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Jan Jonsson


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Gothenburg, Sweden
Post  Posted 2 Nov 2022 8:02 am    
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Hi,

In contrast to many other musicians I never managed to produce any home recordings during the pandemic. Instead, I spent all of my time and energy on adapting courses at my university to remote teaching. Well, with that done I have finally found the time to revive my home recording equipment and also managed to find new musical inspiration in the process.

Here is my first post-pandemic home recording: a rendition of Frank Zappa's "Twenty Small Guitars", performed on a Desert Rose steel guitar and a Fender Nocaster. Accompanied by a small software trio on drums, acoustic bass and piano.

https://soundcloud.com/janjomusic/twenty-small-cigars

Best regards,
/Jan
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Transcriptions of Lloyd Green's music: www.lloydgreentribute.com (Tablature menu)
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scott murray


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Asheville, NC
Post  Posted 3 Nov 2022 1:27 pm    
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very cool! sounds great Jan
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Jack Stanton


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Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
Post  Posted 3 Nov 2022 7:52 pm    
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Great stuff, Jan!
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rick andrews

 

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Westminster Co 80031
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2022 5:02 am    
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Nice work on one of the mad genius's pieces.
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Bill Sutton

 

Post  Posted 4 Nov 2022 6:18 am    
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Awesome Jan...Its good to here from you...Its been A while. I Love your Music. And I really love your tablature on Lloyd Green's Music...Best there is. I got A great compliment from Lloyd himself on A song called "Venus Moon" that I learned with the help of your great Tablature. Lloyd said that "Most but not All the positions I used were the Same that he used"...Your tablature for that tune was very precise...Lloyd himself said so. I cherish that Compliment that my Steel Guitar Hero "Lloyd Green" gave me. Thanks for this post Jan...You are A great Steel Guitar picker...and A great Transcriber.

Bill S.
Jan Jonsson


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Gothenburg, Sweden
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2022 10:00 am    
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Thank you for the kind comments. This tune has been on my wish list for a long time, so I'm glad I finally managed to record a version of it.

Inspired by Zappa's guitar sound on the original recording I also a made special mix of the tune, using a DAW auto-wah plug-in on the pedal steel fills in the second verse:

https://soundcloud.com/janjomusic/twenty-small-cigars-wah-wah-version

Bill: I am pleased to hear that you have found my transcriptions useful. It was an extra bonus to hear that you got compliments from Lloyd himself.

Best regards,
/Jan
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David Dorwart


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Orlando, Florida, USA
Post  Posted 4 Nov 2022 6:55 pm    
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Outstanding!
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