Variations on a Bossa Nova

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original instrumental for vinyl

A country flavored tune about actually travelling to another country

To Another Kind of Country

Build a backing track from computer samples then play your guitar over it a couple times ,improvising to the sounds you hear .Sometimes it takes you to Groove Town.

Down In Groove Town

Another original created by using samples to build a backing track and then actually playing a couple guitars to find the melodic part.

Leave It To Me

History repeats itself ,they say, but History has nothing to do that. It is the Human Race that keeps repeating things. It would be fine if was just the good stuff that gets repeated but why is it  we also keep repeating the horrible stuff too.

What Have We Ever Learned

Back On The Block

The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite Complete) (Combined Remix Version)

Sensational

Sensational (feat. Davido & Lojay)

Mistermark,  Eclectic Collective   Meet The New Bossa Nova alternate guitar version take One by Al Gibbs

Bossa Guitar Breakdown

Mistermark, Eclectic Collective Meet The New Bossa Nova alternate guitar version take two by Al Gibbs

Bossoctanova

Mistermark,   Eclectic Collective   Meet The New Bossa Nova alternate guitar versio take three by Al Gibbs

Bossapercolation

Mistermark, Eclectic Collective   Meet The New Bossa Nova alternate guitar version take four by Al Gibbs

Bossalicious

Before I deleted Mistermarks New Bossa Nova drum track with my guitar tracks added I figured I would listen to those various takes I did and do another remix before deleting it from my mixer just to see what else it could be like. I thought it sounded a bit nervous, Hence the title.

A Bossanervous New Thing

Track 4 is a Drum Drops R&B beat. Track 3 is  a chord progression I wrote with Two guitars mixed low and high comping along. Track 2 is my bass line and Track 1 is my lead guitar with the melody.  I was thinking about how fast the summer season is flying by as I adjusted my final mix for  this one.

Another Summer Is Ending

The Gap Band III

Yearning For Your Love

Harlem Romance: The Love Collection

Make It Last Forever (with Jacci McGhee)

Light Of Worlds

Summer Madness

-Bryce sent Al a mix he did with his synth and guitar.Al had some fun playing a guitar improvised melody over that.Some part of that improvisation spurred Al into writing some lyrics for a song .the lyrics inspired by our duty to stick together to get through the pandemic.The vocal version is also posted in Soundcloud.

If U Need a Friend

"If U Need a Friend'  (Instrumental by Big Al and Bryce Gibbs)

Fell in love with Guitar sounds since I first heard Duane Eddy twanging out Rebel Rouser. Then I heard  Chet Atkins Hi Fi in Focus album. This was back around 1960.Me and my brother Cliff got guitars as soon as we could and started learning ourselves to play some tunes. Now about 60 years later I am still loving it. I lost Cliff last year but his jazz loving influence is still present in my playing. You can just never stop learning new stuff and ways of playing when you love the sound a guitar makes. My son Bryce also fell in love with guitar and he also is a fine singer. Il be also posting some songs that have been able play along with him.I  just hope there are people who will enjoy the music I play and post, thankyou Al Gibbs

What Have We Ever Learned

Big Al from the Grove