Mean Mary and Sufjan Stevens

Here`s some stuff I`ve been viewing lately.

Greeting from GNS!

Evening all,

Mark here from The Great North Strum. NBB has asked me to be guest editor this week, whilst he is off sunning himself in sweeter climes than North Yorkshire. any stuff you`d like posting, just send to me via markdavies23@hotmail.co.uk. In the meantime here`s a couple of vids I hope you may like,






Cheers,

Mark.

Two more John Henrys

I love this tune and there's loads of versions of it. Here's two more versions to see me off on my Easter hols.

Mississippi John Hurt


Springsteen

Woody, Brownie & Sonny - 'John Henry'

Mark Davies - Guest Editor

I'm away next week, so Mark from the Great North Strum has kindly offered to take over as editor for the week.
Look forward to some more of his left leaning guitar stylee...

Down Thumbing?!?!?

I've tried finger picking, strumming, down picking, frailing, up picking, drop thumbing, how about down thumbing? I'm not sure what else to call it. I was messing around trying out different ways of plucking this drum on a stick, and I came up with picking with the thumb, and combining it with a strum-thumb that I picked up from the uke and guitar. Its got a fuller, softer sound to the more strident down picking with the back of the finger nail. What d'you think?

Old Time Fiddle Tunes

Old Time Fiddle Tunes
There's some great stuff out there this site has sheet music, midis and recordings of Old time, bluegrass, celtic tunes. They'e all been transcribed by John Lamancusa.

I found it while looking for the chords or tab for Margaret's Waltz played in the Dobro Dojo video from you tube I posted recently.

OK Day by Pee Bee

O. K. Day by P. B. "Peebee" Guttenburg  
Download now or listen on posterous

O.K.Day.mp3 (3480 KB)

 Hi N.B.B.

Here is another one of my musings in song form.
A chance comment from a friend of mine (the Stephen mentioned in the song) after the funeral of Alex F (see previous post) started me off and here is the result
-for all absent friends and lovers.

PeeBee

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