Songs I Am Listening To

[Stubby]

On 17/12/2022 at 18:20, Macpherson said:

A wee bit of country anyone ?

 

 

Love Glens " chickenpickin " shred !  Bless him . 

[Macpherson]

2 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Love Glens " chickenpickin " shred !  Bless him . 

 

Yeah, I couldn't get it out of my head after hearing it for the first time a few months ago so I decided to give it a go... and I generally haven't been a country kind of a guy playing wise as it always all seemed too difficult and a totally different technique to get my fingers around.

 

The song itself is quite catchy and rewarding reasonably quickly once you get the words hammered in.. and so far I'm about a 1/3 through the solo { the easy..er bit } at a slower speed, but building🙂

 

This guy gives an accurate for note by note practice also bearing in mind you can slow down YouTube even more.

 

And seasons greetings to you and yours, cheers.. 👍

 

 

[Stubby]

58 minutes ago, Macpherson said:

 

Yeah, I couldn't get it out of my head after hearing it for the first time a few months ago so I decided to give it a go... and I generally haven't been a country kind of a guy playing wise as it always all seemed too difficult and a totally different technique to get my fingers around.

 

The song itself is quite catchy and rewarding reasonably quickly once you get the words hammered in.. and so far I'm about a 1/3 through the solo { the easy..er bit } at a slower speed, but building🙂

 

This guy gives an accurate for note by note practice also bearing in mind you can slow down YouTube even more.

 

And seasons greetings to you and yours, cheers.. 👍

 

 

I have what I consider to be a broad taste in music .  From Classical to Ska to rock to folk and some country . I remember hearing " The Wichita Line Man " for the first time when it was released . I thought it was a cracking song and went out and bought it on a 45 single .  

[Stubby]

5 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I have what I consider to be a broad taste in music .  From Classical to Ska to rock to folk and some country . I remember hearing " The Wichita Line Man " for the first time when it was released . I thought it was a cracking song and went out and bought it on a 45 single .  Apparently his wife played him the song when he was coming to the end of his life and he said he liked the song and it made him feel happy . he did not know it was him singing .

 

[Macpherson]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

 

 

Yep, the lucky man had 5 wives or more correctly 4 and one long term, but I know what you mean about Witchita lineman a great Jimmy Webb song, he was quite a prolific song writer in the country scene👍

 

Ok just had a look at the chords for said song and at first glance it don't look straight forward.

 

WICHITA LINEMAN CHORDS (ver 7) by Glen Campbell @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

TABS.ULTIMATE-GUITAR.COM

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All lyrics and breaks with their accompanying chords and bass notes. Tablature of guitar solo. Full chord legend included.

 

Edited December 23, 2022 by Macpherson

[Mull]

23 hours ago, Macpherson said:

 

Yep, the lucky man had 5 wives or more correctly 4 and one long term, but I know what you mean about Witchita lineman a great Jimmy Webb song, he was quite a prolific song writer in the country scene👍

 

Ok just had a look at the chords for said song and at first glance it don't look straight forward.

 

WICHITA LINEMAN CHORDS (ver 7) by Glen Campbell @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com

TABS.ULTIMATE-GUITAR.COM

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All lyrics and breaks with their accompanying chords and bass notes. Tablature of guitar solo. Full chord legend included.

 

Terrific song terrifically sung and played, probably in my top 3 favourite songs, Glen Campbell was an incredible performer, for a long time Galveston was my favourite then for some reason Wichita lineman surpassed it🤷‍♂️

[Macpherson]

11 minutes ago, Mull said:

Terrific song terrifically sung and played, probably in my top 3 favourite songs, Glen Campbell was an incredible performer, for a long time Galveston was my favourite then for some reason Wichita lineman surpassed it🤷‍♂️

 

Aye, your not wrong there, I'm generally not a country guy but these 2 are a big exception, spent a few hours today getting my head around the chords for Witchita [ after @stubby's input ] which are sublime and way different to my norm and very easily rewarding.

 

As they say, every day is a school day.

 

Seasons greetings to you and yours👍

[Mark J]

 

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Mark J said:

 

Lovely . Its of an era ...

[Mark J]

3 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Lovely . Its of an era ...

Aye, I was at a mates' funeral today; He was his favourite band. 

Edited January 11, 2023 by Mark J