Country Boy
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 5:31 pm
by Gary James Peters
Hi All
Some of you may have heard this before but, for those that haven't, here's my fun (and slowed-down...for the obvious reasons!!) version of Albert's great song. Plus a little ditty from me. Enjoy!
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Re: Country Boy
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 12:07 pm
by bradsteel
Sounds great Gary!
Re: Country Boy
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 3:51 pm
by andrew marson
Thanks Gary, I really enjoyed the fingerpicking kinda thing and and the tune has a great feel at that speed .
Re: Country Boy
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 6:08 pm
by Gary James Peters
Thanks Brad and Andrew.
Yes, I always thought it was a shame that (probably/partly thanks to Ricky Skaggs) Country boy just seemed to get faster and faster to the point of absurdity. Watching poor Gerry Hogan trying to get around it live on steel was not a very pleasant experience for me, so I thought why not play it at a speed that actually allows you to play it with some kind of feeling? So that's what I did. Actually, I recorded it about a year ago, so it's pre-lockdown, and I imagine with all of my enforced practising I could play it better (faster?) now (on the steel anyway), but I like it enough as it is. Yes, I quite like that slightly shambolic picking style on guitar...when it works!!
Thanks again for listening...more to come...always.
Gary