Michael Hughes
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The Dreamer's Waltz The Dreamer's Waltz
A little waltz in search of a good night's sleep. Classical guitar, Weissenborn guitar, stand-up bass.
8/6/2010 Chamber Music
The Anniversary The Anniversary
Weissenborn guitar, classical guitar and stand-up bass--a bent little bossa for this July anniversary.
7/22/2010 Bossa Nova
In May In May
National tricone baritone and Weissenborn guitars, along with my Kay stand-up bass. Another spring!
5/29/2010 Acoustic Guitar
Cloudy Cloudy
Weissenborn lap steel and National baritone guitars here, for a cloudy spring day.
4/25/2010 #32 in Traditional Hawaiian
Blackberry Winter Blackberry Winter
A song about the weather from Alec Wilder. This one is in memory of my good black cat and, of course, so much more. National baritone and vocal sounds. Used with permission.
4/3/2010 Acoustic General
Steal Away Steal Away
Here's a spiritual and a signal song written by Wallace Willis, a Choctaw freedman, sometime before 1862. Mike (Nav) Foster of Avalanche, piano; yrs truly on the Weissenborn guitar. This one is in memory of Michael Silvestri.
2/7/2010 Traditional Country
Hope Springs Hope Springs
A Weissenborn guitar solo. This one is for Bill Hardin of Bear Creek Guitars--he built the incredible seven-string instrument used here.
1/3/2010 Beats General
Blues for a Winter's Night Blues for a Winter's Night
For Stephany and Ezra, the December babies. I'm playing baritone National in dropped-D, lap style National tricone in GBDGBD, and octave mandolin.
12/15/2009 Acoustic Guitar
In October In October
...my favorite month. A dance in the leaves, New England string band style. Baritone & lap style National steel guitars, octave mandolin, banjo and stand-up bass. Lacy and a New England aster in the pic...
11/24/2009 Acoustic General
Thursday Thursday
Baritone National Reso-phonic tricone guitar on rhythm and lead, stand-up bass, snare drum and Exel 8-string lap steel. This one's for Michelle.
8/11/2009 Acoustic Guitar
Elegy Elegy
For my old friend Michael Silvestri. High-string parlor guitar, baritone guitar, mandolin, octave mandolin and lap steel guitar. You can hear Michael's beautiful guitar playing here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=78325
2/23/2016 Acoustic Guitar
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Here's a solo guitar arrangement of the Charles Mingus tribute to Lester Young. My old man liked to wear a pork pie hat, too. I used a National tricone baritone guitar for this one.
7/2/2009 Acoustic Guitar
Cadenza Cadenza
This is an improvised duet on classical guitars from me and Michael Silvestri, a coffee-fueled conversation from our days playing as Cadenza.
3/10/2009 Acoustic Guitar
A Silent Night Fantasy A Silent Night Fantasy
My take on Silent Night by Franz Gruber, who composed it on Christmas Eve, 1818, in the schoolhouse of Arnsdorf, Austria. Two steel-string guitars in 'Nashville tuning,' National steel guitar, acoustic bass--The Snowplow String Band. Thanks, Franz!
12/29/2008 Christmas/Seasonal
The Christmas Eve Waltz The Christmas Eve Waltz
The Snowplow String Band here with a little seasonal country waltz around the subject of dreams. This began life as an instrumental, but just a few days later it grew some lyrics. Acoustic guitar, stand-up bass, mandolin, piano and lap steel.
12/2/2008 Christmas/Seasonal
Mole in the Ground Mole in the Ground
One of those beautiful traditional American songs pulled up from the well by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in North Carolina in the 1920s. The Suck Tones here as a southern old time string band. This one's for Lou, Grant & Michel, the railroad men.
11/19/2008 Traditional Country
Blues for Lacy Blues for Lacy
An early Sunday morning improvisation, with the sweet old dog asleep in the next room. Dobro solo--trying out a C6/Am7 tuning & I think I really like it.
10/26/2008 Country Blues
Cold Rain Water Cold Rain Water
The String Band from Hell just finished up a year-long gig in Dis, which is why my clothes smell like sulfer. Banjo, mandolin, djembe, fiddlesticks, stand-up bass, acoustic guitar, lap steel & vocal stylings. Note: Play this one very, very loud.
8/20/2008 Acoustic General
Going, Going, Gone Going, Going, Gone
Maybe you know the feeling? You thought you had something, and then it's going, going, and one day it's just gone, man. And, of course, that look on your face...The Anti-Depressants on lap steel, guitar, strings & stand-up bass.
8/30/2008 Traditional Hawaiian
