Sittin' Here

We've been doing this song for about 3 years now, and it's the song we got some airplay on CJSR in advance of the Hearth of the City Festival.  In an earlier posting, I included a live version that we did at the HOTC Festival in 2010.  That recording was a bit noisy as it was done on my Zoom H2 that we set up in front of the stage, so there's a lot of outside noise.  

We did another recording of this song a while back when Yvon was drumming for us and doing backing vocals on a few of our tunes.  So on this version I've included here, you'll hear Yvon on drums and backing voices - Brian on a short-scale Fender bass,   Don in playing the mandolin, and I'm playing my Tachimine and doing lead vocals. This is the version that got the air play on CJSR.  

Song from out of the blue

I was down in my music room playing one of my old guitars that I haven't played for a while.  My son came down and got on drums for a bit.  He left and I was playin' some of my more quiet tunes that I wrote.  Kind of in a relaxed mood I guess. 

After a while, I started playing around with some finger pickin'.  Started playing this thing that I had done before and it sounds a lot like an old familiar folk song - still can't recall what it is though.   That got me to playing Walk Right In.  

After a bit, I started fooling around with a C, Em, F, G, C.   Kind of an interesting chord progression.   It started to sound like something I can work on.  So now I need an idea for some lyrics.  

Road to Nowhere - Part 2

In a very early post, I included a version of the song "Road to Nowhere" that was recorded with me playing electric guitar along to an electronic drum rhythm.   This is a new version that I play with Don and Brian.  Don is on keyboards (synth) and Brian is playing the bouzouki.  Me, I just play 6-string guitar.   I think you'll like this version.