Rock n Roll

Cowpunk II

A playlist of some of my more popular tunes at the beginning of 2025. Yeeharrrrrr!

Popular Toons 25

This is an original blues tune called Epiphany Blues played on electric guitar this time. I like the sound of this guitar so I thought I'd share one of it's recordings. Hope you enjoy!

Epiphany Blues (electrified original)

The Ramones - Judy Is A Punk

My rendition is quite different to ZZ Top's original. My rendition is based on a live cover version from a blues band I used to watch back in the 80s. It's more upbeat and it also includes a verse from Talk to Your Daughter by JB Lenoir/John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers.

I hope you enjoy it and I hope it adds some pep to the New Year.

She Loves My Automobile / Talk to Your Daughter (by ZZ Top)

This is a fun tune by the Smiths from their 1986 classic album The Queen Is Dead. I thought the nylon string worked well on this one because the Smiths always had a lovely crisp clean sound. Hope you enjoy Morrissey's funny lyrics!

Cemetry Gates (by the Smiths)

This is another fun toon which I hope will get you boppin a bit. It's some tongue in cheek rock n roll / cowpunk relationship counselling from legendary Aussie band the Beasts of Bourbon. Written by guitarist Kim Salmon.

I used my new parlour guitar to play this one. I was quite happy with the jangly chords which I think really suit the tune.

Something To Lean On (by the Beasts of Bourbon)

Six chords, a 6/8 time signature and the truth!

There have been a number of excellent ballad versions of this classic. I have tried to take it back to its rootsy roots. I feel like Leonard Cohen's original would have been at home in a seedy jazz blues bar. Hope you enjoy!

Hallelujah (by Leonard Cohen)

This here is a little ditty I wrote last year. I thought it sounded a bit cowpunk so I gave it the unimaginative name Cowpunk 24. I played around with sounds and ended up playing my acoustic electric through my Vox amp with maximum flanger. Yeeharrrr!

Cowpunk 24 (original)

The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird ( 1963 )

Spiderman - Ramones (Guitar Cover)

Paragon Cafe (by You Am I)

An original instrumental twelve bar blues. Solo guitar blues rock.

Inspired by the great soundtrack in the Dukes of Hazzard film. Particularly Lynyrd Skynyrd's rendition of Call Me the Breeze.

This rendition of Hazardous Blues is inspired by Hendrix's great instrumental, Peace in Mississippi. 

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Hazardous Blues (electrified original)

An old song I wrote back in the 90s with a rock n roll band I was in at the time. It has a kinda cowpunk vibe which was popular in Australia at the time. It's a kind of tried and true western story told in many western films lol. 

Originally, played with the band, it was a rock n roll tune bordering on hard rock. Played acoustically, I think it comes out a little bit country. 

I hope you enjoy it!

Mexico (original)

Written by Robyn St Clare and made famous by Evan Dando and The Lemonheads.

Into Your Arms (by the Lemonheads, written by Robyn St Clare)

Solo acoustic rock n roll! 🎸🎤

I am a solo guitarist mainly playing acoustically. I am a rock n roller with folk, country, blues, jazz and classical influences. It could be summed up as cowpunk.

I have written two songs, Mexico and Solution, and have also written a number of instrumentals. As I don't have many songs of my own, I like to learn to play standards so I have developed a bit of a repertoire.

All originals are copyright. 

Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy it! This is NG, bluesing out!

Something To Lean On (by the Beasts of Bourbon)

NG Bluesing Out