Thanks Bob, there WILL be a YouTube video of me playing the tune.. It's going to be the opening number at the show we're doing at the Birmingham Sympathy Hall on July 3rd..(Professional video and sound crew)
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=956&p=4248My original recording of this tune was on my 1970 Emmons PP, and I always felt I needed to re-record it. The tune originally was done in a bit of a rush as a signature tune for a Raidió Teilifís Éireann series "Country Startime".. Just 28 seconds was originally required .. when the show became a hit I was asked at gigs to play the tune so I was forced to extend the tune, write a middle section and take the whole thing seriously. The thirteen week series was repeated twice in later years. The tune was behind the introduction and played in and out of the add breaks.. so each show had the tune featured 6 times.. Thirteen shows times.. 3 = 39, x 6 = 234... Enough TV exposure to make it recognisable nationwide.. Ask any Irish country fan.
AND, it's no more original than the Streets of Laredo or Red River Valley et al. I gathered together my favourite licks and put them within a predictable country chord sequence.
I AM happy with the solidity of the notes on the top string, compared to the slightly thinner sound of the Emmons..It's due to the pickup design, that 'Gene Fields is a smart dude. All in all, I love the tone and its harmonic content but I must admit I simply abhor the weight and also the parallel string configuration..(Same spacing at the nut AND bridge) Makes the left hand quite tired.