BluesKing777 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 As per request from Vaca, here is my version of "Cocaine" written by I know not but everyone has done it! Played on my 1937 Gibson L-0, with a cup of tea on the desk ......9.45am here and a mountain of work to do and it is even too early for a bourbon........ BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 You sound too sober...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BluesKing777 Posted February 21, 2018 Author Share Posted February 21, 2018 You sound too sober...... I think the cup of tea kicked in nicely towards the end of the track...... <_< Hey, remember that first they had to find Mr Keef to record him, ...you know, "Sir Mr Keef, which guitar do you want for that song? You right for drinks?" etc... Point him at it and... Whereas Mr BK777 here had to play and sing it into a contraption and somehow load it to all these other contraptions so you could hear it...and let me tell you - I can not for the life of me imagine even getting started in the condition Mr Keef looked! And the whole thing from play to load was about 15 minutes.... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanCarlosVejar Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Lovely! Thanks for sharing. The Gibby sounds incredible JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 As a hack player of songs on six string I'm disturbed by the fact that you aren't making a fine living playing and recording your guitar. I was going to spend an hour trying to polish up my version of 'Everything Put Together Falls Apart', but after hearing this I think I'll just catch a buzz and watch Simpsons reruns. I think that song needs to be played slower though, like the Jackson Browne version, to emphasize the misery. You've somehow made a happy version. Yer the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vacamartin Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 YESSIR! "Cocaine for horses, not fo men. Say it'll kill ya, but don't know when" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j45nick Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 As a hack player of songs on six string I'm disturbed by the fact that you aren't making a fine living playing and recording your guitar. I was going to spend an hour trying to polish up my version of 'Everything Put Together Falls Apart', but after hearing this I think I'll just catch a buzz and watch Simpsons reruns. I think that song needs to be played slower though, like the Jackson Browne version, to emphasize the misery. You've somehow made a happy version. Yer the best. Van Ronk's version if different, but pretty nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Yep. I forgot about DVR's version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thanks! Don't forget the Rev and Bob and Woody and Dave and Cash and Drake and Van Zandt and Thorogood etc etc.... Happy version? If you listen again, (my version) starts out humming along ala John Hurt but at about 1.07, I dig in more and from there on, it is barely containing the speed and angst build up! <_< Want a little story? I was in a band that rehearsed and rehearsed with a new drummer - he was so nice and clean cut that we went with him over more experienced hardheads and it was going well...playing on time, playing with brushes even under our direction - Ha!, going well all over! And this other rotten guitarist that was only in the band for a minute introduced the cleanskin little drummer to dope! And in what seems like a manner of weeks, he just went off the rails! True. And we had an outside concert as part of a big bill of bands and just before we went on to do our set, I saw him snorting coke behind the stage with this other old drummer I know! Bang, he hits the snare and our first song was approximately 10 times the speed we normally played it. Awful, truly awful! Of course, we all had a big argument after the gig and he got the sack and then the guy that ran the concert came up and said it was the best thing he had ever heard especially the first (fast) song and he had managed to get it all on tape! That is what I was thinking about at about 1.30 on the track! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jalex Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Nice pickin Bluesking 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Nice pickin Bluesking 👍 Thanks Jalex! I have been thinking how the song works - it is just C, F, G cowboy type chords with lots of added notes from the left hand pinky - the hard work being in the right hand fingerpicking...... BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatbaroque Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Thanks! Don't forget the Rev and Bob and Woody and Dave and Cash and Drake and Van Zandt and Thorogood etc etc.... Happy version? If you listen again, (my version) starts out humming along ala John Hurt but at about 1.07, I dig in more and from there on, it is barely containing the speed and angst build up! <_< Want a little story? I was in a band that rehearsed and rehearsed with a new drummer - he was so nice and clean cut that we went with him over more experienced hardheads and it was going well...playing on time, playing with brushes even under our direction - Ha!, going well all over! And this other rotten guitarist that was only in the band for a minute introduced the cleanskin little drummer to dope! And in what seems like a manner of weeks, he just went off the rails! True. And we had an outside concert as part of a big bill of bands and just before we went on to do our set, I saw him snorting coke behind the stage with this other old drummer I know! Bang, he hits the snare and our first song was approximately 10 times the speed we normally played it. Awful, truly awful! Of course, we all had a big argument after the gig and he got the sack and then the guy that ran the concert came up and said it was the best thing he had ever heard especially the first (fast) song and he had managed to get it all on tape! That is what I was thinking about at about 1.30 on the track! BluesKing777. Top stuff on the cover!! And a bit of a tragic band story there...but told through your talented prism of witty observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted February 22, 2018 Author Share Posted February 22, 2018 Top stuff on the cover!! And a bit of a tragic band story there...but told through your talented prism of witty observation. Thanks FB! I had been doing a mini-set of solo acoustic blues/vocals to add some light and shade in various electric blues bands I had been playing in. It always seemed to go over better than the band...and having already fallen in love with that style......well, it was goodbye bands and their unreliable staff! Solo singer/guitarists RULE!!! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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