I really like this song by Johnny Guitar Watson; Etta James did an amazing version of it too.

I Want To Ta Ta You Baby (Johnny Guitar Watson Cover)

As a left-handed person who plays right-handed I'm very interested in Doyle Bramhall II's playing (he plays left-handed with the strings switched, so the high E is on top of the fretboard).

The Veil (Doyle Bramhall II Cover)

This is a cover of Lance Lopez's version of the Robert Johnson song. Stones in my passway refers to a type of curse; an arrangement of stones in a familiar place to the victim. I would highly recommend Lance Lopez to anyone who loves the blues, and brilliant guitar.

Stones In My Passway (Lance Lopez Cover)

Signs

The Karmic Dive

Starting the new year playing my telecaster. :)

Listen (Doyle Bramhall II & Smokestack Cover)

Played on a 30 button Jeffries Anglo GD concertina.  Tune by Roy Hugman

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Now The Green Blade Riseth

Bagpipers, an English tune from the late 1700s, played on a 30 button Anglo CG concertina.

Bagpipers 5 - 4-2023

My first Anglo recording (discovered the instrument just weeks ago) - 20b Lachenal

(enthusiastic WIP, so to speak) (no EQ)

adding: following a request, you'll find a demo recording with my model 24 EC, recorded subsequently and played in Cmaj as well (rather high, but for closer compatibility) as follows:

https://soundcloud.com/blue-eyed-sailor/moncks-march-shepherds-hey-ec-demo

Monck's March - Shepherd's Hey

An old Northumbrian pipe tune. Technically it's a polka, but we like to play it at this relaxed tempo so we  can explore the interesting harmonies and rhythms.

Salmon Tails Up The River

Having played a bunch of pretty different instruments but mainly the piano for some decades, I luckily  took up the English Concertina in the summer of 2011 out of instant inspiration and can't get my hands off of this great little box (which is such a fine solo instrument as well as allowing some modest self-accompaniment when singing songs). Find more content at concertina.net.

Update: After a  hiatus due to technical failure of the beautiful instrument shown on top of my page I resumed my playing in October 2017 following the acquisition of my "new" Wheatstone model 24 (while the Lachenal Excelsior is awaiting some future restauration)

Update II: Having finished my denying the need of a Tenor-Treble to myself, I now own and am playing a beautifully (looking and) sounding metal-ended Aeola as well, which happens to be my main instrument - however the ET is still not being neglected...

Update III: Happily added the 20b Anglo (Lachenal and Crabb) and Crane Duet (again Crabb) to "my" instruments as of October/November 2018 :)

Monck's March - Shepherd's Hey

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