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Candyman (12-String instrumental)
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Fingerpicker's delight! CD info at: http://www.sulger.net/theArtOfThe12String.html
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Baroque to blues to contemporary on 12-string guitars.
I started playing a Gibson B45 12-string guitar in the 60's up in the Northeast USA...Boston, Cape Code, Albany, my home town, and New York City, where I was born. Real life intruded, and, yada-yada-yada, here we are in the 21st century down South in Greenville, South Carolina. I still play that Gibson 12-string, now a well-worn instrument, and also have some newer puppies - 2 Taylor 12-strings. Listen to them on I hope you enjoy my music. Some are new compositions, some are arrangements of old tunes. Constructing forms of sounds that go together perhaps in ways that no other music before is difficult, but the results are often rewarding. I work on some pieces for years before I'm happy with them. For example, Wildwood Flower is one of the first tunes that a 'folkie' finds when first learning the guitar. But just recently I picked it up again and added a little interlude. Candyman is another fingerpicker's delight. I've been playing it for 40 years, gradually building it up from several versions and adding some spicey new additions. Always happy to hear how you like the tunes, so email me or post to the message board if you get the urge. Happy listening! P.S. If you are a 12-string player, check out my 12-string diary at . I try to share some of my adventures in recording, playing, and learning about this great instrument. Also join me at my.soundclick page
Song Info
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#4,485 in subgenre Peak #7
Charts
Peak #17
Author
Art Sulger
Rights
2005
Uploaded
January 16, 2017
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MP3 4.2 MB 160 kbps 3:41
Story behind the song
Missippi John Hurt does this, nice and mellow. Dave Van Ronk does this like a grandpa bear singing to a baby. Ramblin' Jack Elliot does this real sly. Hope you like my version.
Lyrics
Come and bring the pitcher, get the baby some beer! Wish I was in New Orleans, listening to my candyman. From "the art of the 12-string" CD, info at http://www.sulger.net/theArtOfThe12String.html
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