March 26 Challenge – Cloughie

[cloughie]

My open mic performance with a duet rhythm track similar to the Steve Cropper one on the original recording.

2 years ago I was terrified of performing in front of people. Getting more confident every Friday. 🙂

Be kind to yourself (especially when you're trying to play this instrument!)
Brian Clough

“Got a lotta sinful ideas but they seem kinda sensible” Jim Casy the ex-preacher in The Grapes Of Wrath

[sunjamr]

Nice one, Brian! And now it’s time to batten the hatches for that cyclone that’s supposed to hit us tonight.

BTW, I went to a party here in Devonport a couple of weeks ago, and was surprised to see Tim Finn hanging out amongst us hoi polloi. Since then I’ve also seen Neil Finn walking around the village. Long live Split Enz and Crowded House!

Sunjamr Steve

[AndréM]

Great song choice.
Awesome vocal.
Great idea to play with your live self.
You got that crowd by the balls, lol.

AndréM

AndréM

[Alan L]

Great performance Brian, glad you’re getting out there! Added rhythm line was fantastic.

[JoeD1]

Awesome idea Brian and it came out wonderful.

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Pap]

Brian, nothing like a little stress innoculation to overcome your fears:) The good thing is you can play and sing. Where did the whistle come from? Great performance. Pap

[cloughie]

The main whistler was Dave the rave, who plays percussion (among other things) along with most people’s acts. He’s great, you’ll often a hear a sweet harmonica part appear just at the right time in someone’s act & wonder where it’s coming from ! That’ll be Dave. 🙂

Be kind to yourself (especially when you're trying to play this instrument!)
Brian Clough

“Got a lotta sinful ideas but they seem kinda sensible” Jim Casy the ex-preacher in The Grapes Of Wrath

[Michael Krailo]

Nice lead/rhythm part over your live performance.

Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.

[Mark T]

Brilliant performance – times two 😂 – from you, Cloughie – no sign of nerves that I could see on your live performance, and you had the audience right there with you – well done! – Mark 👍🎶😎

[Wayne Nunez]

Great job nice solo lines of the classic!

[James B]

Good one, Cloughie. Great to see and hear you’re having fun picking and singing. That’s what it’s all about.

James

[Catherine Arsenault]

Great playing !!!great song !!!excellent Brian!

[Manfred M]

Great idea to add a rhythm track to your live video, Cloughie. It works really well. By the way, great live performance, and the audience is totally into it. Looks like you know what you’re doing.

Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will be May/June
There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum
I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[John H]

Cloughie
I love seeing fellow AMers “out on the road. ” Sounded great. Your lead licks are spot on. Great stuff.

John

[Martin W]

Nice melodic lead to compliment the open Mike performance. Looks like you’ve got a full house .

Martin

[Laurel C]

Well done, you had the audience in the palm of your hand and to able to sing and play with confidence is a bonus. Hope more see this for inspiration in doing open mics to overcome the fear of playing in front of people. Playing a complementary lead over this for a sub was such a great idea.

[JoLa]

Now – that was something different! How cool that you perform regularly to a live audience and are growing as a live performer! Playing the rhythm along the video recording was a cool idea and it was fun to listen to 😃

🎸JoLa

[snakechisler]

What a cool concept

Enjoyed your version very much

Well done

[Raffaele S]

Well done Brian….beautiful live performance, which you freshened up with your solo…very original

[Bruce D]

Cloughie,
Really like that tasty lead. Didn’t know that was Steve Cropper back there.
Nice playing, nice production!

Bruce

Just focus on the notes you DID get right . . . Frank Vignola

[Michael L]

Hi Cloughie, this was fun! Great live performance, and the rhythm part was a nice addition and well played. Let us know when you learn to do both at the same time!! ;o)

[Dieter]

Great song and great rendition.

Dieter

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