STAND BY ME – tribute to a message

Stand by me: “When the night has come, and the land is dark, and the moon is the only light we’ll see…” – I’m trying to create a tribute to the famous message of Ben E. King, illustrated with a minimalistic black & white self portrait of Nikkidelmont
what's up B?
title=”what’s up B?” self portrait by nikkidelmont, graduated from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia – click on the picture to enter her galleries on Flickr

About Didi van Frits

writer, photographer, guitarist, painter

14 responses to “STAND BY ME – tribute to a message

  1. One of my all time favourites and I love your version.

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  2. By tonight I will be home again and able to enjoy the music! Thanks for a great song to roll though my head when I’m later riding one of those Cumbia/Ranchero-music buses home! Z

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  3. cocoaupnorth

    Love that song too:-)

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  4. Thanks for the perfect rendition of an old favourite!

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  5. ahhhhhhhhhh ever so lovely. all i have ever been able to do on my guitar is strumming chords. i am in true admiration of finger picking and notes…..

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    • hi Kate,
      I started 55 years ago with chord diagramms too, then notes, then tabulatur, then only listening to the radio or CD, then playing together with friends in jam sessions – now, my life goes to an end (I’m aged 67), I’m trying to save some songs on my soundcloud, mostly in the night, when I can’t sleep …

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  6. Wonderful playing and fabulous tribute!

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  7. In the dark of night, this post helps me relax into myself, “just as I am.”

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