Category: Music

A nice little John Hurt tune. And you can hear the soothing sounds of traffic in the background. Just wish I could sing better. And play better too, as long as we’re wishing.

Farther Along

Here’s a rough cut of the only song on the Hanson book I really like.

Over and Out Rag

One last one in Open D. This is Elizabeth Cotton’s version of Vastopol. I guess she spelled it with an ‘A’.

Vastopol

This is my 1000th blog post. Huh.

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

Another one in Open D.

Sitting on Top of the World

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

One more John Hurt song in the key of A. This is not the Candyman song where ‘the Candyman can’. Although, in this version, the Candyman certainly can, he’s not actually talking about candy.

Candyman

In this recording my strings are completely shot. I’ll have to record it again sometime when I summon the energy to change my strings.