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Ode To Skip James
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This is the words I wrote to the Skip backing I did this morning. Part of paying ya dues is saying thanks. Thanks Skip. Graham
been there virgin sand ou
Strictly a demos only performer <br />Jam at live gigs sometimes and have a whole lotta fun doing it
I am writer, and general Mister Nice Guy. I am not a performer but manage to squeak out stuff good enough for others to hear and do better with. Lucky for you lot. I get a few other people to sing and play some of my stuff. I do make Karaoke tracks of my songs and perform them every Saturday night, trotting twix the two local pubs that do karaoke. I have a whole heap more fun than doing covers all the time. Most weeks having at least one new song to try out on the punters. Have seven recorded and getting airplay. And not only on my show Roar Radio either. Backing music for Born To Be Blue is now on a video showing the Esperance service providers. Out soon. More later.
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Peak #202
Peak in subgenre #28
Author
Graham Henderson
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Graham Henderson APRA
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April 26, 2004
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MP3 2.8 MB 128 kbps 0:00
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Ode To Skip James © Copyright APRA Graham Henderson 2004 I never met Skip James. I never heard him play. But I read his music. And it’s still with me today. The chords he used were simple. So they suit me to a tee. And that’s why he’ll always be. Special to me. Now I don’t play all that good. But I like to anyway. So I keep on doing it. In spite of what people say. You don’t like it that’s okay. You can always walk away. But don’t blame Skip. For the way I play. The chords are his, the noise is mine. It ain’t Skip’s fault, I don’t play fine. It could be worse, you could have heard. Me before I found my Skip James sound. Believe me I often cringed. And was oh so bored. Before I took C 7 minus 7. On board. My left hand has had a beating. And won’t make a barre chord. But it can make B seven. Up and down the board. So now I can go. Where I always wanted to go. Thanks to Skip James. I’m in there with a show. So if you have never tried it. Why not give it a go? If you never do. You ain’t ever gonna know. Just make a B seven. And shift around the board. Anywhere you play it. Is gonna be a Skip James chord.
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