I have the honor of opening for him this Thursday in Ohio. I am SO EXCITED beyond words. Adrian has been a long-time hero to me. He's simply phenomenal!
A guitar teacher gave me Mrs Crowe's Blue Waltz and Wine, Women, and Waltz when I was learning. It changed my approach to guitar and discouraged me for life. I will always be a fan!
@@LeggHeadVideos, this was the first song of yours I heard, and a few months later I was at House of Guitars in Rochester, NY watching you play. You took the time to teach 13-year-old me how to bend harmonics, and I think I was a little too blown away to say a proper thank you ... So, thank you. For sharing your music, your knowledge, and for your kindness.
Anything this guy does blows the average guitarists' mind...even tuning up, down sideways wherever. Takes me about 10 minutes to properly tune up, and Adrian tempts fate by de-up-tuning during a tune like it's all so easy! Love this sort of time served confidence. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
I am a friend of Adrians and the person running the channel and recorded the videos. Adrian plays with so many tunings... you can find his tunings on his site. Transcribing them yourself is so much fun. He is a master.
I was fishing off the coast of San Fransisco about 29 miles out at a place called the Farallon Islands. The scientistist sitting on the island called on the marine link and asked who was playing the music. I advised them it was a selection of Adrian Legg I had mad from all his albums. They gave me an adress and asked if I could send them a copy. On Oct 7 1992 it was sent. I recieved a Great White tooth for my efforts. I didnt know the island was a science reserch center for great whites.No Swim?
I swear I remember seeing Adrian Legg on tv in 1993 playing Paddy goes to Nashville, the song that requires him to retune a guitar string every couple of seconds...but the video can't be found now.
A classmate built a satellite FTA decoder and picked up the MOR Music TV channel about 1993, and for a while they played on heavy rotation a MOR Music-exclusive video of him doing this song solo (no Stu Hamm or singers from the album), and it absolutely blew me away. Maybe you saw a similar video. I'd love to see that one again.
@@gregbooker3535 MOR Music TV was a cable TV channel, much like QVC or Home Shopping Network, which would air music videos while displaying a toll-free telephone number one could call to order that album.
@fastrnb Yes indeed. It's music, it's meant to be a pleasure, so why suffer? The double bends in this one are a bit tricky, but the steel licks are fairly standard. There's a peg change to open G 6th, so you can hear where the fifth moves between A & G, otherwise it's l.h. bends you could do on any guitar.
@trumpeter987 I haven't transcribed it. The bends and double bends are fiddly to notate: it's easy enough to show note pitch and a slur in the treble clef, but should you notate the tablature for bent pitch or just where it's fretted? How many people understand the treble clef enough to keep the tab simple, or do we have to invent new doodads? Tricky, and since the tab sites, there are no book deals anymore. So, we're not rich, we have to get on with doing something that pays the rent.
@LeggHeadVideos I agree and really hope I didn't come across as disrespectful in my original post. Over the last year I've developed a deep fascination with Appalachian banjo playing, which has something in the neighborhood of seventy different tuning variations. If you can play a song in one position, you may as well. The open strings are nice as well.
Almost everything he composes is in open tunings. The guitar he's playing here has six banjo tuners, allowing him to raise or lower each string a full step from "center." In other words the low "E" can be dropped to "D" or raised to "F" without having to retune. I forget exactly how it's been set up, but you get the gist. Not to slight the man, but he uses open tunings to the extent that may of his songs are actually rather easy when you're tuned/capo'd correctly.
I'm so glad my dad introduced me to Adrian Legg, he is just superb, & so was my dad - bless him 1997 RIP TERRY EWERS.
I have the honor of opening for him this Thursday in Ohio. I am SO EXCITED beyond words. Adrian has been a long-time hero to me. He's simply phenomenal!
One of my favorites, Keep on playing Adrian. Thanks for the memories.
A guitar teacher gave me Mrs Crowe's Blue Waltz and Wine, Women, and Waltz when I was learning. It changed my approach to guitar and discouraged me for life. I will always be a fan!
This is my favorite song, when I first heard it I drove my friends crazy playing all the time
Me too...
Thank you @Kathy Pratt and Dfinedigital. Fans like you motivate me to keep going. :)
@@LeggHeadVideos, this was the first song of yours I heard, and a few months later I was at House of Guitars in Rochester, NY watching you play. You took the time to teach 13-year-old me how to bend harmonics, and I think I was a little too blown away to say a proper thank you ... So, thank you. For sharing your music, your knowledge, and for your kindness.
