Two Songs from Two Musicians

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 3 Jun 2010 5:35 pm

Hugh Harris and I recorded these two songs in my home studio:

Cocoanut Grove

It Happened In Monterey

I'm playing my Desert Rose S-8 through the Pod XT direct into the board. The echo and reverb are built into the recorder (a Roland VS-1880).

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 3 Jun 2010 6:46 pm

Great stuff! I think you and that Desert Rose were made for each other.

Lee

Jody Sanders · Post by **Jody Sanders** » 3 Jun 2010 8:19 pm

Way to go Bob. Jody.

Roger Kelly · Post by **Roger Kelly** » 4 Jun 2010 4:16 am

Great job b0b...some of the best easy listening music I've ever heard on here! You tone is very good and your back up on the vocal was right on in my opinion. Post more like those.

Paul Graupp · Post by **Paul Graupp** » 4 Jun 2010 12:57 pm

Mark Lavelle · Post by **Mark Lavelle** » 4 Jun 2010 3:18 pm

Sweet!

...and boy have I got a long way to go...

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 4 Jun 2010 7:31 pm

Cocoanut Grove was awesome!

oops had to log back in after listening to Monterrey. That's a great arrangement and very easy on the ears. I think a whole album of this stuff would be great. Riders in The Sky have somewhat of a similar sound with the rhythm guitar doing the ......rhythm (no drums)! The steel chord comps are real neat and no clutter to mess up the steel guitar (I am very guilty of that).

Greg

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 5 Jun 2010 8:57 am

Thanks for the compliments, everyone.

I learned something new when working out the solo for Monterey. The 3 chords at the end of the solo (G6, Gdim7, D9) use the standard C6th changes: P7, P5+P6 (up a fret), P5 (back down). This would be a two-footer on C6th, but it's easier for me because the P7 changes are on my LKR lever.

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 5 Jun 2010 10:22 am

b0b..so very nice. The first word that comes to mind is "soothing".
It's funny, I just got back from taking my sister to emergency (no big problem) and Coconut Grove is the first thing I open on SGF..Indeed it soothed my frayed nerves. Better than any drug could have done.
Thanks b0b.

Clarence Musolf · Post by **Clarence Musolf** » 6 Jun 2010 12:01 pm

Oh Yes , I just listened to the the songs . So good to hear some real music . Very relaxing ..Well Done bob..

Clarence

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 7 Jun 2010 1:43 pm

So, have your other guitars been retired since you got that Desert Rose? You seem to be so "at ease" playing it.

By the way, I've got the P7 changes on a lever, too.

Lee

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 7 Jun 2010 2:11 pm

I'm doing all of my gigs this year on the Desert Rose S-8. I use the other guitars for teaching, tabbing, experimenting, etc. at home.

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 7 Jun 2010 5:19 pm

Nice, b0b! Enjoyed that,
Jimbeaux