A cover of Jackson C. Frank's Blues Run The Game. Guitar arrangement derived from Bert Jansch's amazing play.

It's a one-take recorded in my small, square apartment with a Zoom H1, so hope you don't mind the sassy quality. Processing was made in Reaper. 

I don't claim to own this song or anything. Here's what I sing:

Catch a boat to england, baby,
Maybe to spain,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues are all the same.

Send out for whisky, baby,
Send out for gin,
Me and room service, honey,
Me and room service, babe,
Me and room service
Well, we're living a life of sin

When i'm not drinking, baby,
You are on my mind,
When i'm not sleeping, honey,
When i ain't sleeping, mama,
When i'm not sleeping
Well you know you'll find me crying.

Try another city, baby,
Another town,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues come following down.

Living is a gamble, baby,
Loving's much the same,
Wherever i have played,
Wherever i throw them dice,
Wherever i have played
The blues have run the game.

Maybe tomorrow, honey,
Someplace down the line,
I'll wake up older baby,
So much older, mama,
Wake up older
And i'll just stop all my trying.

Catch a boat to england, baby,
Maybe to spain,
Wherever i have gone,
Wherever i've been and gone,
Wherever i have gone
The blues are all the same.

Blues Run The Game (Jackson C Frank cover)

Chamber arrangement of the beautiful old English ballad/love song. The arrangement is lovingly inspired by Simon and Garfunkel's famous recording from the album Rosemary and Thyme. This was recorded during a concert in Piteå in November 2008.

Arranged and performed by David Saulesco.
Lars Engström, guitar
Johan Bertilsson, violin
Anna Risberg, violin
Isabelle Andö, viola
Elin Grahn, cello
Karl Svedjebrant, flute
Recorded and mixed by Sebastian Lönberg.

Photo by Richard Butcher.

Scarborough Fair (live)

Inspelat den 24 Nov. 2010 i Studio C på Piteå Musikhögskola.

Tekniker: Andrea F. Rea, Simon Lindskog, Pascal Zurek.

Musiker: Oscar Fridolfsson, Robin Jonsson, Carl Sjöström, Gustav Svensson.

Första Röda

Denna låt är inspelad och mixad av Andrea Rea.

Första Röda

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