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Location: Flahdaw | Okay, this is a weird one. I was messing around with strange tunings this weekend and in the process came up with this. In a strange way, I kinda like it. I can hear it with a good bass line, some harmony on the chorus, a tasteful bit of lead guitar....Then again, it could go in the video trash can.
I have a VERY thick skin. Tell me what you all think.
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Location: Vernon CT | I tell you one thing Bob, you have the market cornered on/with the ladies!!! Your wife must be pretty happy she caught you first!!!
Nice Vid. |
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Location: Utah | I like it. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | As usual, very nicely done! |
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Location: Flahdaw | Thanks guys, appreciate the compliments.
I should have phrased my question better....
Do you think this song works done acoustically in this kinda minor/ alt tuning, or is just a little too slow and weird? In other words, would this work at an open mic, or would I lose the audience? |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Very nice!
Now I need a favor from you, sending you a pm :) |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | I remember when I first heard Eric Clapton do Layla "unplugged", and how I enjoyed it a hundred times more than the original. I also remember Jose Feliciano doing his empassioned version of Light My Fire...and how it just burried the Doors version. That's how this makes me feel. Feels a little bit like David Crosby's late '60's/early '70's work. |
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | I think it would work great for open-mic.
You sing very well and made this song your own. It's a recognizable song, then the personal cover would win an audience over.
Well done again and nice shirt. |
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Location: Chicago | Man, that's fantastic. You are a great singer! I like the hypnotic refashioning of the classic tune. I agree: like Layla (only more effective IMO). I also think that the slow delivery showcases your singing as it floats over the open chords... something only really possible on a nice acoustic. Bravo! |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nice job Bob.
I agree that it kinda has that David Crosby 60/70s vibe.
If I heard you at an open mic I would hang around and listen to another. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by stephent28:
Nice job Bob.
If I heard you at an open mic I would hang around and listen to another. Specially if there was free beer. ;) |
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Location: big island | you nailed it weirdly. very pleasant on the tympanic membranes, bob. i like it very much. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Top shelf there dark bar.
Very nice. |
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| Better shirt.
I really like this in the minor tonality, it's one of those covers that's better than the original. Most definitely keep in the playlist. Great job. |
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Location: Flahdaw | g8r....I could use some of your lead guitar work on this.
Thanks all, I guess it's a keeper then. I'll continue to work on it, clean it up. |
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Location: Tuscany, Italy | DB ... that's a nice one.
My bad I didn't know this song before but your rendition is much, much better then the original. Liket it. BRAVO !!! |
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Location: Veedersburg, Indiana | I Like it! |
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Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany | I love it! Encore! |
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Location: ms | Thats the way i like to see a cover done. You really put your stamp on that one. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Great job, DB! |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by gulfcoast:
Thats the way i like to see a cover done. You really put your stamp on that one. I agree. Same tempo-ish and feel as the original, just a different arrangement/style. Nice.
Someone mentioned the acoustic version of Layla.. If anyone besides Clapton would have committed that blaspheme, they would have been drawn, quartered and hung out to dry. I realize I may be in the minority on this, but I consider Layla 2.0 one of the worst covers of a classic I have ever heard, by anyone. It's right up there with making a movie with a lizard-esque monster in New York and calling it Godzilla. It's just wrong. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Bob, that is real nice, as we've come to expect from you. Wish I had 1/10th the talent you have. Keep it up! |
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Location: Jet City | Well done! I'd rather hear your new fresh version than the old well worn out Bad Company version for sure. |
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Location: Newington, CT | Very nice! Better than the original. |
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Location: Location Location Location | Nice. |
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Location: Texas | DB,
You have a very nice voice.
It's not too "slow or weird" at all. Carbon-copy covers are a dime-a-dozen, creative re-interpretations are much more impressive when done well, and you nailed it.
I also agree with the comments about the Crosby-esque sound. (That's a good thing, IMO.) The tuning you used gives it that feel.
Bravo.
I'm with Miles, Layla 1.0 should have remained untouched instead of unplugged. We're not alone; I recall reading a quote from Pete Townsend which I would paraphrase as "If I have to hear that *&$# skiffle-version of Layla one more time I will pull my hair out." (He must have heard it again, his hair is gone now…) ;)
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PS: Dark Bar, what geetar is that and what tuning did you use? |
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| Originally posted by standing:
PS: Dark Bar, what geetar is that and what tuning did you use? I'll let db answer the tuning question, but that guitar used to be mine. It's a Larrivee LV09, and a fingerstylist's dream guitar (why did I get rid of it?).
db, you own that song now, GREAT interpretation. |
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Location: Flahdaw | "db, you own that song now, GREAT interpretation."
Wait until you hear the final version. I have big plans for it. Wish I knew something about recording!
Tuning is EADGAD.....please don't ask me for tabs (g8r & weaser cringe) |
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| Tuning is EADGAD I was gonna say it almost sounded like Dsus4 tuning, but that low E threw me off.
After we're done with the move & I have my new man cave/studio set up, you'll need to come up and we'll record it. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Well, it's not really EADGAD cause the guitar is already tuned 2 steps down, THEN the 1st and 2nd strings are dropped again. hehehe (can you say loose and jangley) |
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