Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2018 16:00:13 GMT -5
OK, I don't intend to post any more non-original tunes here, but I thought I'd inflict this one on the group. Again, my intent with the glut of the current recordings is not just to record my (five or six) original tunes, but to also put together a CD to allow bar/club/coffeeshop owners to have an idea of what I sound like on solo gigs.
I happen to greatly admire Richard Thompson as a composer as well as a guitarist, and "Al Bowlly" is one of my favorite tunes of his, and one I perform on solo gigs. It's a song about a soldier returning from WWII and having to deal with serious injuries as well as readjusting to life as a civilian. The soldier remembers Al Bowlly, who was a well-known crooner in England in the 1930s, killed as he was returning home from a gig in April of 1941 when a German parachute bomb exploded above the street where he lived, killing him instantly. I love the line "Al Bowlly's in heaven, and I'm in limbo now." Genius!
Again, I'm trying to replicate what I do playing solo, where I have a loop on some songs, a Harmony Singer pedal, and also a Logjam piezo stomper which acts as a bass drum as needed. So for this one, I recorded two guitar tracks, made a bass drum track (using my guitar as the drum and my hand as the pedal), and on the chorus recorded two harmony parts -- not with the Harmony Singer pedal, just doing it myself.
The link at the end here contains the result. Now I just have to record a decent selection of the cover tunes I do. Let me know what you think if you're so inclined. www.stephenleigh.com/Bowlly.mp3
I happen to greatly admire Richard Thompson as a composer as well as a guitarist, and "Al Bowlly" is one of my favorite tunes of his, and one I perform on solo gigs. It's a song about a soldier returning from WWII and having to deal with serious injuries as well as readjusting to life as a civilian. The soldier remembers Al Bowlly, who was a well-known crooner in England in the 1930s, killed as he was returning home from a gig in April of 1941 when a German parachute bomb exploded above the street where he lived, killing him instantly. I love the line "Al Bowlly's in heaven, and I'm in limbo now." Genius!
Again, I'm trying to replicate what I do playing solo, where I have a loop on some songs, a Harmony Singer pedal, and also a Logjam piezo stomper which acts as a bass drum as needed. So for this one, I recorded two guitar tracks, made a bass drum track (using my guitar as the drum and my hand as the pedal), and on the chorus recorded two harmony parts -- not with the Harmony Singer pedal, just doing it myself.
The link at the end here contains the result. Now I just have to record a decent selection of the cover tunes I do. Let me know what you think if you're so inclined. www.stephenleigh.com/Bowlly.mp3
