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- SONG?
“Bohemian
Rhapsody” (Freddie
Mercury)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
May 2004
- SIGNIFICANCE?
Those
of you who've picked up a copy of INTERPRETATIONS
have no doubt laughed yourselves silly listening to my crazy one-man
rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody," played in its entirety. Well,
for the first time in a loooooooooong time, a few days ago, I
performed the tune live in front of some folks (purely acoustic‚
no mic or anything). Due to time constraints, I was originally
only going to play part of it. The crowd, however, encouraged
me to do otherwise! (I did about four minutes' worth; my full
rendition is over six minutes long.) For the purest of comedic
insanity, I (hopefully) will have a video of me playing this tune
shortly, taped from an upcoming gig. It will surely change your
life forever! (*giggle*) (*snort*) (*chortle*) Okay, maybe not...
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic
guitar & vocal, live, in a very small room with no microphone
used at all. Pure acoustic performance, recorded to mini-disc.
Tuned down 1/2 step.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
Most clams are drowned out by the crowd singing along :)
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
4:25
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- SONG?
“September
Song” (K.
Weill)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
May 2004
- SIGNIFICANCE?
I
heard Willie Nelson's version a million times when I was growing
up, but totally forgot how great it was till I heard it played
at the Elliott Smith Memorial concert in Los Angeles. (They played
a bunch of Elliott's old records through the theater's P.A., which
RULED!) I figured I'd try to create my own version of it—replete
w/odd throat-humming solo!
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal, live, in a very small room with no
microphone used at all. Pure acoustic performance, recorded to
mini-disc.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
I ran out of fingers and toes... Actually, my right leg was asleep
half the time (I was standing), which made things interesting!
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
3:29
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- SONG?
“Cry
Me a River” (A.
Hamilton)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
5 May, 2004
- SIGNIFICANCE?
Cinco
de Mayo!!
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing all, running through
PA w/no monitors). Audience recording w/mini-disc.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
Not horrible, but I wish it was easier to hear the geetar, 'cause
I think I played some cool stuff...
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
3:34
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- SONG?
“Moon
River” (H.
Mancini)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
5 May, 2004
- SIGNIFICANCE?
Cinco
de Mayo!!
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing all, running through
PA w/no monitors). Audience recording w/mini-disc. Tuned down
one whole step.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
I HATE the way I ended this.... I should've not tweaked
the progression in the way that I did. Oh well... The little guitar
intro and interlude is cool though!
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
2:30
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BONUS:
VERY lo-fi version of me doing Ours'
(Jimmy Gnecco's band) “Dizzy”
(Un-mic'ed
live performance on 17
December, 2003. Mostly crappy but wtf?)
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- SONG?
“Moodswing
Whiskey” (Jeff
Buckley)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
22 October, 2003
- SIGNIFICANCE?
The
morning of October
22, 2003
it was announced that the great Elliott Smith had committed suicide
the previous day. On the
evening of October 22, 2003 a number of musicians (Flaming Lips,
the Strokes, and others) at venues in the U.S. and abroad performed
songs dedicated to the late singer-songwriter.
In my own lo-fi way, I guess I was among them...
- That
same night, I attempted to pay tribute to the man myself. Since
this whole site is about “Intimate Audio,” I figured
I'd share... I not only “lose it” a little in my SPOKEN
INTRO, but choke up during the song's falsetto midpoint. Didn't
expect it, but given how totally upset I was that morning, I guess
it's understandable.
- Anyways,
in honor of the man, I played “Moodswing
Whiskey” that night. I hadn't tried doing that song in
a long time, and actually was slated to play something else, but
I felt pretty compelled to give this one a go. Keep your ears
peeled for some impromptu modified lyrics (e.g., “Singin'
an Elliott Smith melody, with a drink in my right hand...”),
obviously in homage.
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing both, running through
PA w/no monitors). Audience recording w/mini-disc.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
Besides the point, as far as this one's concerned...
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
5:23
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BONUS:
VERY lo-fi version of me doing Elliott
Smith's “Angeles”
(From
a live performance on 3
December, 2003)
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- SONG?
“Detour
Ahead” (L.
Carter/H. Ellis/J. Frigo)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
28 May, 2003
- SIGNIFICANCE?
A
great (though not-so-well-known) jazz song, performed back in
the day by Ella Fitzgerald and Herb Ellis, that a friend of mine
recently turned me on to. Oddly enough, after thinking I'd never
heard it before, I discovered I did have an instrumental
version of it on the great, live Bill Evans album, Waltz
for Debby! I figured I'd give it a whirl...
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal, live, in a very small room with no
microphone used at all. Pure acoustic performance, recorded to
mini-disc. FYI, I played the whole thing by brushing the strings
with my thumb, instead of strumming with a pick or pluckin' fingerstyle.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
My voice bugs me for most of it (sound quality), possibly the
result of they key I played it in. (Or not being able to “work”
a mic?) Should've tried transposing it up a tad first, but wtf?
Some of the chord work's kinda cool though :)
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
2:43
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- SONG?
“Stray
Cat Strut” (B.
Setzer)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
30 April, 2003
- SIGNIFICANCE?
I
wanted to try a song that had ample space to try “scat singing”
in it (while still strumming my geetar).
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing all, running through
PA w/no monitors). Audience recording w/mini-disc.
There are two little “scat solos” in this one. Both
are 100% off-the-cuff, as you can probably tell! The second one
is the best (and funniest). At least check that part out [1:39-2:09]!
