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Blues with Christmas
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solo slide guitar on 1930 National Duolian. Free form blues, plus a Christmas present. Sparse and haunting.
acoustic instrumental folk blues fingerstyle slide guitar christmas songs
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Solo artist and sideman. Fingerstyle blues, folk, jazz, country. Play slide on National steel, lap steel, dobro, and Turbodiddley. Wide tonal palette -
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Genre
Blues Acoustic Blues
Charts
Peak #50
Peak in subgenre #6
Author
George Ballentine
Rights
2014
Uploaded
December 12, 2014
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.7 MB 160 kbps 4:08
Story behind the song
My friend, Mike McGrath requested that I improvise a longer track based on the 0:30 intro to 'A Better Day'. This is what came out, with a nod to the Christmas season. I usually play songs thru as a single take. This was recorded separately in sections and then joined together using Audacity software. I love the stark, haunting quality of my 1930 National Duolian. Mike liked it, but I don't know that he cared for the closing carols. Thanks for the challenge, Mike!! Wouldn't've done this without you....
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