Topic: 99 Year Blues

[Norfolk Slim]

I'm on a bit of a roll at the moment.  Posting songs here has given me an incentive to actually properly finish and polish what I know and add the vocals (which I find tricky and often put off doing for as long as possible....) .

If I'm not careful I'm going to end up with an actual repertoire and will then have to go out and play in front of real people... 

Anyway- my take on 99 year blues.....

[Prof Scratchy]

Nice one, Slim - thoroughly enjoyed this posting.
Prof S.

[Slack]

Yes, great job Slim... sounding very relaxed - I'd say you already have a repetoire!

Cheers,

[Norfolk Slim]

Don't  say that,  else I really will have to find the courage to play in front of people ! :

Bottled it at the EBA event a few weeks ago despite John M's gentle encouragement....

[a2tom]

yes, recording for the BP is a great thing for forcing yourself to put it all together.  Highly recommend it to anyone lurking...

tom

[uncle bud]

Hi Slim - sounding good. Nice and laid back. I don't know if you've just chosen to leave it out, but there's a nice couple bass notes on the 4th string that Julius Daniels hits in the third line

Aaaah, bring me my pistol, three rounds of ball
I'm gonna kill everybody, whup a poor boy along
Poor boy along, poor boy along, poor boy along

Right in those "Poor boy along" bits. It's simple, just moving from his G and D bass to fretting the 4th string at the second fret then hitting the next alternated bass note as the 4th string open. He does this a few times through that last line. The two notes, E then D, ring out nicely. Tonally, it's kind of like changing to a C chord, to my ear. He does this each time through the form.

[Johnm]

Nice job, Simon.  I hope to see you do this one from the stage this August in Northampton.
All best,
Johnm

[Norfolk Slim]

Thought this might be fun.

I first posted this track to the Back Porch back in 2005 (gulp).  I was barely out of my twenties

It has become a solid staple in my repertoire, and my go-to song if I'm asked to play something unprepared.  It then became the opening track on my cd....

Going back and listening to the posting is cringe-making and nice at the same time because I can hear how much better I do the song now!

So here is an up to date, one take job for fun and comparison:

[Parlor Picker]

Good choice of song and well executed, Slim.

[Laura]

That's great, Simon.  You sure do sound a lot more comfortable playing it now, though the older version was still good!

[Pan]

Sounds and looks like you're on the top of you're game with this song! Good job!

Cheers

pan