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
Couple chord clams, but not bad. The song's in a lower range than
most on this page, so it was a lot easier to sing (e.g., no falsetto
factor).
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
2:59
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- SONG?
“Unchained
Melody” (H.
Zaret/A. North)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
March 2003
- SIGNIFICANCE?
I
was inspired to give this tune a try after hearing bootlegs of
the Ours' Jimmy Gnecco kick arse on it, acoustic guitar/vocal-style.
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal, w/piano entering towards end (one
mic capturing all, running through PA w/no monitors). Audience
recording w/mini-disc. I start the tune in the key of “B,”
with a Capo at the 4th fret, then tear it off for the last 30%
of the tune to play in “C” (transposed up 1/2 step for
faux drama!)
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
All clams aside (first note blows), the biggest problem is the
fact that, over the course of the evening, my guitar slowly drifted
into “flat” territory. Not totally obvious—until
the piano enters near the middle and we're playing the same chords!
Egadz...Oh yeah, the (quiet) laughter you hear in the audience
at the very end of this song is due to a stupid face I made while
singing the very last note. I don't have a clue why I did that...
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
3:23
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- SONG?
“Killer
Queen” (Freddie
Mercury)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
March 2003
- SIGNIFICANCE?
Freddie
Mercury is king! About three years ago, I recorded a pretty funny
version of me doing “Bohemian
Rhapsody,” pro-quality, all live in my home studio (for
a CD I've still yet to release).
This is another Queen tune I just started trying to do.
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing both, running through
PA w/no monitors). At the very least, you GOTTA hang around
till this song's midpoint to hear what the heck I try to do to
“approximate” Brian May's guitar solo, live!! Audience
recording w/mini-disc.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
Started it off waaaaay too freakin' slow, but hung with it till
close to the end. Vocal quality really bugs me in the early stages,
but wtf? Lots of chordal clams, which prompted me to botch a few
vocal lines...
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
3:18
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- SONG?
“Morning
Theft” (Jeff
Buckley)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
18 December, 2002
- SIGNIFICANCE?
The
Christmas spirit got to me, so I figured I'd attempt one of my
favorite Jeff Buckley songs in front of some warm bodies.
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing both, running through
PA w/no monitors). Audience recording w/mini-disc.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
Not bad, considering my tendinitis had been acting up worse than
usual and I hadn't touched a guitar in a week.
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
3:31
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- SONG?
“Blue
Eyes ” (E.
John/G. Osborne)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
25 September, 2002
- MISC.
DETAILS?
This is only the outro chorus of the song (the last minute's worth).
My mini-disc player died midway through (the whole 1st half SUCKED
anyway...couldn't hear myself AT ALL), so I'm using my girlfriend's
mono cassette version (stereo-ized after the fact) for this little
excerpt. Lots of tape jitter, but wtf? Acoustic guitar (w/capo@1st
fret) & vocal (one mic capturing both, running through PA
w/no monitors). Hopefully I can get a better, complete version
of it recorded soon, 'cause I think the chords I was using are
kinda cool...
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
Most of the huge clams are nuked from this one, due to the reasons
given above.
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
1:00
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- SONG?
“Twisted”
(W. Gray/A. Ross)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
29 May, 2002
- SIGNIFICANCE?
This
song was recorded live on the 5th anniversary of Jeff Buckley's
passing. You can hear me dedicate the song to him (and explain
the tune's origins) in SPOKEN
INTRO (Part 1), then my ad-lib, goofball setup of the song
in SPOKEN
INTRO (Part 2).
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing both, running through
PA w/no monitors). Audience recording w/mini-disc.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
I f*cked my guitar part up about THREE THOUSAND TIMES!!! But what
can ya do?? Also, my voice gets better at around “They say
as a child...”
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
2:33
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- SONG?
“The
Man That Got Away”
(H. Arlen/I. Gershwin)
- WHERE?
Live
@ Los Angeles City College
- WHEN?
27 February, 2002
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (one mic capturing both, running through
PA w/no monitors). Audience recording w/mini-disc.
- EXCUSES?
I was nervous a bit. By the end, I sorta start to sound alright—just
in time for the tune to be over! Gave a SPOKEN
INTRO for the tune, which was kinda cool.
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
3:14
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- SONG?
“Change
the World” (Sims/Kennedy/Kirkpatrick)
- WHERE?
Wedding,
Live @ ????? Church
- WHEN?
30 August, 1997
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Acoustic guitar & vocal (and tambourine, with my foot!) The
audio is from a video camera (VHS tape), and no sound reinforcement
was used. Audio cuts out for a couple seconds during the first
verse (the dude shut off the video camera). The “guitar solo”
(at the song's midpoint) is pretty cool though. Keep your ears
peeled for the priest's spooky voice at the end!
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
I botch the lyrics to the chorus darned near every time!
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
3:40
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- SONG?
“Can
You Feel the Love Tonight?” (E. John/T.
Rice)
- WHERE?
Wedding,
Live @ ????? Church
- WHEN?
18 March, 1995
- MISC.
DETAILS?
Clean-tone electric & vocal. The
audio is from a video camera (VHS tape). I reckon that was my
Tom Anderson Strat, played through a Kendrick amplifier w/slight
delay? Also, I was yodelin' through
a PA.
- CLAM
QUOTIENT?
The occasional chord clam! Also, I think my voice sounds kinda
weird 'cause I was trying to sing like Elton John! I did a pretty
cool "echo repeat" delay thing at the end though...
Alas, I messed up a bit trying to fade it out with my volume pedal
(*sniffle*).
- TOTAL
PLAYING TIME:
4:01
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