dhanners623 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I don't do many covers, mainly because someone else can usually always do them better. But I like this song because it is quirky. Fans of the American folk genre may recognize the tune as "The Streets of Laredo," AKA "The Cowboy's Lament." That song is an American-ization of the old British tune, The Unfortunate Rake," a song about a guy dying of syphillis. I guess in the days before sex education and abstinence education, songs like is helped get across the point of, um, being careful. I tuned the J-35 down to dropped D and capoed at the third fret, using D, G and A fingerings. (And I still can't get it to preview here, even after taking out the "s" in https.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 A whole new sound for the J-35 (nice). And never knew that's where Streets of Laredo was coming from. . . :o . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCnF3zqv8XY&feature=youtu.be Used the "insert media" toolbar button, 6 to the right of smileyface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubengal1954 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 (And I still can't get it to preview here, even after taking out the "s" in https.... Great job on the song! The guitar sounded crisp and clear! I found out by trial and error that you need to paste the url from your browser and not the youtube share button (you'll see it's much longer) into the media field, then take the "s" out of the https to embed the videos here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62burst Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Great job on the song! The guitar sounded crisp and clear! I found out by trial and error that you need to paste the url from your browser and not the youtube share button (you'll see it's much longer) into the media field, then take the "s" out of the https to embed the videos here. Good point; didn't even think that I copied the url from the address bar by habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Great job, man. I really liked a J-35 when I tried one out...great sound. Sounds great in your recording. Nice singing too. It took me forever to learn how to embed here. My mistake was that in the copy media box, "http" is already there. So I would be double-copying http that was preset in the box, and the http from the web url. Not to mention, I didn't delete the s. Now I know to have a clear space before I paste... I've learned this after a period of many months...I guess I'm not all that tech savvy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Nice. That sounds really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin 1940D28 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 For my 70 odd years, "The Streets of Laredo" came from Texas, or, was it Boston. To bad we can't change history to our way of wishing or thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salfromchatham Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I enjoyed it greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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