This is chiefly aimed at anyone who saw me at the Old Songs Folk Festival this past weekend. (If you missed it, better luck next year!)
The folk page on my website is here. There is a link on it to my page on open guitar tunings, which I intend to update with the extra tunings discussed at the workshop. For now, as Andy Cohen explained, Martin Carthy’s tuning was CGCDGA (you will need heavier strings on the top and bottom to avoid buzzing).
At the Friday night concert, Andy Cohan and I sang My Sweet Wyoming Home, by Bill Staines. It is (without Andy) on The Last Trip Home CD.
At the “You’ve Got to Be Kidding” workshop, I sang The Cowboy Fireman, by Harry McClintock; Old Zip Coon, traditional, which I learned from Michael Cooney; Cold, Blow, and the Rainy Night, learned from Planxty; and The Bionic Consumer, by Bill Steele.
At the ballad workshop, I sang Mary Hamilton, learned from Caroline Paton, who learned it from Hallie Wood; and Queen Amang the Heather, which I learned from a variety of Scottish singers, who learned it from Belle Stewart. Both of those are on The Last Trip Home CD.
At the “This Spoke to Me” workshop, I sang The Last Trip Home, written by Davy Steele; The Spirit of Mother Jones, written by Andy Irvine; and Griselda’s Waltz, written by Bill Steele. The Last Trip Home and Griselda’s Waltz are also on The Last Trip Home CD.
Great to see everyone and thanks for coming!
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