A great song written by one man band musician Jesse Fuller. I learned it through the Grateful Dead and this cover is done in the style of Dave Rawlings. Enjoy!

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Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on April 16, 2012 at 1:17am

Nicely played and sung. 

Comment by turtlehead on April 10, 2012 at 4:11pm

And in my best Arnold impression: Clock, "I'll be back."

Comment by turtlehead on April 10, 2012 at 4:09pm

I guess we're all guitar primates around these parts James.

Kind words Vinyl.  This one is a perfect fit for the CBG and I have fun playing it.  I've played guitar and banjo over the years, but nothing is more enjoyable to me than playing and singing a song on a CBG. 

Thanks John.  The birch bark and I have been spending a lot of time together recently.  I think she's a keeper.  And yes the same Dave Rawlings.  He does a version of this song as the Dave Rawlings Machine with Gillian and three members of Old Crow Medicine Show who I'm a big fan of as well.

http://youtu.be/zbYNxuOYzhw

Comment by Uncle John on April 10, 2012 at 3:17pm

Great one, Turtle.  You and the birch bark git sound mighty fine.   Had not heard this one in a long time.  

Dave Rawlings?  The man who plays with Gillian Welch?

Comment by Vinylhed on April 10, 2012 at 1:54pm

A good tune really well performed. In fact, I would hasten to add, a quintessential CBG performance. This is what it's all about! Cheers for posting. 

Comment by James on April 10, 2012 at 9:49am

i like that song , interesting , we were just discussing  monkeys and chimps early this morning ! lol

Comment by Clock The Wolf on April 10, 2012 at 8:27am

The left hand is a Terminator cyborg hand...

Comment by turtlehead on April 10, 2012 at 6:17am

Thanks all.  This is a fun one. 

I'm tuned to open G.  Again, sorry you can't see the left hand, but this was the real good take late last night.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on April 10, 2012 at 6:15am
Th,

Excellent job! Yeah, sometimes one has to take a break from melancholy. This was a good 'un. Thanks, man. I, too, wanna know the tuning.
Comment by Rob (Uker) Porras on April 10, 2012 at 6:10am

I love it! You sung it well.

How are you tuned?

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