I wrote a new verse for this song (public domain). I took a Zen saying, "Eat when hungry, sleep when tired" and wrote it into an American folk song. Fun! Pete Seeger encouraged singing. He said you make a song your own by singing it and he did not frown on lyric or melody changes.
For three years in a row I recorded at the Woodshed Studios of the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas. This year I couldn't go that far and that meant I wouldn't be working with all those good people: engineer Russell Tanner, bassist Sterling Finlay, and guitar great Big John Mills.
Luckily, I found Elephonics Recording Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jesse Korman is a master engineer with a beautiful and affordable studio. He knew the local go-to upright bassist Jared Putnam and the lowly me-myself-and-I set out to add a touch of guitar solos to the songs I'd most thought of for a Big John solo - songs with a western flair. This is one; Jesse James is another. I play with no picks, but sort of hold my index finger like a pick for individual strings and continue brushing the rhythm with my other fingers.
About a month ago I started a list of countries wherein at least one person had landed on my blog: US, Germany, Brazil, France, UK, Greece, Peru, Romania, Venezuela, Ukraine, Poland, Hong Kong, China, Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Turkey, Norway, Australia, and Switzerland!
I'd like you to know where my music can be listened to for free or downloaded: Pandora, Jango, and
For three years in a row I recorded at the Woodshed Studios of the Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas. This year I couldn't go that far and that meant I wouldn't be working with all those good people: engineer Russell Tanner, bassist Sterling Finlay, and guitar great Big John Mills.
Luckily, I found Elephonics Recording Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jesse Korman is a master engineer with a beautiful and affordable studio. He knew the local go-to upright bassist Jared Putnam and the lowly me-myself-and-I set out to add a touch of guitar solos to the songs I'd most thought of for a Big John solo - songs with a western flair. This is one; Jesse James is another. I play with no picks, but sort of hold my index finger like a pick for individual strings and continue brushing the rhythm with my other fingers.
I'd like you to know where my music can be listened to for free or downloaded: Pandora, Jango, and
| Apple iTunes | |
| Rhapsody | |
| Inprodicon | |
| Xbox Music | |
| Spotify | |
| 24-7 | |
| Omnifone | |
| Rumblefish | |
| Rdio | |
| Muve Music | |
| Bloom.fm | |
| Slacker Radio | |
| MediaNet | |
| Amazon MP3 | |
| WiMP | |
| Last.fm | |
| MySpace Music | |
| Simfy | |
| Google Music Store | |
| iHeartRadio | |
| Shazam | |
| Yandex | |
| GreatIndieMusic | |
| Samsung Music Hub |
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