Dan van den Berg steals the show here on a Miles type modal groove, while breaking a high E string in the process.  See if you can find where:)  A special tune for us to toast Miles like this.  From the late 60s on Miles always had one or two super serious fusion guitar players on stage with him - John McLaughlin, Pete Cosey, Mike Stern, Barry Finnerty, John Scofield, Robin Ford and Foley.  He would have dug Dan's wonderful playing.  Thanks for you listens, likes, comments and shares.  The stunning photo was taken by our son Cameron at Machu Pichu, Peru

Check out Dan's extraordinary playing at https://soundcloud.com/danarchx

And here's a playlist of the 20+ tunes that Dan and I have recorded together.  Wonderful music:) https://soundcloud.com/jamie-rhind/sets/dazzling-em-dan-van-den-berg

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Taking It Up - Dan van den Berg / Jamie Rhind

I've had a terrible cold/flu for about a month.  I bought myself a new guitar (Simon & Patrick acoustic) and a new microphone (Rodes NT1A) just before I got sick.  I've been dying to put them to (good) use.  The rhythm came off the S&P acoustic one evening then I finished off the rest the next morning, using some of the grandkids' shaker toys for percussion!!!  This was a blast to put together.  First time using a djembe and first offering using a harmonica.

As for the song, well it is just about relationships and how usually one person becomes more dominant which makes it (sometimes) frustrating for the other.  Pent up frustration leads to saying mean things.  Saying things which one regrets almost immediately but you can never truly take it back (and have it all forgotten).  Been there.  Done that.  Have the bloody t-shirt.  

Can’t Take It Back
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Been on the road for
So many nights
How I miss
Our warm bed
And I know I can’t take back
All those things I said

I’m just too old
For you to be so young
I can’t turn back
The hands of time.
All I can do is make you listen
To my tearful rhyme.

[SOLO]

Oh how I miss your eyes
And the gentle way
You caress
During the deep dark night.
Yet I stand here alone and no way
To put things right.

Been on the road and
I’m so damn tired
Wishing I was
Back home with you.
What can I say to make this right?
Please tell me what to do.

[SOLO 2]

Been on the road for
So many nights
How I miss
Our warm bed
And I know I can’t take back
All those things I said.

I know I can’t take it back.
What can I say to make this right?
Please tell me what to do.

[SOLO 3 - Outro]

:: Words, music and art work copyright Rick Engler

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Blue Prints From My Soul

Can't Take It Back (Original)

Blues songs are usually melancholy: lyrics lamenting about lost loves, jobs or fortunes and the sound of crying guitars and the inclusion of "blue notes".  Well, I decided to make a happy song and talk about why I play the blues.  Personally, I can get depressed and playing the guitar helps me get out of those black moods.  I could say that making music has kept me sane over the years.  Some may argue the point but they are crazy ... I tell ya.  :-)
I started this as a live version test so the vocals and harmonica were recorded on the same track.  This was supposed to be, just that, a test track.  Once I had the basic tune down,  I would put down a drum track (to get a good beat) then I would re-record all the tracks.  I liked this particular track so much that I kept it in as the final version.  The song sat on a back burner for several months until I discovered the Sennheiser drum kit VST.  At around the same time the keyboards and horn section came to me in a dream ... so I no choice but to complete this.  Hope you enjoy this as much as I did making it.
  
Drive The Blues Away
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Just playin’ my geetar.
I like to play it every day.
I like to take it on the road.
Put it in a case.  Be on my way.

Chorus:
Like to play the geetar
And drive the blues away.

Just singin’ a sweet song.
I like to sing to the breeze.
Sometimes I sing in the shower
Or anywhere else I please.

Chorus:
Like to sing a sweet song
And drive the blues away.

Just playin’ my harmonica.
I like to play it every day.
I’ll blow some in the morning
Bend a little once the sun’s gone away.

Chorus:
Like to play a soothing melody
And drive the blues away.

:: Words, music and art work copyright Rick Engler

Drive The Blues Away (Original)

This is all Tele through a Sivertone 1431 with an 8 inch speaker.  Hard to believe the tones that come our of this little Gem from 1959!!!

http://www.silvertoneworld.net/amplifiers/1431/1431.html

Silvertone Blues

Thanks for the awesome track.Was a lot of fun !!!
Open Collab / Paploviante production 2016
You can add Vocals or effects etc ...
Guitars - Rob McNelley
Bass - Paploviante
Mix and Music Composition Paploviante / Logic and Biab
Original track link:
Paploviante2 – Cars-open-collab-paploviante

ColabGroove


CARS / Open Collab Paploviante w/added Guitar & Vocals

Out Law

Sunlight's Cuddle

Fergusin blues - featuring the sultry sounds and lyrics of NayJ
JaCee Music-all rights
2017 proceeds *Fergusin blues* to benefit www.naacp.org

The Jags:
Lead guitar-Screach
Rhythm guitar- xena & jaCee
Bass- Pat Action
Drums- Mozely
Check out Screach at Soundcloud
@bobby-brady
Pat Action at Soundcloud
@pataction
NayJ @nayj-2
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Lyrics:
Don't sit around talking about what he or she did to you.
I say get up and strive for your goals that's what you should do.

Things aren't going to be handed to you on a silver platter.
I say get off your seat, get on your feet
A man don't work, he don't need to eat

So come on brother hold your head up high
Get rid of your fears look towards the sky
Don't let opportunities pass you by yeah

Chorus:
Get up
Get on your feet
A man don't work
He don't need to eat

So get up
Get on your feet
A man don't work
He don't need to eat

You say you've got to work thrice as hard
To qualify for the same job
Well lets get to work because it won't do you good to sit around and sob

You know that things aren't going to be handed to you on a silver platter
So get off your feet get on your feet a man don’t work, he don’t need to eat

So come on my brother strive towards your goal
Because all of this complaining is getting kind of old

There's one up high who sits and looks low
You know he's still in control yeah in control

(Repeat Chorus)

Adlib:
Get up
Get on your feet
Man don't work,
He don't need to eat
Come on come on come on
Get on your feet
A man don't work
He don't need to eat no
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Fergusin blues <featuring NayJ>

An old tune I wrote many years ago and was one of the first songs I recorded - based upon an old north east of UK folk song.

Get A Little Bit Closer - Out Of The Box/Lyn Kalley Ingram

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