flatbaroque Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hi folks, Been a while.Had a forum break during which i was a bit crook and completely lost my singing voice...not much to lose you say! . Lasted a couple of weeks, I was starting to think it may be gone for good.Made me realise what a limited guitar player I was.Is it too late to become one of those AGF fingerstylists pumping out melodies all over the fretboard??? Anyway for what it's worth it came back.Here's a song I wrote.No toe tapper...just a bit of disposable art for arts sake. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDNurFE9O6M Once was a little kid a toy six shooter then a working stiff soon a high falooter horizons were fingered big wheels got scammed and lesser gods carved me as their drinking man tell ya what the drinking man saw Angelina walk out the door a mantelpiece without any cards and Christmas night in the cold fact bar on Drifting Luke's highway a downbeat of cars us new broken hearted unhitched from our stars past sheet metal fairgrounds five minutes from rust and high wire girls on rope they don't trust that's a tough law you made the half life when love fades I drink at the morning I drink at the sky the rear vision mirror never asks why lost weekends in the valley lost friends in the stream Old Dali does my nightmares Young Munch does the screams no longer a little one But I still bullet-hole signs My Cadillac's waiting just biding it's time tell ya where the drinking man ends on Drifting Luke's highway around every bend shaking and laying in his next shotgun shack one thing certain no-one's calling him back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwalker201 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Well done and welcome back sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly campbell Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Nice- I like it. Welcome back Sir Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Pretty deep, my friend. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Geez, another happy-go-lucky one. Those kind of blues are a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Great lyrics- hooked after reading/ before hearing . . . Hope you've been well. ps- you and that black-nut Standard are beginning to be an item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Good'n. Nice imagery - good performance👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Thanks Keith, Kelly, Murph,62 B and Old C. You're a kindly crew. 62B you have a keen eye on all things guitar.Other alumni of the Black Nut include BK777 and Em7 I think..any others? Don't love the song but was glad to get it in a presentable form.Spent a lot of time on it....and happy to cut it loose and forget about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Atmospheric. Some good writing there. A couple of lines I wish I'd written.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Sorry to hear you weren't well You do write some really great lyrics FB Have heard much worse from professionals Good to have ya back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I thought that was real quality. And your voice sounded real good, probably as good as Ive heard it FB. I found that if I take a break for a week or two it has a positive effect on the voice when I return. The chords and the brain just needs sometime to process and internalise what youve been doing and then continue the journey. That was real good, I dig that vibe .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 I liked that a lot. It has sort of a nightmarish feel to it, very surreal. I've said it before, but your songs do deserve a recording studio. Lars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted June 11, 2017 Author Share Posted June 11, 2017 Cheers Dhanners..that's a nice compliment. You too BBG.Thanks mate.My illness was nothing too serious.Appreciate the thoughts. Good on ya EA.Seeing your recording earlier made me feel like doing one too. Lars.Yes I understand your comment- regards nightmares. There were a few things going on in my mind writing the song.Some cultural references were a 1945 movie about an alcoholic called Lost Weekend. A Twilight Zone episode episode from 1960 called The Hitcher.About a woman driving cross country across backroads USA.Haunted by a hitchhiker who always appears at the next town before she arrives.Has a great twist if you can find it online. Also some Hank Williams references. So yea a bit of a nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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