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Greetings AMers,
Here’s a shameless repost from 2 years ago. Still need to pick up the tempo a little bit on this one but speed has always been my Achille’s heel.
I’ve been checking out some of my favourite acoustic songs of late and many of them seem to be by Ian Anderson. I love his acoustic technique and sound. Others favourites include “From the Beginning” by ELP and “The Rain Song” by Led Zeppelin.
Hopefully, I’ll get to posting some of those over the summer. This post is to give me some added motivation for the technical challenges. Hope you enjoy.
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This is fantastic John. Impressed that you can play this so well. Ian Anderson’s rhythm guitar style is NOT easy to play by any means.
Jethro Tull has always been a favorite band of mine because they were able to incorporate full Orchestras in albums like Heavy Horses. Ian Anderson seemed to underrate himself as a guitarist and went for the flute instead. I still think his rhythm style was among the most interesting and unusual I had ever heard.
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Very nice John, rhythm nice and steady.
I love that song and others from Jethro Tull, Aqualong my friend…
What make is your acoustic, sound awesome and very clean.AndréM
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Thanks, Andre. It’s a Taylor 816 from about 2016 when acoustics were priced more affordably.
I think the newer Taylors have a different bracing system and are a little warmer but with the electronics you can adjust. I used the direct electronic input and a condenser mic combined here, one in each channel.
John
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I didn’t know the song, so I listened to the original by Jethro Tull. Your cover version is very close to the original, especially the technically demanding fast runs in between. A great performance.
Dieter
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Well, we have very similar tastes John, because Jethro Tull and ELP (the latter especially thanks to the songs compesed and sung by the great Greg Lake) have been always among my favourite bands.
Yes, your version is slower than the original, but flawless, very well played and now you can bring it up to regular tempo easily, I think.
Ian Anderson is a complete multi instrumental artist, singer, songwriter and genius.Guido
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Great song, John. I’m always impressed with your precise picking and the Taylor sounds great. Good to hear you playing the acoustic.
Ian had a home in Palm Beach. I was never there but some of the guys I worked with mentioned what a “good chap” he was. I played Aqualung over and over again on my Dads stereo in the living room.James
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