Live in Brooklyn NY. Dec.13th 2012

"Band Burrage"

"El nino" by: Antonio Lauro (Venezuelan composer 1917-1986)

"The Bar Car"......This kinda had that afternoon rush hour in the metro bar car feel to it............

"All along the watchtower"by:Bob Dylan...This is about changing established society, starting in the middle of a conversation between 2 people (the Joker and the Thief). The Thief sympathizes with the Joker, who wants to escape his position in life and hates the values of society. The third verse suddenly shifts the scene, changing from a conversation to an almost unrelated verse filled with imagery of princes, women, and barefoot servants guarding a castle, establishing a place in the past. These figures are said to represent established society. "Somewhere in the distance, a wildcat does growl" suggests danger is approaching, then suddenly "Two riders are approaching" links us back to the first two verses. The riders are the Joker and the Thief, coming to establish a different set of values. The guarded castle suggests there will be confrontation...

"Blue Matador"

"Let it be"......on slide guitar.....

"After the Rain".......A rejoiceful improvisation in a major scale......

"Stella by Starlight"By:Victor Young 1944.For me...this style of playing started when I imagined I was a horn player,therefore not able to play chords.I do sneak some in of course,but I try to stay with the single note at a time concept on this great standard....Hope you enjoy!

"The Long and Winding Road"

"The Friday Mornin' Stomp"

"Yesterday" Just a quick reading of Paul McCartney's ballad masterpiece.....

"The Nearness of You" by: Hoagy Carmichael & Ned Washington circa 1938 and covered by countless artists over the years......

Mr. Kent Taylor comes through again with a great drum track on this fusion classic by John Pattittucci in honor of Scofield...called"SCOPHILE".......

"Letter from home" by:Pat Metheny on solo mandolin.......

"Red White and Blues"

"Our Zeitgeist"

Down...Down....Down.....

Fretless guitar blues

"Here Comes The Sun" on solo baritone acoustic guitar...George Harrison wrote this in Eric Clapton's garden and was released on Abbey Road in 1969.....

"Body and Soul"

"Quiet Strength"...an original song dedicated to a friend in a battle for her life........she is an inspiration!......

"One More Try" by:George Michael

"Sunny Monday Blues" an original blues on this beautiful morning..........

"Stratus"by Billy Cobham

"If I Fell" The Beatles...

"Blue Nocturne"........An original minor blues collaboration with Kent Taylor on drums.

"Alone Again(Naturally)"by:Gilbert O'Sullivan

Kent Taylor put his tasty drum track on this,so I thought it deserved another run with his stamp on it!Have a great day!

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"Angel" by:Sarah Mclachlan on solo guitar....she wrote about the lonliness of musicians on the road,and what we do to cope....

"Bohemia after dark" by"Dizzy Gillespie...funked-up......

"Yesterday"

"For once in my life" I fell in love with this song when my children were born,because the words rang so true for the first time,and still do!!

"Imagine" on solo fretless guitar

"Infant eyes" by: Wayne Shorter

"Willow weep for me"This now standard was written in 1932 by Ann ronell while romantically involved with George Gershwin.

"Sad guitar"

"Leaky Faucet Blues" on fretless guitar

"Mojave Nocturne" an original composition named after driving through the California Desert at night........

"Bron-Yr-Aur" by:Jimmy Page,named after the 18th century cottage in Wales,they used as a writing retreat....

"In My Life" John Lennon's poignant remembrance.......

"The Entertainer" by:Scott Joplin

Rush Riffs Request.......An old friend requested some old "Rush" riffs,and some good old 80's rock.........It was fun,so I'm posting....:)

"Sugar" by:Stanley Turrentine on fretless guitar.............

"Blue in Green" by Miles Davis on Fretless guitar............

"Lament"

"Dark thoughts"

"Norwegian Wood" on slide guitar....The Beatles song,John Lennon wrote about an affair,and also the first pop song ever to use a sitar.....have a blessed day...........

"Into the Blue"......an original blues......

"Scophile" written for John Scofield by: John Pattittucci..............

"Cissy Strut"

"The things you see when you're walking the streets of New York City"

"Couldn't Stand The Weather" Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Mood Swings" by: Mike Stern

"All Blues" on fretless acoustic guitar

"Train of thought" on slide guitar........

"Amazing grace"

"Blu Hindu"

"Oud etude"spending the night with my acoustic fretless...........

"Why I must go"Original published 3/7/13

"Across the universe"

"Both Sides Now" on solo baritone guitar......by:Joni Mitchell,hope you like....my only regret is that I'm not representing her beautiful lyrics too....One of my fav's for sure!!!

"Goin' Home"a bluesy number by:Eddie Harris,also recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan....Hope you enjoy!!!Peace.....

"Resolving again"

"Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen song on solo guitar

There'll be peace in the valley for me" ..a basic reading of the 1937 Thomas Dorsey tune originally written for Mahalia Jackson on a DeCava baritone guitar with"Nashville tuning"

"Like a star"...............a Corrine Bailey Rae tune on fretless guitar.....

"Remembrance"an original blues........when a loved one passes on.....it is as much a celebration of their life as a mourning of their death......Live while you can!!!!

"Have a little help from my friends"

"Amazing Grace"

"West Coast Groovin' at Dusk"

"Prelude in e minor Op.28 no.4" by: Frederic Chopin

"Love Me Tender"

"You are so beautiful"...1974,Billy Preston/BruceFisher song made famous by Joe Cocker...played here on a DeCava baritone acoustic........

"Summer Wind"by:Mercer/Mayer...made famous by Frank Sinatra....

"Homage to Hendrix"

"Dee"by:Randy Rhoads on a DeCava baritone acoustic in "Nashville" tuning....

"Danny Boy" The traditional Irish ballad.

"Forgiveness" by:Mike Stark

"Smile"

"Slow blues in F"

"Stangs Swang" by Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Hey Jude" on slide resonator

"Harlem Nocturne" by:Earle Hagen/Dick Rogers.

"Discovery blues" on slide resonator.

"My funny valentine"

"America the Beautiful"

"Over the Rainbow" in a 6/8 blues feel on fretless guitar

" The Fretless Blues"

"Round' About Midnight".....Tonight....who will you kiss?

"Auld Lang Syne"by:Robert Burns circa 1788 on fretless guitar.Ring out the old,ring in the new,ring happy bells across the snow,this year is going,let him go! May the best of this year be the worst of next!!Happy New Year!!