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Jim Watts - Guitar
Danny boy.No excuses.It is Friday night and the Red wine has been flowing at Casa Jim.
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Bad Guy Blues. Just a bit of nonsense that I made up on the spot
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Thats what you get for loving me take 2.Did this 30 seconds after the other one .Do either or both of them work ? Let me know please
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thats what you get for loving me. First time in 30 years. Hope it works
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Corrina Corrina.My all time favorite song.Did it a while ago but woke up singing it this morning so filmed it .Hope you like it
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Careless Love.This one is for Staffan whether he likes it or not :) He said that he would like to hear me do a song that i have played before for a change.Always happy to oblige a Friend.Hope you like it Mate
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Love Minus Zero = No Limit.Another 1st attempt.You can't help but sing these songs
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Lay Lady Lay Real rough treatment from The Rough Boy
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Feel My Love.Getting fed up hearing this ,even though it is a good song.The Dylan version is best
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Good With His Hands. This is a Reg Meuross song. A little out of my vocal range again
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Bright Baby Blues. A little worried here that I will not do this song justice
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Sit Down Young Stranger. As requested by John Lunn. Next time I will do it better (Maybe)
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I Dreamed of Highways. First try at this lovely Hoyt Axton song.Hope I did it OK
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He Stopped Loving Her Today. One for George Jones ,who died Last week,to a great deal of silence it seems to me
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This Old Bag Of Bones. A bit more Guy Clark
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Off The Map. Me back again with a bit of Guy Clark
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Bird on a Wire. Remember me? Another one from the past
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With God On Our Side. just a quick upload while I have 5 minutes to spare
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No Letter Today. Another quick one. Have to give my hands a rest as I am supposed to be playing tomorrow night
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Don't Say That You're Sorry. This one is for my good Friend Jim Rice . Hope that you all like it
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One too Many Mornings.Bob Dylan song that I had forgotten about until Anthony Archibald reminded me today. Never done it before. Luckily the Old Levin knew the tune
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When you Were Sweet Sixteen.I sing this for my Good Friend ,the Handsome,Charming and Talented Staffan. Manly hugs to you Mate
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Wine and Wire.This is me making a song up on the spot.Might be rubbish ,might be a keeper .I don't know yet.
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Slip Sliding Away.Pretty average performance of a really good song
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Don't Think Twice. Before anyone corrects me,yes I am doing it in C.I meant that I used to play it in the C chord shape. I might do it again and try to do it better another time
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Get up Jimmy Newman.Me again :)
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Love me or hate me ,drunk or sober ,I am always honest
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For The Good Times.Jim Rice said that he would like to hear me do this.I hope that he meant it and that he is not too dissapointed
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Lincoln Duncan.I know it is not one of my best but what can a poor boy do when a song gets in his head?
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The Longest Dream.Written by My Friend Kim Beggs From Whitehorse in The Yukon
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Walking Blues. A bit slow but I am a bit rusty
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Love Me Tender, And why not!
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Boots of Spnish Leather.Another first try at a great song.I thought that I would get in before Staff as this is his sort of song too :)
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Deportee.Plane wreck at Los Gatos.First attempt
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Hey Joe.Don't blame me ,blame Staffan.
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Lady Came From Baltimore.I have always loved this Tim Hardin song but never sung it before.I will from now on
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The Wild Rover.My take on an old Irish classic
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Flower of Scotland. My voice is still not right but I just can't leave it alone :)
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Highland Lament. A Rabbie Burns song.My voice is not quite up to this yet but I just felt like singing It. Apologies to all of the Scots out there
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John hardy.First time I've played this is a long long time.Was a favorite of mine and one of the first sons i ever learned
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Tennessee Waltz.Written in 1946 by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King a huge hit for Patti Page ,who died today aged 85
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Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms.Poor Old Geezer on the road to recovery
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Silent Night. Happy Holidays to all my Fandalism Friends. You know who you are :)
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The Streets Of Laredo.A song for my Friend Jim Rice
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Sweet Home Chicago (Sort Of) This really is a bit of nonsense. Feeling a bit miserable and decided to cheer myself up by playing rubbish
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The Old Man's Lament.A quick muck about with a Buffy Saint Marie song
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Amazing Grace. My very insignificant offering for those affected by the terrible tragedy in Newtown yesterday. Is that not all of us?
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I read it in the Daily news ,Tom Paxton song.Someone on Youtube put in a request for me to do this,so within 5 minutes of getting the message I had downloaded the lyrics and recorded it. That is why it it a bit rough.No change there then
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Approaching Lavender. Really flying by the seat of my pants here. Made up the chords as i went along.
