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Cripple Creek

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Everyone else plays this song, why not me?I began taking Skype lessons with Mark Gilston, and while I was working on strengthening my pinky for a song he was teaching me, this old standard just popped out of the fingerboard.
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Dusty Turtle
05/23/11 12:03:47PM @dusty:

Thanks everyone for your friendly encouragement.

John Henry: it is embarrassing how few tunes in the standard repertoire I can play. Little by little I hope to remedy that, though.

Dana: the beginning is just some rhythm--what bluegrass musicians would call "taters"--to set the beat. The tag at the end isthe I and IV chords. I should have played the B part one more time but had a momentary lapse and tried to cover it up by throwing in those chords as a kind of exclamation point.
Robin Thompson
05/23/11 10:39:19AM @robin-thompson:
Cool, Dusty! And your pinky seems plenty strong to me.Grin.gif
Dana R. McCall
05/23/11 08:52:12AM @dana-r-mccall:
OH I loved that Dusty and you made it look so smooth. I play cripple creek all the time but you make it look and sound so much better. And I liked you intro and ending I got to learn that. Thanks for posting.
Sam
05/23/11 06:51:43AM @sam:
Very bright and cheerful go at Cripple Creek. You did that GOOOOOOoooooddd !Grin.gif
John Henry
05/23/11 03:34:41AM @john-henry:

A nice bright tune to wake up to this morning Dusty, thank you ! I really must have a go at the tune one day............. There are so many just lurking out there.

best wishes

JohnH
Dusty Turtle
05/23/11 01:56:17AM @dusty:

Thanks for your encouragement, John.

Strumelia, it is so funny you use an apple as a metaphor. Just yesterday as we reminisced about last fall's apple-picking trip, my daughter and I played a game deciding what kind of apples we would be if we were apples. I said she was a Golden Delicious or a Sierra Beauty,but she wanted to be a Pink Lady. We agreed I was a Gala apple because I like parties. Maybe my dulcimette is a Macintosh.
Strumelia
05/22/11 11:35:57PM @strumelia:
Crisp and snappy like a Macintosh apple!
John Keane
05/22/11 10:41:37PM @john-keane:
Okay...that rocks! Fantastic job!