THIS IS NOT A SONG YOU MUPPET, SONGS HAVE LYRICS THIS IS IN FACT A TUNE OR AN INSTRUMENTAL !!!!!!!
If you ask me Adrian Legg is absolutly the best in the world
ltkocher603 agree
Anything this guy does blows the average guitarists' mind...even tuning up, down sideways wherever. Takes me about 10 minutes to properly tune up, and Adrian tempts fate by de-up-tuning during a tune like it's all so easy! Love this sort of time served confidence. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
I am a friend of Adrians and the person running the channel and recorded the videos. Adrian plays with so many tunings... you can find his tunings on his site. Transcribing them yourself is so much fun. He is a master.
I have loooved this song for the longest time...my fav of his. Nice to see a vid of it as well!
Hauntingly beautiful
I love the Pedal steeltype bends he does. I hope to catch Adrian next time he's here in Kansas City! . Such a down to earth guy! God bless him!
OMFG what! beautiful; the future of the fretted stringed instrument.
I was fishing off the coast of San Fransisco about 29 miles out at a place called the Farallon Islands. The scientistist sitting on the island called on the marine link and asked who was playing the music. I advised them it was a selection of Adrian Legg I had mad from all his albums. They gave me an adress and asked if I could send them a copy. On Oct 7 1992 it was sent. I recieved a Great White tooth for my efforts. I didnt know the island was a science reserch center for great whites.No Swim?
That show was incredible Adrian! I have seen you the last 3 times you came through Houston and your show gets better every year! Keep it up!
he is just amazing... love it...
That's some pretty smooth clean playing.
Love love!
I swear I remember seeing Adrian Legg on tv in 1993 playing Paddy goes to Nashville, the song that requires him to retune a guitar string every couple of seconds...but the video can't be found now.
A classmate built a satellite FTA decoder and picked up the MOR Music TV channel about 1993, and for a while they played on heavy rotation a MOR Music-exclusive video of him doing this song solo (no Stu Hamm or singers from the album), and it absolutely blew me away. Maybe you saw a similar video. I'd love to see that one again.
@@brianrobison7201 wow, I didn't know those circumstances. Thanks for the update. Was MOR music subscription-only? I don't even remember that station.
@@gregbooker3535 MOR Music TV was a cable TV channel, much like QVC or Home Shopping Network, which would air music videos while displaying a toll-free telephone number one could call to order that album.
fantastic !! this is my favorite and Kinvarra´s
Amazing.
@MrDutchDude007 They are all amazing. I honestly cannot choose just one. He is a master
@fastrnb Yes indeed. It's music, it's meant to be a pleasure, so why suffer? The double bends in this one are a bit tricky, but the steel licks are fairly standard. There's a peg change to open G 6th, so you can hear where the fifth moves between A & G, otherwise it's l.h. bends you could do on any guitar.
love those double bends .
@trumpeter987 I haven't transcribed it. The bends and double bends are fiddly to notate: it's easy enough to show note pitch and a slur in the treble clef, but should you notate the tablature for bent pitch or just where it's fretted? How many people understand the treble clef enough to keep the tab simple, or do we have to invent new doodads? Tricky, and since the tab sites, there are no book deals anymore. So, we're not rich, we have to get on with doing something that pays the rent.
Nice. He sure is playing it slower than normal... Nice to be able to see what he's doing though.
Check out Ragged Nail an anagram of his name.
tabs anyone? i'm trying to learn it by ear...
Sound is not unlike Phil Keaggy here.
@LeggHeadVideos
I agree and really hope I didn't come across as disrespectful in my original post. Over the last year I've developed a deep fascination with Appalachian banjo playing, which has something in the neighborhood of seventy different tuning variations. If you can play a song in one position, you may as well. The open strings are nice as well.
Almost everything he composes is in open tunings. The guitar he's playing here has six banjo tuners, allowing him to raise or lower each string a full step from "center." In other words the low "E" can be dropped to "D" or raised to "F" without having to retune. I forget exactly how it's been set up, but you get the gist.
Not to slight the man, but he uses open tunings to the extent that may of his songs are actually rather easy when you're tuned/capo'd correctly.
adrianleggDOTcom/tabnotation/
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