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homermando
Jul-15-2006, 11:49pm
I`ve wanted to learn this tune for many years. Maybe I can get a handle on it if someone knows the first few bars. I know its on the new Sammy recording, which I haven`t heard yet. Any help is appreciated!
homermando
Jul-16-2006, 8:03am
Sorry, I forgot to mention it is a Jean Luc Ponty tune off his "Imaginary Voyage" album.
Santiago
Jul-17-2006, 2:03pm
Love the song. I just picked it up from the CD.
homermando
Jul-17-2006, 2:19pm
I think I got most of it by ear since I posted the other day. I`m doing it in A. Its a tough one to get up to speed. I guess thats why those fiddlers use bows.
Lefty&French
Jul-17-2006, 4:18pm
Fiddlers? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Santiago
Jul-18-2006, 7:57pm
It's an easier piece on Mando. I can't play it on violin -- sweet blend of rhythm, blues and arpeggios that takes a simple song a step further. Jean Luc is amazing. Actually, he slows it down on the same album and adds the spacey walking bass and gets a totally different feeling. I saw him play at Berklee years ago.
homermando
Jul-19-2006, 12:50pm
I`m familiar with the sound alike tune you are refering to; I believe its called "The Gates Of Babylon". It is a very similar tune and I confuse it with "New Country" in my memory so I had to relisten closely to "New Country", but I`m still missing something in the first part. I`m finally learning that before you learn to play you really have to learn to listen.
The NGR used to open their shows with this number, sweet.