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    Beat It On Down The Line 5-29-2020 2:28
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    I Took A Pill (demo) 6:55
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    I Know You Rider 4-26-2020 2:57
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    You See A Broken Heart 5-7-2020 3:19
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    The Porta-Potty Peeper (demo) 4:05
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    Do You Like My Cologne? (demo) 4:15
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    Done Broke Blues (demo) 5:08
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    Steel Guitar Rag (8-24-2013) 4:42
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    Thank You, Mr. Gov't (demo) 4:49
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    Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) 3:46
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    Gas Huffer's Dream - Demo (2-6-2019) 3:32
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    Make You Kind (demo) 3:23
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    The Day Clarence Clemons Died (8-24-2013) 4:20
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I Know You Rider  

Great songs are like their own universes. They are always playing somewhere. "I Know You Rider" is such a song. Pulled from the folk catalog like "Cold Rain and Snow," the Dead played various arrangements of it over their career. Here I am mimicking the 5-19-66 Avalon version, which has a LOT of punk rock drive:  https://archive.org/details/gd1966-05-19.sbd.miller.106683.flac16

I came across this haunting version from Judy Roderick, "Woman Blue (I Know You Rider)." Please check it out:  https://www.youtube…

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04/26/2020

Cold Rain and Snow 

I've been playing clawhammer banjo for quite a while. I am playing more longneck banjo lately and decided to work out a version of "Cold Rain and Snow," but not the familiar Dead version. Obray Ramsey has a beautiful version for three-finger banjo. I worked out some of his picking for melodic clawhammer but it's a bit unwieldy. I'll keep working on that.

In the meantime since it's a snowy day here in Longmont, CO and I wanted to bang it out.  Please let me know what you think.

https://youtu.be/rL8If8c6OK8

04/16/2020

Done Broke Blues  

I have been studying Slim Harpo's style and wanted to experiment with different measures and beats. I ended up with this eight bar blues structure that loops on itself. It's grown on me. This is my first harmonica track. Enjoy!

01/25/2020