Rim Shot

So this is the drum set we got for Dylan . He is pretty good on it already, he started taking percussion in school after playing trumpet for two years. He's got some natural ability for sure. Dana is very musical, I'm somewhat musical and Jack seems to have it too. Jack's got a good ear for sure. He cracked me up last night though. He was standing behind the drum set and starts saying "A monkey walks into a store..." or something like that. Then he makes up some silly joke and hits the drum and a cymbal (a rim shot as they say).
I didn't show him that, he must have been watching Uncle Miltie or something...

One Man Band Tour Review

James Taylor couldn't have been more at home Friday night with the sold-out crowd at the Beacon Theater in NYC.
He shared snapshots of family and friends on a big screen to the left of the stool where he sat with his lanky frame in the pose familiar to all: acoustic guitar resting on his right thigh.
He rolled up the long sleeves on his plain button-down shirt while singing Mean Old Man and straightened the collar so an audience member could take a photo of him. He made fun of his growing lack of hair, said middle verses in his Line Em Up song are about as valuable as Styrofoam peanuts, and put on a baseball cap tossed onstage. And to top it all off, he sang such 30-year-old hits as Fire and Rain, Sweet Baby James, Country Road and Carolina in My Mind with all the richness and clarity everyone remembers from back in the day. Taylor, 58, who has sold more than 35 million records, played 19 songs in the two-hour show that was split by a planned 20-minute break. He returned to the stage for two encores. He wore jeans and was accompanied only by pianist Larry Goldings.
Some of the photos Taylor had flashing on the screen were laugh-out-loud funny. One was of a man who reportedly had been found mostly intact after being frozen for 100 years. He said it could have been his dad, Dr. Isaac Taylor, who went on an expedition to Antarctica in 1955, leaving his wife and five kids at home. Taylor then sang his The Frozen Man ballad.
Audience members looked adoringly at photos of singer Carole King with Taylor around the time she said he should record her song. Then he sang it: Youve Got A Friend. The crowd clapped and whooped when Taylor got into a bluesy rhythm with Slap Leather and Steamroller.

We went and saw James Taylor last night at the Beacon Theater in NYC. It was a great show. Above is review from another concert he did but the concert we saw was very similar.
We also went to this great place for dinner.
Also, check out my Blog Videos on the side link. I posted two songs that I shot using Dana's camera. The quality isn't great but hey, what do you want?
:-)

The Painter

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10.11.05 Another Song

Turlough O'Carolan: Irish Harper
Turlough O'Carolan (Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin) was born in 1670 near Nobber, County Meath and died March 25, 1738 at the home of his patron Mrs. MacDermott Roe in Alderford, County Roscommon. He was one of the last Irish harpers who composed and a significant number of his works survive in single line melody. Carolan's fame was not due to his skill with the harp (having started at 18), but to his gift for composition and verse. This is a version I did of one of his songs, it has a really cool tuning that gives it a haunting sound.
I played it on my Ovation Guitar.
Shebeg and Shemore

Some Musak

Early One Morning

One Note Samba










Gurian Jumbo El Cheapo Classical

08.16.05 Some Music...

I was messing around on my guitar last night and threw together 2 songs very quickly. These were recorded on the first try after little practice, so they are what they are.

• In The Summertime
• Imagine

Hope you enjoy them....
YIKES, I just listened to them, they need work...