Fantastic uplifting playing John!! Peace:)xo

Any tribute to my beloved hapless Jim is fine by me! :)

@guitar-picker: Thanks Bob, You can hear I'm having fun playing this!

@blues500picker: Thanks Smitty, yep toe tappin stuff

Episode 167. 
KORG Gadget project. 124bpm A Dorian.
https://tripjazzstories.blogspot.com/2021/04/beyond-system.html

Beyond the System

Have you ever felt wasted but you can't lose the battle cause you're born as a winner? We all are!

The Lost Tale

Washed Ashore

Appalachia

This is the third and final version of this track that I am going to do. 
All three guitars are a 1976 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe.

RON SNYDER - I'm So Excited About It (Humbucker Version)

ALFONSO LLORENTE: LYRICS, VOCALS & ACOUSTIC GUITAR
MRS A.: VOCALS
TOBIAS GONZALEZ: PIANO & STRINGS

MUNDO SIN FRONTERAS ACOUSTIC VERSION (Alfonso Llorente)

It's Over Now

This is a collaboration with Gratton, a wonderfully talented fingerpicking guitarist from the USA. Blackwaterside is a very old traditional song, sung in Ireland, England and Scotland, and I learned to sing this "sean nos" style when I was 16. The version here is a bit more jazzy than my usual rendition, inspired by the up tempo Bert Jansch track (which in turn inspired Jimmy Page's Black Mountainside). Thank you Kurt, your amazing guitarwork totally captivated and inspired me!
https://soundcloud.com/gratton

Lately I've been interested in adding dobro sounds to some traditional tunes, and here you'll hear this happening!

Gratton - Guitar
Chris O - Vocals, John Copley Dobro
Eliot Reynolds - Engineer, Songcave Studios
Eric Plahna - Photo

Here's the lyrics:

Blackwaterside (Trad)


One evening fair, I took the air
Down by Blackwaterside.
When in gazing all around me
Was the Irish lad I spied.

All through the dark part of the night
We rolled in sport and play.
Then this young man arose
and put on his clothes
Saying fare thee well a-day.

Well that's not the promise
You made to me
When you lay on my breast.
Ah you made me believe
With your lying tongue
That the sun rose in the West.

Go home go home
To your Father's garden
Go home and cry your fill
And think of the sad misfortune
You've brought on with your wanton will.

Now there isn't a flower
In this whole world
More easily led than I
And when the fishes they do fly
And the seas they do run dry
Ah tis then he'll marry I.

Blackwaterside ~ Chris O collab with Gratton    (Traditional)

Some lounge music, relax to the vibe. 
Guitar: Peter Griffin
Remastered by the incredible Dom Sigalas

Got It Wrong

Gigged this song extensively in the past, remastered by the incredible Dom Sigalas

Trust - Remaster 23

O SON LOS TOROS EN LA NIEBLA

Oscuro atardecer, 
los toros en la niebla,
polvo de tierra, faz,
fieras del agua seca.

Lamento de arena,
camas de piedra, selva,
la noche vive azul,
revés del alma abierta.

Brebaje de alacrán,
traspasa la vereda,
paraje circular,
viento de sal y hierba.

CRÉDITOS:
Orlando Anaya Rosales: Batería.
José Alfredo Alvarado Márquez: Guitarras.
Carlos Lino Donato: Teclados y piano.
Akane: Portada.
Sojue Stradac: Composición, mezcla, master, letras, bajo, guitarras, teclados, voz.

SILENCIOS

O son los toros en la niebla

Boogie Woogie Jazz Piano piece, inspired by The Rockford Files Pontiac Firebird. Third in my trio of feel good songs; first track and title track to my EP.  Video clip here (only 57 seconds long) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eel1j3zJTmg

Firebird Boogie

"Aging rock legend in my mind."
johnlaurence@drjohnlaurence.com
John Laurence is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer/songwriter, with a wide range of influences from Heavy Metal to Mahler, Folk to Baroque, with a healthy dose of Blues, Classical and Jazz. Instruments he plays include keyboards, acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar, ukulele, Godin Merlin, dulcimer, recorders and whistles, and brass including cornet/trumpet, mellophone and trombone.
  
In 2011 he was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) which had affected him undetected since childhood. Although he has a PhD and has had two successful careers, he has begun to see life with a whole new perspective. He has always been a musician at heart and is making up for lost time with a new career as a musician and composer. His music is  influenced by blues, jazz, folk, classical and rock. Given his eclectic tastes and creativity, it is not surprising that John's music has evolved in to a World Music style. A new EP has just been released, named "Last Song of the Dove".  Feedback on the album has been encouraging, especially from countries such as Canada, USA, Mexico, Japan, Israel, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. John is now producing a full length album "Takahe Toccata" building on the style of the EP and dedicated to the World's endangered birds.

Firebird Boogie

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