How Great Thou Art (Guitar Instrumental)

A rubato-weave through that great old hymn.  On solo guitar.

A new original Jazz tune: Round the Next Bend

Take it easy round that next bend.  Smooth Jazz on Acoustic Guitar.

Guitar Instrumental of the hymn Does Jesus Care?

I found great comfort in this hymn after my father died recently.

Acoustic Instrumental - Last Love Letter

A lovely tune written by Sydney Cox and recorded by Allison Krauss. 

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.

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