can so easily end up sounding mechanical and lifeless when technique is the main focus. Finding and being guided by the spirit of the music is the key to playing well, at least I think so. Always a wonderful experience hearing your playing, Andrew. Please keep them coming.
Sounds great, and this is a deceptively simple tune to drive the downbeat and capture the death chant and supernatural Christmas song, but not “too” supernatural. Have you tried D’Andrea brand plastic fingerpicks? (The Dunlop/Daddario f-picks are undersized junk) I think the plastic pick is a crucial piece of the sound, and sounds more like amplified bare-fingered plunking than dobro-y. They take a bit of experimenting and scalding water but it is a rare sound too.
I heard this tune yesterday for the first time and thought I'd love to play it. Then today your video pops up. I'd be interested to know why at times you fret the first fret on the 5th string with your second finger. As always, great playing.
Loved it. Played as it was meant to be played.
Beautiful! A deceptively simple piece, that’s mangled by many players. Rendered to perfection here.
Thank you so much Malcolm, means a lot coming from you.
Love to play this... This is my warm-up thne every day and you've played it so well. I love to add a little more swing when i play it for variation too! Bravo!!
Well done! So clean & true to the original.
Lovely that is. Thank you👍
beautiful.. john would be proud to hear this!!!
Stunning. One of my favorite songs ever. Fantastically played here too. Nice work.
I've been playing variations of this one for years but it's always wonderful to see you tackle the recorded versions with such authority and precision. Thank you for continuing to keep this music vital!
One of my favorite John Fahey piece.
Many thanks.
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Great version. Thanks. Saw Fahey in Sydney Australia a long time ago at 'The Basement'. Went backstage after his first set where he was changing strings for the second set (!). I asked if I could change one of the strings on his guitar while he ate. He said go for it. Ah the memories.
Beautiful, Andrew!
Beautiful playing, beautiful videography. Outstanding! (I need to go find my John Fahey records!)
Yet again, you've just got the rhythm coursing through your veins. Sounds amazing. Even without being able to (at the moment) subscribe to the Patreon lessons, the view of you playing from the front is so incredibly helpful. Some of these tunes escape me because of some particular picking pattern or nuance that I can't quite intuit or pick up aurally. Love your videos. Keep it up.
Love it, sounds so much like Fahey played it, and I mean that in the good way
Beautiful rendition of this Fahey tune, Andrew. I remember trying to learn this many years ago - worked out it was in open C and the rest seemed simple - 'seemed' being the operative word. These tunes with the deceptively simple repetitive alternating bass pattern can so easily end up sounding mechanical and lifeless when technique is the main focus. Finding and being guided by the spirit of the music is the key to playing well, at least I think so. Always a wonderful experience hearing your playing, Andrew. Please keep them coming.
Bravissimo e chitarra eccezionale: il suono esce come poesia...
A magnificent sound!
One of John's easier-to-play-tunes, SRB goes a long way towards learning syncopation for the beginning fingerpicker. 😍
Just about to start 7th grade and I’m so excited to see another video
It's easy to hear how Leo Kottke was inspired. So good!
Superb! Using this video as inspiration to learn it myself. Well done Andrew!
Nailed it, nice!
If anyone ever was unsure how Kottke came to be, this is a really good hint :-)
Great Sound Andrew 🔥
Awesome!
Beeeautiful
👍 Has a bit of Busted Bicycle vibe.
Sound perfect on that Euphonon...thanks
Sounds great, and this is a deceptively simple tune to drive the downbeat and capture the death chant and supernatural Christmas song, but not “too” supernatural. Have you tried D’Andrea brand plastic fingerpicks? (The Dunlop/Daddario f-picks are undersized junk) I think the plastic pick is a crucial piece of the sound, and sounds more like amplified bare-fingered plunking than dobro-y. They take a bit of experimenting and scalding water but it is a rare sound too.
Thanks for sharing one of my favorite JH's songs! Is this open C or open D tuning?
C tuning.
I heard this tune yesterday for the first time and thought I'd love to play it. Then today your video pops up. I'd be interested to know why at times you fret the first fret on the 5th string with your second finger. As always, great playing.
In the main theme the octaves move from the second fret down to the first so that would be why.
Wonderful! What tuning is that please?
It's in open C. CGCGCE.
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Thank you very much.
Is it drop D tuning?