Tangier Sound

Father Kieth in the UK writes:

Hello Dear Old Dad.

We don’t get much snow in England these days thanks to global warming.
A couple of years ago Linda had one of those ’special’ birthdays so I
arranged a surprise trip to Finnish Lapland to visit Santa. We arrived
just as they experienced a mini-heatwave. There was big thaw and I
even managed to sink a snowmobile ( the instructor didn’t say “don’t
drive into anything soft!” )
It was great fun but I wish I hadn’t spent a small fortune on Arctic gear.

Anyway I was reminiscing over our holiday snaps and being in a
creative mood I put a video together using a few of them.  It took a
while to figure out how to play this song in G but I finally worked
out that the bridge part switches to the key of D.

Patrick’s latest surgery sounds gruesome! I don’t know he’s managing
to concentrate on work but I can’t wait for the next series of books
and DVD so keep him at it.

Dick on the West coast of Iowa writes:

Hi,
I so enjoy the clips that are sent to you and DOD. Since I saw your vids on using the slide, I got out a “Bird of Paradise” slide I bought in Nashville years ago and have been working it out along with some blues licks. Here is a clip I made using it. The intro footage was shot at Little Big Horn, Montana. It is a campground directly to the South of the battlefield and the teepee pays homage to the victors. The trailer is a project we are working on. It is a 1961 Mobile Scout 17′ and its name is Casa Alumina. The clip was shot at the mouth of Teton Canyon near Choteau, Montana in Teton County. I was born and raised there in the late 1940’s. The mountain I zoom in on is Ear Mountain and is a prominent feature of the country side. The dog is Sherman and you probably can tell by looking that he is a Chesapeake Bay retriever who’s blood lines probably originated not far from Crisfield. Keep the great music coming.

Steve in Ohio writes:

Hiya Patrick,
Hope your knee’s recovering nicely with the bionic implants or nano-tech goop they’ve got these days. This video’s for the folks who’ve been fearing I lost my way with the banjo. This is a silly folk song I wrote about sneezing and hurting my back – proof that it really doesn’t take divine inspiration to write a song. Hey, I said nothing about it beeing a GOOD song.

Hosanna

this [g]time it only [d]took
two [c]beers to write this [g]song
to-[g]day I sneezed and [d]broke a rib
and [c]now my back's all [g]wrong

you can [g]laugh all you [d]like
[c]tell me i'm gettin' [g]old
but [g]it ain't no [d]secret
[c]I'm gettin' [g]old

ho-[c]sanna ho-[d]sanna
i [g]think you read me [c]wrong
it [c]takes two wrongs to [d]make me right
and [g]two beers to write this [c]song
ho-[c]sanna[d]
you read me [g] wrong

[g]maybe i'll stay [d]home from work
[c]i can always get another [g]job
there'll [g]always be some [d]bills to pay
[c]always be some banks to [g]rob

but [g]since i've got this [d]busted back
i'm a [c]self-medicating [g]slob
[g]prolly just gonna stay [d]home from work
and [c]write another country [g]song

ho-[c]sanna ho-[d]sanna
i [g]think you read me [c]wrong
it [c]takes two wrongs to [d]make me right
and [g]two beers to write this [c]song
ho-[c]sanna[d]
you read me [g]wrong

[g7]

ho-[c]sanna ho-[d]sanna
i [g]think you read me [c]wrong
it [c]takes two wrongs to [d]make me right
and [g]two beers to write this [c]song
ho-[c]sanna[d]
you read me [g]wrong