Joy to the World The Lord Is Come

Like A River Glorious

A beautiful hymn to Glorify the Lord tonight...

Fisher's Hornpipe

Here's one from the Old Time genre, an Irish-flavord ditty.

Cross Picking on "All Crossed Up"

Let "The Glowing Embers" make you feel warm and fuzzy

My latest composition - written while I watched the dying embers of the fireplace last night.  I call it, "The Glowing Embers".  More warm and fuzzy music from yours truly.

Steel Guitar Rag

An old country favorite - something I've played for years.

I recommend these strings:

A New Composition - "Steady Rain"

Soft Jazz in a minor key with two versions of a major chord break that resolves back to the minor.  An original composition by yours truly Joel Watson.  All rights reserved.

Oh Elizabeth, An Instrumental on Acousti Guitar

A pretty tune I've like since the day I heard a long time ago.  Was done by the Statler Brothers.

Five O Clock World Instrumental on Acoustic Guitar

A tune I've loved for years.  I slow it down a bit in the attempt to capture it's melodious features.

Some Vogue resources:

I Built That

Campy, this one, with a political twist.  Noodling around and came up with it.

A Little Chilling

I just put this together quickly tonight.  It's a bluesy tune with kind of an eerie sound.

Simplicity on Six

A tune I composed.  I call it "Simplicty on Six" because it's simple and it's played on six strings.  I originally called it just "Simplicity" but then I discovered someone else beat to that name. 

I've been trying to produce a soft jazz sound alongwith a variety of other sounds.  I don't like to be pigeonholed.  Sometimes I'm glad that I'm not a professional musician that has to stick to the same routine, playing the same song over and over every day and night.

Give it a listen and tell me what you think.

Gunsmoke Theme Music on Acoustic Guitar

My version of the theme music from the television show "Gunsmoke".  I've loved the music for years and finally got around to recording it.  All my recordings are amature recordings done with cheap equipment, but this one came out good I think.  This is my best production to date as far as quality of sound and musical production.  It sounds pretty much the way I intended it to sound, which actually happens rarely for me.

CHORDS: 

It's played in E on this version.  Transpose to G to play it solo easier. 

1. E;

2. Don't know the name of this chord, so I'll just map it: 6th strg, open E; 5th strg, C# 4th fr; 4th strg, F# 4th fr; 3rd strg, A 2nd fr; 2nd and 1st strgs open.

The intro toggles back and forth between these two chords, but stay on the bass strings.

When the melody begins:

1. E

2. #2 above

3. Another chord not named, but while playing #2, slide your fingers up two frets maintaining the chord form and open strings.  You would be playing 6th str E, 5th str D#, 4th str G#, 3rd str B, 2nd str B (on the open b string), and 1st str E open. 

4. E

5. F#m

6.  B

Repeat 1 - 6

7. E

8. E7 

9. A

10.  F#7

11.  E

12. G#m

13.  Aadd9 or just A 

14. Bsus6 or just B 

15.  E  

finish

Gunsmoke TV Show

"And Can It Be" on Classical Guitar

My name is Joel and this is my first post on this blog.  I'm opening up with one of my better videos (it's just audio with static visual), "And Can It Be", and old chuch hymn, played in classical guitar style.  If you like my playing and would like lessons I am currenlty available in the Macon/Warner Robins, Georgia, area.  I play and teach all styles, and I'm much more of a flat-picker than a finger-picker.  Leave a comment and I'll get in touch with you.

I have other blogs where I discuss religion, politics, etc.   Check them out if interested:

www.sovereigngod.wordpress.com

www.joelwatson.wordpress.com

www.joelwatson1.blogspot.com