I "try" to use the Gary Diamond method of learning one song a week. I sing it in early in morning in the car on the way to work and play/sing at home before I go to bed. This week is "Rhinestone Cowboy"
My next song to learn? I want more of a challenge since I'm off of work for the summer. I looking for something that would sound good with a classical guitar sound. Maybe an Isaac Albéniz piece?
I can't wait to hear what everyone else is working on!
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Refreshing my chops on a few; "Just Once"{-Quincy Jones) and Moonlight In Vermont. Also am checking out some of the more obscure Stevie Wonder tunes ("Ribbon in the Sky" and others).
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Originally Posted By: montunoman
What was the last song you learned? I can't wait to hear what everyone else is working on!
Hi Paul, great thread topic. Interestingly enough, like Gary Diamond, I too am working on a song by Country Legend, Marty Robbins. The one I'm working on is his 1961 hit song "Don't Worry":
Gary, I too like the Country Swing style performed on classic American Standards like "Sept in the Rain". Another in the same vein is Jim Reeves rendition of Charmaine, performed as a swing tune vs the original, written in waltz time. I perform 'Charmaine' in swing time as well now.
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I remember exactly when I learned "Don't Worry Bout Me". It was in 1878. I had just moved to Louisiana. I had a request for the song. I had heard it but didn't know the words. The guy handed me a $20. bill and said "fake it". I made a phone call to a friend in Arkansas, and he gave me the words over the phone. This was before cell phones and internet and texting! I went back to the bandstand and sang it and the guy made me do it three more times. By the end of the night I knew it pretty well! Tonight, 34 years later, I had a request for "Some Enchanted Evening". I googled the lyrics + chords in a matter of seconds (thanks Guitar Guy), played and sang it. Another $20, but ain't technology wonderful! The last songs I learned were three songs that Jimmy Swaggart recorded. My boss, Ernest, is a big Swaggart fan. I learned them for him. "Heaven's Sounding Sweeter Every Day", "One More River", "I've Never Been This Homesick Before". DonM