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Curtis Mayfield - The melody, even without the lyrics, conveys the message.
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Bob Dylan used open D tuning and played great. This is an impression in Drop D.
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Fred Neil caught everyone`s ear with his 1960`s compositions - a blend of folk/blues/jazz with somewhat "beat" lyrics.
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Mississippi John Hurt - a charmer - is there a picker that doesn`t love Mr. Hurt?
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Will Brady - composed at the "Sawdust Festival", Laguna Beach, as a strolling musician - Blues in E - always a good choice (actually Db concert).
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Arthur Alexander - I first heard this done by the Stones, then A.A. - so good.
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Mark Turnbull is a local unsung hero and a pal. He has written a thousand wonderful songs, easy. I had the pleasure of playing this one in a great Orange County band, "Honk", in the early `70s - it was memorable.
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Traditional - A friend wrote a short story with me as a character. I stop a Civil War battle by playing this song. Wow. I try to keep that in mind.
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Boudleaux Bryant. 1958 - the Everly Brothers pouring out of my first portable radio. I was gone!
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Steve Young. An impression of a song I learned from an early band-mate, the notorious Tom Newbill. A homesick mood.
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Will Brady - A beautiful beach in South Laguna. A tropical groove thing in Drop D tuning.
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Traditional - I worked in a coffee house in the early 60`s (the Golden Bear in Huntington Beach) where I learned my first blues licks from Brownie McGhee. Sonny Terry once took me to lunch because I gave him a ride to L.A. - I learned this song from them and sang it for 20 years before I knew what it meant.
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Richard Stekol - Another local song writing guitar hero and pal. This is just a line sketch of a great song.
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Will Brady - A jam thing named after a "buddy-band" from 1970, Smiley Cayucos.
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Traditional - When I first started playing the guitar, The Kingston Trio were playing this. Two chords - oh yea!
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Huddie Ledbetter - The resignation and strength of the lyrics are reflected in this timeless melody. "Leadbelly" - you`d have to be soulful with a name like that. This one`s for my Ma.
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