Generous soundclouders shared their tracks to add my accordion or I added to their tracks.  In the process, I've had a lot of fun and learned a lot as well.

Collab Projects

Collaborations with Dan Greenwood, Brian Peterson, and Alan Ingall

flatwoods

My friends Pikachu and Elephant heard all the fun the mouse and I were having making our little orchestra and decided to join in.  

The Upstairs Cat - Vocal  ; The Mouse - micro-accordion
The Human - accordion ; The Pikachu - lead vocal ; The Elephant - harmony vocal

note - Ok I know it's enough already, I'll stop and get some actual work done today. 

Jamming With The Cat, Mouse, Pikachu, And Elephant (multi-species open collab)

I enjoyed versions posted by @fingerstyle_guitar  of Besame Mucho so much I tried jamming along with my accordion to two of them.  


Violin: Dick Vestdijk   @oorlab
Guitars: Didi van Frits  @fingerstyle_guitar
Accordion: Alan Ingall  @newshoe

Besame  Mucho -(collab with  Fingerstyle Guitar - Oorlab - Newshoe)

The shift supervisor is still out and the night shift boys are not getting much work done as they play their accordions instead of greasing the machinery.  I hope their easy jobs are safe from any layoffs !

note:
I wanted an early 20th century factory kind of sound for this track.  I tried using an accordion bass but then I remembered Hank Tilbury' s ( @hanklebury ) recording of the real thing posted a while ago see:
https://soundcloud.com/hanklebury/steam-sketch        So I added it on - hope Hank doesn't mind.

part of tracks set
see: https://soundcloud.com/newshoe/sets/night-shift-boys

Night Shift Boys (collab with hanklebury)

I heard Hank Tillbury's track and thought I would jam along after breakfast this morning.
See:
https://soundcloud.com/hanklebury/banjo-before-breakfast

Banjo With Accordion After  Breakfast (collab with hanklebury)

from Alan:
I heard some of Greg Savin's tracks and thought it would be fun if he applied some of his modern audio processing techniques and added his "Uke Bass"  to an old klezmer tune played on my accordion.   Quite a change - and certainly more interesting than my rather plain starting track.   

Visit his cloud here:  https://soundcloud.com/g-c-ess

Accordion: Alan Ingall
Uke Bass,  Percussion, Audio processing: Greg Savin

from Greg:
Added "uke bass" (uke sampled and pitch-lowered). Part 2, an increased tempo chorus with some some percussion pattern added (just grabbed a drum kit in my DAW with a simple beat pattern).

Oy Tate (Collab with Greg Savin)

Short Term Memory Loss Blues with Newshoe

A meditative version of a Kentucky fiddle tune

Clyde Davenport's Flatwoods- Collab. With Lonesome D String Band And Newshoe

Such a joy to have Hilary Dirlam on this track. She really is a superb multi-instrumentalist. So wonderful working with you, Hilary - my humble thanks for everything: https://soundcloud.com/hilary-dirlam

Hilary: harmonies, banjo, swar mandal, kalimba, pan pipes
Me: vox, guitar, ukelele, bass, harmonica

Let It Rain (Brian Peters)

There's an old feeling in my bones
Turning like a weather vane
Tells me when I get back home
Things won't be the same

The evening air is getting cold
The wind is on the rise
The little worm is in his hole
The rainbirds left the skies

Let it rain, let it fall
Flowing from the mountain to the city walls
Tearing down the tallest height
Let it rain tonight

I met a man outside the wall
Where the gate is open wide
He has been all around the world
And over to the other side

I met a woman on the road
Throwing wishes in a well
She was like a summer rose
Waiting for the evening bell

Let It Rain (w Hilary Dirlam)

Nick Bachman on fiddle, Josh Orkin rippin' it up on guitar.  Old Time fiddle tune learned from Clyde Davenport, key of G.

Flatwoods

Hilary Dirlam joins me playing Over the Stump and Back.
I first heard this tune here:  https://soundcloud.com/daithio/over-the-stump-and-back-again
More about the tune see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klQUJ2ErKtw

Alan: Accordion
Hilary: Guitar

Rev 1  (8-8-2019)  -mix - more Hilary,  less Alan

Over The Stump And Back -Collab with Hilary Dirlam

Clawhammer-based musical excursions. Old-time, originals,  experimental, Nepali folk tunes, Tibetan chanting, Tom Waits.

