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Topic: Slide song for the Homeless |
Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2014 5:32 pm |
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Here is a new song my wife & I wrote for a CD project called Healing Blues to raise awareness for the Homeless. We were matched up with a homeless person, interviewed him, and wrote the song about his story. We played the song, still in it's early stages for Shannon, our guy, today for the first time. He is in the dark blue ball cap...I think he likes it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37LKbTEIXo0&feature=youtu.be |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2014 6:45 pm
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Great project great sound.
Good job!
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Excel D10 8&4, Supro 8, Regal resonator, Peavey Powerslide, homemade lap 12(a work in progress) |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2014 6:55 pm
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| Thanks Paul. Singing the song is Steve Headen, the bass player in my band. You can see our guy grab the cross around his neck when the song mentions it. He lives in a tent near the center. My wife & co-writer in the dark sweater is sitting beside Shannon, our "Homeless guy". He wants to get off the streets by 2015 when his son gets out of college. It's a touching story, and we hope to raise awareness to the Homeless. There will be 10 or 12 songs on the CD, all be different writers telling the story of someone they are matched up with. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Dave Mudgett
From:
Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 21 Apr 2014 8:09 pm
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I like it.  |
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Matthew Dawson
From:
Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2014 8:31 pm
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| That is a good project, good playing/singing and a good tune. Nice job. |
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Mitch Druckman
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2014 9:18 pm
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| Sounds great. Keep up the good work. |
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Lee Holliday
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 22 Apr 2014 12:19 am
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Again great song and the project you guys are involved in is fantastic.
we all have an obligation to give a hand, be it through music or getting the shopping for the old folk etc...,
What Dobro are you using there??? Tuning etc...
regards
Lee |
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Peter Jacobs
From:
Northern Virginia
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 22 Apr 2014 7:15 am
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Thanks Lee, it is a Regal tuned in E(EBG#EBE). The cone has been upgraded with a Quarterman...I plan to record the song with my full band, Lap-Bass-Drums...maybe a lead on Strat, and the Dobro at the end of the song during fade out.
Plan is to record this summer with a CD Release Concert with the money raised going to the IRC(The Homeless Center). After that we have already had interest from other Homeless Centers wanting to use the CD as a tool.
These folks at the center do great work for many...and this experience has been great for me. In December I just learned that an old friend of mine, that had been a drummer in one of my bands, and I had hired him as a soundman for PA jobs had became homeless. This has helped me wrap my head around all this.... |
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Terry VunCannon
From:
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Myk Freedman
From:
Brooklyn
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Andrea Tazzini
From:
Massa, Italy
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Posted 28 Apr 2014 12:45 am
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| Terry , you and your wife are great! Beautiful project! |
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