This is a song that I recorded with Julian Lage on our album Avalon. In my mind, it's kind of a perfect country song: it has a beautiful melody, beautiful chord changes and the lyrics are truly heartbreaking. Pay attention to how the descending bass line is just a scale and how that simple, hidden-in-plain-sight element helps tie the song together.
Chris
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
standards
Chris Eldridge
Keep Me From Blowing Away
Linda Ronstadt
The Seldom Scene
Print Chords & Tab
Loop 0:00 Run-Through of Keep Me From Blowing Away
Loop 3:22 Introduction to Keep Me From Blowing Away
Loop 4:36 Breakdown of Chords and Descending Bass Line
Loop 9:48 Practice Loop with Variations
Loop 10:25 Variations
Loop 11:46 Closing Thoughts
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Hey Chris
Which Martin are you using? Uncle Johnny?
I believe it is a 30s D-18 :-)
Maybe a '39.
I think it's his wide neck 1939 D-28
Hi, to be honest I can't tell exactly because the resolution is a bit low and I can't make out the details, but I'm pretty sure that's my 1937 D-18 (which is the only D-18 I own).
What a great song!
Thanks guys, glad you like the song! If I can be crassly commercial for a sec I'll go ahead and let you know that Julian Lage and I recorded it on our album Avalon ;-)
Beautiful.
Oh my goodness ... what a beautiful song. I can't say I've heard it before just now which surprises me. Thank you and I can't wait to learn how to play it properly.