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This may be my favorite John Hurt tune of all. Open D. Payday
It’s an Open D marathon. This is a classic parlour guitar tune, Grossman version. Vestapol
Lewis explains why the Oakland A’s do so well with so little money (relatively): they actually try to figure out the difference between a good ballplayer and a bad one. With math, no less.
Another one in Open D. Sitting on Top of the World
Here are some nice pics of an ultimate frisbee game in the Presidio. They were all taken by Esther, wife of Emmett, one of the players. She was gracious enough to come photograph us for this game.
Chicago throws the world’s biggest fair to date. A serial killer opens his own hotel across the street. I can’t believe: I’d never heard of this story. What a freaking good job Larson does at telling it.
Another one in Open D, this one with a capo on the second fret. Quite a few mistakes in this one, but it’s just too hot in my house to do it again. John Henry
This is a simple version of the tune I learned from Grossman’s Big Book. It’s in Open D tuning. Kassie Jones John Hurt’s slide version of this song, ‘Talking Casey’, is my favorite.
A little change of pace. This is an old folk tune I learned from this nifty site. The Girl I Left Behind Me