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Topic: "A Thousand Miles Away" |
Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 23 Apr 2020 9:22 am |
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Here's a version I recorded today of "A Thousand Miles Away", based on the Santo and Johnny cover of the doowop tune by the Heartbeats...
https://www.facebook.com/nic.neufeld.1/videos/10156963792051611/
I'm in C6. I'm semi convinced there's a bit of multitracking going on, given the different "voices" of the steel overlapping in Santo's version, but I gave it a try in one take, just have to jump around the neck a bit. Here's the original...well, original steel version anyway. Santo had such an emotive sound and feel to his playing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkLEH9pJLdk
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Jeremy DeHart
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North Carolina, USA
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Posted 23 Apr 2020 5:48 pm
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Sounds good Nic. I think that overdub is his crazy Double E neck for the non chime section. Also, and this is so Santo, check out this not so distant cousin to that “Originalâ€!
https://youtu.be/BtXvN2CMtNs |
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 24 Apr 2020 3:35 am
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Nice job Nic. Never heard that song before.  |
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 24 Apr 2020 4:00 am
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Jeremy...you aren't kidding...some of those Santo and Johnny numbers, he stuck pretty close to a (winning) formula...that one I was sure was the same song even a bar or two after the intro was over! Using a lot of the same "vocabulary" there but I like it.
Thanks Derrick...nor had I until I found this S&J version...the actual original is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72ZRr3mH20w
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Waikīkī, at night when the shadows are falling
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Steve Marinak
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Man O War Cay, Abaco, Bahamas
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Posted 26 Apr 2020 5:13 am
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Really nice Nic. I've listened to it a few times now and each time it is still thrilling.
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