Mrs. Robinson

[jimk]

Now watch the next one suck wind.

-Mark

Nah, not likely. That suckin' wind noise you hear will be me when I can manage to get my home recording gear up and running.
JimK

[doctorwho]

Quite simply put Mark, you are a genius. I like this better than the original. The acoustic guitar work is superlative and the sterling vocals do not hurt either. Thanks for sharing this. Wow.

+1! Great job!

BTW, what acoustic were you playing on that? Was it capoed?

[windchimp]

I'll add my vote...2 thumbs up Mark! Very faithful to the original with your own "mark" thrown in. I have been wearing out the RRF 2 CD lately - your 2 tracks show your diversity - Eldorado is one of my faves!

Thanks for sharing - keep 'em coming!

[lyle_from_minneapolis]

Thanks again guys, and thanks Windchimp!

Gary, I play an Alvarez Yairi. There are four acoustic guitar parts here in my recording. The main riff is capoed to the 2nd fret so you can play F# in the E position (I capoed the '72 Rickenbacker 4001 in stunning Burgundyglo with full-width MOP inlays and checkerboard binding, too. ). The second guitar is also capoed and strums the basic chords in kind of a drone. A third un-capoed guitar comes in just before "And here's to you", hitting the real open E while the capo guitars play it in a D figure. And the fourth guitar plays the occasional accents and flourishes. My guess is the studio version was a live take with three acoustics, and the droning guitar also took the little leads.

Cheers!

-Mark

[doctorwho]

Thanks, Mark!