Woodpile: "Firefly"

Taking a break from the electricity and rock-y cacophony, this post commences a set that I refer to as the "Woodpile".  These are just from-the-hip, mostly acoustic versions of old songs of mine.  I recorded these in part to present what I think are some good tunes in more "hi fi" form than the originals, using better gear, some nicer instruments and (hopefully) a little improved playing skills.  Mostly, though, this project started as a simple means of learning how to play and record an upright bass that I'd acquired a little over a year ago.  Seemed like fun, and I've just commenced recording a second batch which should be complete in, oh, a decade or so....

Anyway, this one is the "Firefly", an old "hit" from the Honcho days.  Hopefully we'll get one of those Honcho versions posted at some point, with Paul B's ticky-tacky Telecaster picking and Road's rim-tapping and snare bashing, but for now, this one is a quiet version of a sweet-natured song that dates back to my days living in the Kacyznski Cabin behind the Anne Arundel Veterinary Emergency Clinic, down in "'Napp'lis, Merlin"....  It's a real summer evening backyard picker, and one that you can put squarely in the "Basically Stolen from the Charlie Chesterman Playbook" File. 


Firefly:
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Firefly: