Now here's one for y'all...
"As sure as the sun does shine..."
Are we playing it Em to Am or E to Am.
I've always played it Em to Am but another musician whom I highly respect says the original is E to Am and wasn't sure how Jerry did it.
strumminsix wrote:Now here's one for y'all...I think your friend is getting it confused with another Cliff song: "Sitting In Limbo"
"As sure as the sun does shine..."
Are we playing it Em to Am or E to Am.
I've always played it Em to Am but another musician whom I highly respect says the original is E to Am and wasn't sure how Jerry did it.
tigerstrat wrote:Quite possibly. I don't have any Jimmy Cliff CDs so I couldn't tell ya! He's a fabulous musician so I doubted he'd make a mistake in a song he loves. But even the greats falter...strumminsix wrote:Now here's one for y'all...I think your friend is getting it confused with another Cliff song: "Sitting In Limbo"
"As sure as the sun does shine..."
Are we playing it Em to Am or E to Am.
I've always played it Em to Am but another musician whom I highly respect says the original is E to Am and wasn't sure how Jerry did it.
BlobWeird wrote:TS since he changed it to Ebm does that mean the whole song is a half step lower?Yeah, not sure what year (might hazard a guess of '83 or '84) but he dropped the song from C to B. I myself prefer the B version, because it's easier on the voice, especially in the course of an evening where I have lead vocal duties on every song (instead of every other song, as when our rhythm guitarist is with us on a gig... in which case we play 99% GD instead of JGB anyway).
BlobWeird wrote:btw Anyone know of any other sites for dead based info? Like I know there is here, Jdarks, dozin, and Gearheads on Y! but is there any other forums? Just lookin for all I can get.Not so much a focus on "Grateful Dead musicianship" per se, but the massive forum in www.dead.net ("DeadNet") is a real cool place to explore and meet others "of our ilk". Can be a good place to hook up for music trades & gifting, show & fest gatherings, etc...
BlobWeird wrote:Man I wish I lived in an area with some Dead cover bands :( The only ones around here that I know of are JamBone (they try but eh Im not very pleased. They played ripple and he didnt even know any of the words lol. He sang the first verse over and over again.) and Midnight Dip which isnt really a Dead cover band persay but they occasionally do a Dead show and I think theyre great. They are like a big band sorta deal with horns and such but they do a nice job. So of course the only real option I have is DSO which by no means am I complaining but they are rarely around. But yeah Im definitely lookin forward to hearin some JGB from you guys! btw Anyone know of any other sites for dead based info? Like I know there is here, Jdarks, dozin, and Gearheads on Y! but is there any other forums? Just lookin for all I can get.Move to Maine! There's 1 Dead cover band, and then there's my band, which plays a lot of Dead but we branch out a lil' further too.