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Handy Man

PostPosted: 04 Feb 2011, 20:28
by rogera
While looking for a tune to record, I came across the 1960 hit "Handy Man" by Jimmy Jones. I remembered that James Taylor had also come out with a good version of that number so I looked it up on Youtube and was very surprised at how slow that later version was.

My preference was for James Taylor's version so I've pretty much kept to that one but taken the liberty of speeding it up.
The gear I've used is the same as most of my other soundfiles -- I hope that you like it.

Handy Man

Re: Handy Man

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2011, 00:19
by Gary Allen
Hi Roger,I enjoyed that rendition.......gary

Re: Handy Man

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2011, 09:47
by rogera
Thanks for replying Gary - glad to hear that you liked it.

Re: Handy Man

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2011, 10:34
by Rjanuarsa
Hi Roger,
That's an excellent rendition which works very well as an instrumental.

Regards,
Robby

Re: Handy Man

PostPosted: 05 Feb 2011, 20:59
by Phil McGarrick
Hi Roger,
I could hear James Taylor singing it as I listened - you've got his phrasing off perfectly.
I agree with Robby - it works great as an instrumental, excellent playing combined with a high quality backing track.

Cheers Phil

Re: Handy Man

PostPosted: 06 Feb 2011, 01:06
by kipper
i had forgotten all about this one. sounds great. peter

Re: Handy Man

PostPosted: 07 Feb 2011, 19:45
by rogera
Many thanks for listening and for the kind replies.