Love Story - VIDEO

[tolo]

Jimbo....

Great to see you - living each note you pull. Wonderful... I would really like to see you pull a few of those bends in the tune rather than fret them - lots of scope in here to do that and really make it float...but that's just me!!

Best always,

Tony.

[tolo]

Sure - I guess I just thought you should 'break free' a bit more... take the tab / notation and breathe a little bit of Jimbo 'feel' into it!!

[Bluesnote]

Lovely sound and playing Jim. I think what Tolo is getting at and I think so too is if you imaging Gary Moore playing the same tune(minus the distortion) he'd bend a lot of the notes up to pitch(making the guitar sing) instead of fretting them like you do. I think your version is great and as you say, we all hear it our own way.
I'm the same as you, I just use the dots as a guide to how I play something.
Keep em coming

[Bluesnote]

I could, he does some beautiful melodic pieces too. Would'nt surprise me in the least if he had a go at it. But I was just using him and his playing expression as an example to explain what Tolo and I were saying. Not a criticism in any way as to your playing which was excellent as per usual.
I'd say that maybe even Hank would have done a few bends and swell notes on this piece as it is the kind of tune that lends itself to this.
Hugh.

[tolo]

Very elegantly said Hugh... Exactly what I was trying to say....!

Absolutlely no criticsm intended there Jimbo, for one I wish I could get close to the 'tone' you get from your guitar!! But I guess I just wanted to hear the type of great bends and swells you got on 'Chi Mai' - on this too, which is quite a tricky thing to do well... I could hear them in my head!!

I too could hear Gary Moore play this tune - he is one of those players who goes for the melody and not for the flash...

Best always,

Tony.

[tonykiek]

Hi Jimbo,

Just loved it. Your own interpretation is fine with me.

Talking about "interpreting", I recently had a very serious bout of pimples on my face. Last week I fell alseep in the library and when I woke up a blind man was reading my face (this is supposed to be a joke).

Anyway, interpretation is in the ear (or eye) of the beholder. I can understand what the others are saying, and Gary M, Gary T, Hank, Pierre, Roger P, and others would probably interpret this tune differently, as I do do when I play it as a piano solo piece. Variety is the spice of life.

Anyway, I loved the way you did it and kep those Foster on ice mate as we'll be with you in September/October.

Tony K
in Down Under Land.

[rogera]

Hi Jim - I'll say right off that I've not been a fan of this particular tune up until now but your version of it has got me thinking again about it!

Super playing (particularly the timing which is so important in a slow number like this) and a guitar sound that fits really well.