This is a favourite song of mine. For several reasons, one topic that’s been discussed in other threads is the way playing music helps with depression. In this song there’s a line “I feel better when I sing” that really resonates with me.
The other reason is how much I enjoy the social aspect of playing guitar especially when we attend musos gatherings and festivals. The line “so thank you friends for the time we shared”, in fact that whole section, really expresses how much I love the social side of music and sharing songs with others.
It’s a live recording, so I’m not worried about what I could do with it in production. Some of the chords are played as cleanly as I like, funny thing is I played it earlier in the morning and had one play through that was the best I’ve ever done, pity I didn’t have the recorder going then.
This works really well Tony. There’s a lot of very nice chords, fancy finger-work and a vocal quality I find appealing. Although I’m not live, I’m alive and happily applauding you
Hi Tony,
Well played , very good to read that it does you so much good … but to mess with my head like this…and I mean the photo on soundcloud … …
okay, actually it’s great, but these are those moments when I’m glad I don’t use drugs
I wish you an amazing good day,
Greetings ,rogier
Ah Tony, nothing like an uplifting song about embracing our death to chase away the black dog
… and yes, I’m serious!
I’m surprised I don’t know the song. It’s my kind of music and you do a wonderful version of it. I will revisit one day to figure out your picking patterns, I found them particularly pleasing.
You namecheck the creek, but are you be able to credit the birds in your backing band?
@brianlarsen I’m assuming you mean the line: Soon I will disappear? I pondered changing that line as it sounded a bit more morbid than I cared for, but stuck with it as it could mean simply that I’ll soon be on the road again. The finger style I use for that is a syncopated travis picking style of pattern that I call “change your life” as I learned it from a you tube video:
@roger_holland - I was very happy with how that photo turned out. Photoshop is a wonderful tool. I wish I could take credit. It was done by my late great friend Steve.
@DavidP - Indeed annoying, I’ve been wanting to record that song for weeks yet kept smudging fingering on chords and such, then this morning it was really good. But no recorder. Sigh.
I actually mean most of the song
It’s funny the way we often interpret art differently,
This whole song screams death and reincarnation to me (in a wistful, accepting way). If you just rearrange the sequence of some of the lyrics you might understand where I’m coming from:
Soon I will disappear I’ve made peace with the falling leaves I see their same fate in my own body But I won’t be frightened when I’m awoken from this dream And returned to that which, gave birth to me Gave birth to me, gave birth to me, gave birth to me And the story goes And it goes on and on and on and on (repeating endlessly)
I’ve grown too old in my pain To shed this skin, be born again Oh, it starts with the ending So, thank you friends for the time we shared please keep the tape rolling Boys, keep strumming those guitars We need a record of our failures Yes, we must document our love There’s no beginning to the story A bookshelf sinks into the sand You know I truly wish I could keep hanging around here My joy is covering me
Thanks for the fingerpicking link. I thought it sounded more complicated when you played it, but had a quick try and I don’t think it’s more difficult than Justin’s introductory fingerstyle patterns. I think I shall incorporate them into my meagre ‘arsenal’.
Cheers for that
Edit: Just listened to the Rawlings/Welch link. Wow!
(Does not dispel my view as she intoduces it as a really long depressing song)
Absolutely. The bits that jump out for me are lines like I don’t know what tomorrow brings, it’s alive with such possibilities… I feel better when I sing and the gracious thank you friends for the time we’ve shared.
Glad the fingerpicking link worked for you, it’s one of my staple patterns that I use in many songs.
Yeah, the Rawlings version is wow. I was conflicted in trying to play it as I have no chops that compare to his, yet, in the end, I’m happy with my version. I’d forgotten all about them introducing it as another depressing song.
That was lovely Tony really enjoyed it despite getting the same vibe from the lyrics as Brian but hey nothing wrong in that message in my book, Thanks for the finger picking video, as I have just returned to fingerstyle the last month or so and love the sound of that pattern.
That was great Tony and I hope you are not planning to disappear anytime soon on us at the forum as music you play is really a treat. Such a simple pattern and you made it sound really full and nice, well done.
Hi Tony,
Hey, I find this pleasing to the ear. Nicely played, sung and put together. Pretty good tone on the guitar, makes it all come together. I would like to hear if you could up the game much by making it a production?
, very good to read that it does you so much good … but to mess with my head like this…and I mean the photo on soundcloud 
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