A Richard Thompson song from Fairport Convention´s third album..  the words seem so true for the current refugee situation in Europe... helpless and slow and you don´t have anywhere to go....The picture is the father of the little 3 year old boy who drowned recently.. a tragedy that must never be repeated!

Genesis Hall ( for the refugees of this world)

Did and old Richard Thompson song a week ago... this time another Thompson song, a bit happier and snappier ! From the album with the same title..one of English folk rock´s classics...

I want to see the bright lights tonight ( Richard Thompson song)

Real nice to work with Marc again, he put drums and bass on my track in a most eloquent and swinging way..i play the guitars and do the vocals.

Carry on ( JJ Cale song) ..collab with Marc Roberge.

One of Crosby´s best and earliest writings.. always loved this swirling and bittersweet ballad.. from The Byrds´album Younger than Yesterday...1967 I do believe it was...

Everybody´s been burned before ( David Crosby classic)

From Dylan´s greatest album ever, Blonde on Blonde, 1966. As he is just releasing his latest disc in the Bootleg Series , covering this period I thought it appropriate to upload my alternative version of this...

I want you ( Bob Dylan classic)

One of Stones´greatest albums and this loving portrait of a working girl is real good..   all instruments and vocals by yours truly...   My friend Don Nelson just did this  so i dug  out this recording ( 2 years old) for comparison...

Factory Girl ( Stones classic)

Time for a real traditional song, this arrangement is partly from James Taylor, partly my own...

Oh Susanna ( Stephen Foster)

A newly-written original.. i am not a religious man.. but hope that my music and my voice will still be in the wind after I am gone...

There is a town (testament song)

One of Sandy´s first own songs.. and what a song!  I have recorded this here before in regular tuning but found out the open tuning that Sandy used some time ago and it works so much better....

Who knows where the time goes ( Sandy Denny classic)

An acoustic version with  guitar  tuned to open C, recorders and chromatic harmonica... inspired by  George Harrison´s film music to Wonderwall...

Norwegian wood ( with a bow to George and George ...Martin and Harrison i.e.)

Bluebird by Paul McCartney and Wings.. the final song in my bird trilogy...all vocals and guitars by yours truly...

Bluebird ( Wings)

Crazy, a ballad written by Wliie Nelson and first recorded by Patsy Cline, who had a hit with it in 1962.. all vocals, harmonicas and guitar by yours truly...

Crazy ( Willie Nelson classic)

A happy blues from the pen of Robin Williamson from ISB:s first Elektra album.. all vocals and instruments by yours truly... ( the pic is my own)

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Dandelion Blues  ( an Incredible String Band tune)

Guess it must be love blues is written by Robin Rendell and arrangement is by Tony Ridgway, it comes from a CD where different singers interprete Robin´s songs.. this is a Stuffyfied version where I have added some dirty guitar lines.... vocals and electric guitar by yours truly.

Guess it must be love blues ( a song by Robin Rendell)

First published on Carl Wilson´s ( of The Beach Boys)debut album in 1981...a beautiful ballad with one of my favourite singers all-time...

I try to step into Carl´s shoes and do all vocals plus acoustic guitar and my wonderfully talented friend Yvalain scored the strings in an exquisite way... his arrangement lifts the song ..up to heaven!

Heaven ( a collab with my friend Yvalain)

A classic by folk underground weirdo and genius Michael Hurley.. get his albums  he is one of a kind!

Werewolf (Michael Hurley song)

From Leonard Cohen´s album New skin for the old ceremony, one of his best...this is my second Cohen interpretation in a series ,, his death affected me strongly...all voices and guitars by me.

Who By Fire

This is from a jam with some of my friends.. me playing Garcia influenced long improvisation on wah wah...fun time! My friend who recorded it gave it the mysterious title.. haven´t a clue what it means...

Goatwillow (wah wah improvisation)

A collab with Cyril Eudes, who provided the echoing guitar solo in the left channel and Jony Tomelin, who provided the wonderful string arrangement in the last two verses..thank you my dear friends!
Vocals and other guitars by yours truly... one of my absolute favourite songs from Master Cohen...rest well in your Nirvana , Leonard!

Sisters Of Mercy ( Leonard Cohen tribute)

A real fine song from Cockburn´s early album with the same name... guitars and vocals by yours truly... happy holidays to everyone!

High Winds, White Sky ( Bruce Cockburn song)

From Cockburn´s album Night Vision , one of his best...guitars and vocals by me...

Mama wants to barrellhouse (Bruce Cockburn song)

This is a real classic Lightfoot song from his album The way I feel.. not often heard or played.. vocals and guitars by yours truly...

A minor ballad ( early Gordon Lightfoot song)

Speaking out, one of the stand-out songs from Neil´s dark album Tonight´s the night... Nils Lofgren who plays the electric solo on this uses some harmonics in the end  so I decided to try to use harmonics in a lot of places and see if it worked..think it came out all-right!

Speaking out ( Neil Young song)

I re-read the Earthsea books by Mrs LeGuin recently and fell into this mood.. it´s one of my improvised stream-of -consciousness songs ..I just have a theme and a lick and start the story and let the brain ramble..improvised from start to end.

Wizard( inspire by the Earthsea books by Ursula leGuin)

An old recording of an old song ..by an old man!  ;-)  Originally by Gus Cannon´s Jug Stompers .. vocals, guitar and harp by me...

Minglewood 2.mp3

I recently turned 70 and what better celebration than this song, which describes a life cycle.. round and round! I changed the lyrics slightly ...

The Circle Game ( Joni Mitchell song)

This is from Joni´s debut album ..1968..50 years ago!  Decided to celebrate this with an interpretation of this song... I have reconstructed it into a more bluesy, jazzy song.. as she later worked with brilliant bass player Jaco Pastorius I got the idea to add a bass and to get the fretless bass sound I played the bass strings of an acoustic guitar through an acoustic amplifier with some chorus effect.. hope you like it ..it is my first song in a year on Soundcloud!

Night In The City (Joni Mitchell)

Hi folks!  I am a tender youth ..age 76…! …been playing since i was 15 years old...love all kinds of music from jazz and classical to pop and rock..as long as it is music with love and soul i don´t care...
Played in a few bands , for a while semi-professional and also played a lot alone,  in the streets in Europe and Canada and as entertainer in pubs, clubs, social gatherings etc. Know a lot of songs! 

 Now retired i have taken as my special niche to interprete ( note, not cover! ) songs from all genres and giving them new dress and soul and hopefully injecting them with new life...  and now and then i sneak in a song of my own...
It´s become quite successful!  i am on Facebook, Youtube, Fandalism and here on SC... my Fandalism songs soon number 500 songs and they have been viewed/listened to by over 2 million people/times !   Far beyond my imagination!   I have no commercial interests or dreams ..just do it for fun and my own satisfaction and to communicate with people all over the world is stimulating!

My main instrument is guitar, the last 10 years i have concentrated on acoustic guitar, fingerpicking, slide etc. I try a lot of open tunings and also experiment in sounds and styles.. but my other main instrument is my voice, been a singer all my life , try a lot of harmony singing and arranging that ....arranging and mixing mainly in Cubase...
The last years i have started doing collabs with musical friends too, people from Brazil, USA,France and Sweden so far..very stimulating and interesting...
 
Keep swinging!

Staffan Fenander

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