A nother web-enabled collaboration, this time between Dick and Pete - I recorded the original track and Pete supplied some piano and keyboard noodling. But most importantly he had the idea of including some of the great man's actual speech ...
For many years, a favourite of mine to play - often the first thing I play when I pick up the guitar to get my fingers going. With a little (slightly cheesy) organ in the background.
A first, I think - a Tony Hooper cover. This little song had two arrangements, the one with banjo which emerged on the Strawberry Sampler and the one for Dragonfly, which benefited from budgetary-enforced simplicity. I've been playing this on and off for a few years and thought I'd add a few harmonies ...
One of the longest standing Strawbs songs in my repertoire, I recorded the guts of this a few months back, and finally got the mandolin out to add the instrumental break.
Back at the Bilston strumalong I enjoyed playing this one - but it needed a bit extra - cue the fantastic G-Media software Mellotron, complete with virtual coffee stain. The sounds that Wakeman had at his command, played by a complete keyboard numptie!....
I worked out a nice open tuning for guitar for Dragonfly as early ago as the first Bilston strumaround, and recorded it in Summer of 07, using a nice synthesiser drone (which could be played by Chas on the pedals). Took till now to get the mix right to my ears.
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