quote:Originally posted by The Intended:
Thanks so much, Cathy and Valerie. I'm honored to be able to "meet" and chat with both of you - Cathy, I've been to your site and listened to your beautiful covers of GL songs. And Valerie, of course, for all your hard work with www.gordonlightfoot.com (I am a devout fan of your site).
Cathy - I particularly enjoyed your cover (with Derek) of DQ - playing it capo #4 to do the famous DQ "lead". I play the song (including the lead) in capo #2, which requires a bit more hand-stretching but actually sounds OK. With two guitars it would be fantastic, but it's usually just me. On occasion I have had the privilege of having multi-instrumentalist David Mosher joining me on violin for that song, and it takes on a whole new feel.
Again I must apologize, though, because I don't have a mechanism for recording my covers or sharing them online at this time. I did have one lousy recording of me doing "I'm Not Sayin'" and "Did She Mention My Name" at a local pub, but it didn't turn out well enough to share anyway. As soon as I have some GL covers recorded properly, I will be sure to get them out here. Thanks again for the encouragement.
Dan
Hi Dan,
First of all, you might enjoy attending out guitar chat on Tuesday evenings in our Paltalk room. If you want details, let me know and I'll e-mail them to you.
I'm very impressed that you figured out how I was playing the lead to DQ. Most people do it ala Terry Clements, in the A progression. I tried it for years and just couldn't make it sound right, so I relearned it on the 4th fret in G. Derek does the basic fingerpicking in open C, making the interplay between the two guitars quite interesting. It's really one of my favorite songs to play. We have several songs that we call 'ours' (although Lightfoot may not agree that they are truly ours). Other favorites are If You Could Read My Mind, Wreck, CRT, and my favorite, Song For A Winter's Night. Derek is from California and I'm from Northern Maine, so we don't get together all that often. We really haven't played together very many times. But every time we do, it's magic, and we always make sure to play our favorite Lightfoot songs.
You should invest in some recording software. I use Cool Edit 2000. It's inexpensive and does the trick. Often, (when I get too lazy to hook everything up) I just record with a standard computer mic. It would be enough to get you started.
Cathy