I like to play guitar, Dobro, banjo etc. – visit my channel FrizzGuitar P.S.: YOUTUBE has changed the design!
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photo via flickr.com by Frizztext
after an European TV show on the channel “arte” I discovered the black female soul diva Sharon Jones: listen for example, how she transforms Woody Guthrie‘s “This land is your land“; the way Sharon sings (French guitarist Marc Quattro makes a good job on guitar) – she makes white people realize, that the US are a land of colored people too, not only for whites …
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Will go and check out your channel.
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Looks fun. I also like listening and paying music.
Besides I like new design of youtube. π
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Oh, it went to my heart, Frizztext. I enjoyed the photo: it like like the…green grass of home (Ijust try to remember if there were anybody playing the dobro. We were at the beginning of the discovery of some instruments.)
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if you like my Dobro / resonator guitar,
six different sound examples:
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me, fingerpicking “Sorry seems to be the hardest word”
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me, strumming for the Kazoo:
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me, singing: PRODIGAL SON
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Walk right in
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playing for the horses:
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photo slide show: sitting with my Dobro in my hometown …
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What a great shot Frizz, the music must sound incredible with the feeling of space, sky and freedom all around you. I will check out your Youtube channel.
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Great song to go along with your beautiful photo. Very uplifting on this rainy day here in Brooklyn.
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Sharon Jones lives in Brooklyn; the movie document in TV featured her strolling through music pubs and recording studios in Brooklyn at night – together with Charles Bradley – I fell in love with her unique interpretation of some music standards …
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I like Sharon Jones’ interpretation of βThis land is your land.β My grandson was dancing as it played.
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You are so talented – it’s very annoying to a can’t sing, can’t play, Gilly of all trades mistress of none!!!
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Sharon’s got one helluva voice! Loved it, thanks for sharing.
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America BEFORE Columbus …
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Must tune in to Sharon’s world again… I noticed the responses were … interesting. π
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