BACKWOODS MUSIC STUDIO

This is a catch-all page of music project samples and general gig notices. Newer stuff at the top, older at the bottom.

	ROB & MATT - "Single Takes" We're gearing up for summer gigs and needed some demo songs posted. These were taken from a practice session in single takes. No final mix down, over dubs, or EQ, just raw tracks. All are simle MP3 format. AMIE - Pure Prarie League BADGE - Clapton/Cream DIXIE CHICKEN - Little Feat DON'T DRINK THE WATER - Dave Matthews GOLD DUST WOMAN - Fleetwood Mac HARVEST MOON - Neil Young OLD MAN - Neil Young SUMMER BREEZE - Seals & Croft TAKE IT EASY - Eagles TEQUILA SUNRISE - Eagles TRIPPIN' BILLIES - Dave Matthews MAY Scheduled to play Magellan Reunion Picnic JUNE Scheduled to play Garner Horse Farm Tentative to play House concerts Tentative to play Rudinos Rooftop JULY Tentative to play Shuckers? Tentative to play Tirna Nog?
	This is my take on "Song of the Wind" from Santana's Caravanseria Album. I started trying to play along to this back in the seventies and still work on the subtleties of the solo to this day. Recorded at The Sports Page. SONG OF THE WIND (MP3)
	My take on Jeff Beck's "Cause We Ended as Lovers". I can only hope to pull half the emotion out of my strat as he does. Again, the backing track is pulled from a free German site and the solo is me. Couple of little glitches and pops, and there's no post production, but not a bad take. CAUSE WE ENDED AS LOVERS (MP3)
	I pulled out "Guildee", my old acoustic and recorded this version of Little Martha by Duane Allman. This acoustic instrumental is the only Allman Brothers song written entirely by Duane. He claimed this came to him in a dream in which Jimi Hendrix showed him how to play the song using a sink faucet in a hotel room. The title is taken from a statue at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia, where the band would often jam. I first learned this in standard tuning by ear back in about '74. It wasn't until I started teaching it several years later that I relearned it in the correct open E tuning. Sometimes age brings wisdom. LITTLE MARTHA (MP3)
	In my humble opinion, "Hotel California" has one of the best crafted guitar solos of all time. Plus it's really fun to play. This backing track (without vocals) has about 4 overdubbed guitar parts including my solo. HOTEL CALIFORNIA (solo) (MP3)
	INSTRUMENTAL PROJECTS Just a few examples of Play-along-tracks I use in some of the advanced lessons. I've overdubbed straight or chorused guitar parts and some improvised solos. These were one take in the interest of time. For anyone that's curious, I'm running my effects pedals straight into Garage Band on a vintage Mac via a USB JamLab. Steely Dan Like Jam [dorian mode - blues scale] Django Retrospective Digital Booklet