Thanks for the comments, folks.
The new microphone has made some severe changes around this little studio
The quality of information which it picks up is astounding ... which means, in turn, that it also shows all of the imperfections ... which means that the performance has to be altogether 'better' and more precise.
Hopefully this will be a good thing .... let's wait and see.
Just before I got this new piece of kit I actually set sail on a totally different project for this theme.
The theme itself ... a piece in the key of E ... made instant contact with my distant heritage.
When I first started to learn to play the Blues, in 1964 at the age of 15, one of my first idols was John Lee Hooker. For those who don't know about this legendary figure ... in a snapshot .. a rotten singer with no sense of standard musical timing who had beer bottle caps hammered into the heels of his shoes to keep stomping time with.
I learned so much from him in those early years.
One of the first songs of his which I learned to play was Groundhog Blues. I wouldn't attempt singing back then but one of my buddies always was up for that.
This is my latest version ... just for fun
Complete opposite to my earlier submission. Dark and dirty stuff
James
