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Ground Zero
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"Weep for the innocent, sing for the hero, pray that your children never have to do the same... For you stand by a place which they once called Ground Zero, all because one God could have more than one name..."
singer songwriter acoustic folk british guitarist song celtic traditional fingerstyle scottish scotland guitar kelso
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Solo singer-songwriter and tunesmith playing British fingerstyle steel and nylon string guitar, and historic instruments. Scots and Irish influences.
I've been writing and playing songs and tunes since teenage years in folk clubs and pubs. I co-organise the Kelso Friday night live music sessions at the Cross Keys (hosted singaround 7.45-10pm) and Cobbles Inn (10-12pm open mic with The Cobbles Band) with the help of many friends. All welcome! Visit us at kelsofolkandlive co uk. It is worth clicking on the tab because the sound quality of my tracks is far higher than the auto player on this page. Many can be streamed or downloaded at 320KBps and the enhancement for solo guitar/voice far exceeds the benefit you get for highly compressed band recordings. My recordings are full dynamic, not compressed. Just select Hi-Fi for the first song, and an MP3 high bitrate window will open - you will still get a sequence of songs. Most of my downloads are free, but some 320KBps tracks are paid-for. These are selected because they make up my main instrumental album. I now have a YouTube page and have started doing some video recordings for fun: @daviddkilpatrick I have mainly played Lowden guitars since 1999. I current play a 1985 S5FN (nylon string), 1986 S22 (jumbo O-size mahogany/cedar), and 1995 S32 (small body rosewood/spruce). I also play my own 1997-built Martin 'kit' Grand Auditorium rosewood/spruce, a Sigma OM-T, Furch Little Jane, Tacoma Papoose, Guild 8-string baritone, Vintage V880 parlour guitar and Gordon Giltrap signature model, a Troubadour mahogany/spruce classical and an Adam Black 12-string. And that's just the guitars... also viola, mandolin, mandola, waldzither, bouzouki, Appalachian dulcimer, low D whistle, keyboards.
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Peak #23
Peak in subgenre #2
Author
David Kilpatrick
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David Kilpatrick
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August 20, 2011
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MP3 9.4 MB 320 kbps 4:06
Story behind the song
This song was not completed until October 5th 2001. On September 11th we were in front of the television, taking a lunch break from our office, when the news broke in. We remained there. I apologise to anyone who may be offended by my politics. I wanted to write a song which could sung by anyone, at any time in the future. It is played on my Lowden O-10 in Drop D with the capo on fret 1 and it's a very simple original tune.
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(Chorus) Weep for the innocent Sing for the hero Pray that your children Never have to do the same For you stand by a place Which they once called Ground Zero All because one God Could have more than one name We built twin towers to heaven And filled them with Babel And the tongues of the Earth turned to silver and gold And we made them a temple For the money-changers' tables Where the fates of whole nations Were weighed out and sold (Ch) When the hopes of one world Are the fears of another When one man's delight Is another man's pain When the freedom he wins Is a yoke for his brother Remember that swords Can be forged out of chains (Ch) So turn, turn again While this world is yet spinning Greet every morning As precious as the last Fight in your hearts The one war that's worth winning Fight for the future And vanquish the past (Ch, repeat and end)
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T Blue
May 16, 2011
Very nice tune brother loved the lyrics Tim
Kathy Reynolds
Aug 05, 2008
Beautiful!