A gentle, Bach-inspired nylon-string instrumental song celebrating a guitar that has been a big part of my life for 30 years.

Still Here

From the album "On Time". Stream all ten tracks and get more info here! http://www.darylshawn.com/on-time/. 

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Brownstone Soup

Path To Hua Shan

Montage

Mali Blues

So Absolutely So

Cover of the Rush classic "Closer to the Heart", for fingerstyle guitar.

Closer to the Heart (Rush) - fingerstyle guitar by Daryl Shawn

http://www.darylshawn.com. "The Boxer" by Simon & Garfunkel. Arranged and performed by Daryl Shawn.
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"The Boxer" is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fifth studio album, Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, it was released as the lead single from the album on March 21, 1969. The song, written by Paul Simon, is a folk rock ballad that variously takes the form of a first-person lament as well as a third-person sketch of a boxer. Simon's lyrics are largely autobiographical and partially inspired by the Bible, and were written during a time when he felt he was being unfairly criticized. The song's lyrics discuss poverty and loneliness. It is particularly known for its plaintive refrain, in which the singer sings 'lie-la-lie', accompanied by a heavily reverbed drum.

"The Boxer" was the follow-up to one of the duo's most successful singles, "Mrs. Robinson". It peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100. It performed well internationally, charting within the Top 10 in nine countries, peaking highest in the Netherlands, Austria, South Africa, and Canada. Rolling Stone ranked the song No. 106 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Lyrics:

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and jest
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway station
Running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Lie-la-lie...

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

La-la-la-la-la-la

Lie-la-lie...

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me
To going home

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the remainders
Of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
“I am leaving, I am leaving”
But the fighter still remains
Still remains

Lie-la-lie...

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The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel) - fingerstyle guitar by Daryl Shawn

This piece is a tribute to the music of India, particularly the blend of dance music and traditional Indian instruments which is often heard in Bollywood movies. There are some unusual techniques, like playing behind my fretting hand, and two-handed percussion on the guitar body, in order to evoke Indian instruments like the sitar and tabla. 

And for you guitarists, it's in standard tuning :).

The Monsoon Replied

A very relaxed, meditative, even hypnotic song on solo nylon-string guitar. Great for concentrating, sleeping, chilling by the fire.

Trusting In Bridges

A deeply interpretive reworking of the old folk classic.

Shenandoah

Album released 9/23/2012
Daryl Shawn, solo nylon-string guitar.
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All songs by Daryl Shawn, copyright Tender Entropy 2012, except 500 Miles, Shenandoah and Nkosi Sekelel' iAfrica, all public domain.

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"Meet the man who can make his guitar sound like anything" (Songlines magazine). Daryl Shawn blends the guitar chops of flamenco and classical with rhythms from around the world and the energy of rock.

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