Exceptional, Fred! Beautiful voice and sweet guitar work. How long have you been playing & singing? Or is this AI?! 😉 The first thought that came to mind was.... 'a natural'. I started out playing guitar with finger picking on an acoustic. Quick story... back in 1970 I learned a lot of Paul Simon's tunes, mostly from the album 'Sounds of Silence'. He was a pretty advanced player. I was having trouble figuring out the opening sequence on his instrumental tune, Angie. As you are aware, there was no internet so, when Simon & Garfunkel played at the Garden of Stars at Expo '67, I went to the show toting a pair of binoculars. Problem solved. Ther following day, I went back there @ 5 pm, sat on the grass by the back stage door and waited, this time with a copy of their 2nd album. Garfunkel showed up first and kindly signed the it. Unfortunately, or actually fortunately, Art walked off with my pen. Twenty minutes later, Paul Simon arrived, and when I asked if he'd sign my LP, I also asked if he had a pen, because Art had the one I brought. Paul smiled, put his arm around my shoulder and said, "Well, let's go find one." No need to explain what planet I was at that moment. We went in the stage door, saw a guard and Paul asked for a pen, which he had. He signed the albumI, adding 'For Mike'. I didn't go home that night... I floated there. 🙂
Smooth pickin'. Love it!
Nice fred ! Been a long time since I've seen and heard you play !
it has been awhile since I have recorded anything
Exceptional, Fred! Beautiful voice and sweet guitar work. How long have you been playing & singing? Or is this AI?! 😉 The first thought that came to mind was.... 'a natural'. I started out playing guitar with finger picking on an acoustic. Quick story... back in 1970 I learned a lot of Paul Simon's tunes, mostly from the album 'Sounds of Silence'. He was a pretty advanced player. I was having trouble figuring out the opening sequence on his instrumental tune, Angie. As you are aware, there was no internet so, when Simon & Garfunkel played at the Garden of Stars at Expo '67, I went to the show toting a pair of binoculars. Problem solved. Ther following day, I went back there @ 5 pm, sat on the grass by the back stage door and waited, this time with a copy of their 2nd album. Garfunkel showed up first and kindly signed the it. Unfortunately, or actually fortunately, Art walked off with my pen. Twenty minutes later, Paul Simon arrived, and when I asked if he'd sign my LP, I also asked if he had a pen, because Art had the one I brought. Paul smiled, put his arm around my shoulder and said, "Well, let's go find one." No need to explain what planet I was at that moment. We went in the stage door, saw a guard and Paul asked for a pen, which he had. He signed the albumI, adding 'For Mike'. I didn't go home that night... I floated there. 🙂
I guess you did float home. That was a real kickstarter for you Mike. Always wondered how you nailed some of those Simon songs.