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The Way I Feel. Another Gordon Lightfoot song
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In the early morning rain.Another first time attempt .This is how it sounds in my head
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To Ramona.This is my impression of this Bob Dylan song.
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Steve's Song. I wrote this song this morning for My Friend Steve Ladonga. He is a man of great dignity and compassion. I picked up the guitar and the song just came. As you see it is as I was writing it. This is the first and only time that i will sing it. It now belongs to Steve.It was his choice that I post it. Big Manly hugs My Friend
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Little Birdie "Oh no,he has found where we hid his Banjo"
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She Moves Through The Fair. How can this old geezer sing this song?
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Sweet Liza Jane. Written by Buddy Tabor from The Yukon. He died this year aged 63
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Dear Abby. A lot of us have problems. good advice is always welcome
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Willin'. another first timer. Might sound better the next time I do it :)
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The Last Thing on My Mind. Get well soon Carol
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Scarborough Fair. Another first time for me
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Fields of Gold. I told Nancy that I would do this. !0 minutes between hearing Nan do it and me doing it he rough way. Blame Nancy for this
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In a Young Girls Mind .Thought that I would give this a try. That is all a man can do ,is try.......
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Rednecks,White Socks and Blue Ribbon beer. A Country song for my Friend Jim Rice
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Talking Blues. Just a bit o flight relief after the heavy stuff that I have been posting
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Truth and Justice Blues. I promise that this really is the last in this depressing set. Thank you all for your patience and understanding
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Susan Sends Me Letters. This one is really an emotional ride for me.
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Only sad Songs In Here. Well here is another of my Prison tunes. Hope you like it
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Not Changing. I am revisiting this to see if it still says anything
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James Alley Blues.My visits will be a bit erratic for a while but I will stop by when i can. This is just so you don't forget me:)
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Catch The Wind.Another rough but honest one
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Widow with Shawl. This is a Birthday gift for my good Friend Staffan
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The Midnight Special. More of my memories. If not for Leadbelly I may never have started playing. (So blame him )
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Ol Riley. An old Leadbelly song. Not sure if this is how it goes but I used to sing it when i first started to play.
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Vestapol. Just thought that i would try this on the Tricone. the wine was Red and very nice.
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Dinks Song. I posted this song a while ago but it has been deleted so this is the one I recorded at the gig I played last week. A bit more Bluesy than Staffs I think but not a million miles away. He just plays it better than me. :) I play this at most gigs I do
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Denomination Blues. Not sure about this. But what can they do to me? :)
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Please be with me..Written by Scott Boyer with Duanne Allman (I think)
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Keep the Wolf from the door. This is the first song that I ever wrote (about 40 years ago.)
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Aint Gonna Work Tomorrow, Sitting in with Kim Beggs. How lucky was I to have Kim ask me to sit in on this. The Cigar Box wouldn't play through the PA so I had to mic it so it was a bit quiet.
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Tecumsah Valley. I was very lucky to be able to put on a gig for my Friend from The Yukon,the wonderful Kim Beggs. I was so pleased when she asked if she could sit in with me on this.If you enjoy it half as much as i did then i enjoyed it twice as much as you :))))
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Courting Blues. The first Bert Jansch song that i ever sang
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Satisfied and Tickled Too. Angelo doing Candy Man made me think of my last 2 posts.
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Cocaine Blues. Bit rough but it has been a long time. Let us call it Authentic :)
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Take this Hammer.Classic that we should all know
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The Riddle Song.Just a little bit of nonsense that just occurred to me
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Mr Bojangles. This is the very first time that i have tried this great song. Next time i might do it justice. Billy Cisco made me think of this song .You ca n blame him and I will thank him
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Nebraska. First try for a long time.I like to do these songs unprepared and immediate . Hope you like them that way
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The Bricklayers song
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Must I go bound. This is a song that I have not even thought about for many years.Nice song though
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I'm sad and I'm lonely. This really is from the depths of my memory
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Name 
Jim Watts
Followers 366   
Views 236,185   
Props 18,448
Location Chulmleigh, United Kingdom
@jimwatts7
Instruments Guitar, Vocals
Genres Blues, Folk, Country
Influences Woody Guthrie, Neil Young, Tom Paxton, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Jimi Hendrix & B.B. King, Richie Havens, Pete Seeger, The Band, Bob Dylan, Peggy Seeger, Muddy Waters, Duster Bennett, Eric Clapton, Howlin' Wolf, Kim Beggs, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Ry Cooder, Danny Thompson, Tom Waits, Derroll Adams, Van Morrison & Bob Dylan, Gordon Giltrap, Arlo Guthrie
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