The Lady is a Tramp

[quailblaster]

Very nice. Big Frank and Tony fan here. I actually came across old reel to reel tapes of Mottolas ' Mr Big' and 'Romantic Guitar' and transferred them to cd and they are so clean and crisp. I enjoy them almost everyday on my Ipod.

[sidethehead]

thanks, @quailblaster

I had Romantic Guitar as a kid. great album. If I remember, it had a nice version of Speak Low. I had another one with all Italian songs, the title I forget...

I have an old book with a bunch of Tony's arrangements. One day i'll post a few.

[fbentos1987]

Thanks for sharing this - great work. I'd love to have the tabs to this but appreciate it's quite time consuming. I've been trying to learn it by ear but still got a long way to go! :)

[fbentos1987]

Great work - thanks for sharing!

[EmmanuelPons]

Salut,

Don't know why YTube suggested me your video, maybe caus of the "fingerstyle" tag, but I don't regret at all, I enjoyed your song, thank you

*****

Manu (France)

[sidethehead]

merci beaucop, manu.

i love youtube. how else can someone in france hear some local gittar teacher in california? thanks for listening and tuning in.

[chazmatazB]

thanks, i enjoyed that.

[centauriz]

i love the way you play keep them coming

[marvellousix]

great!!!

[sidethehead]

Couldn't have said it better, c50. The toughest students for me are adults who did it their way for 30 years, then come to lessons wanting to get better.......At least a year of breaking bad habits.

[c50truck]

Sidethehead. Very Nicely done. You say your a teacher of guitar. My teacher of guitar in the late 60's early 70's kept pounding music theory into me. All I wanted to do was play. Some weeks I hated him, but here I am, still strumming a few decades later, and glad he did.

FYI, My favorite guitarist is Mottola.

[sidethehead]

Thanks c50. I loved Tony. My dad bought his albums, and I have a cousin in Florida who plays a lot like him. He was a great jazz player early on before he went pop. Hard to find those.... Played all Sinatra's tours. Good teacher! A little theory and technique goes a long way.

[AshleyTisdale9711]

r u unsigned? cuz if u are thats REALLY hard 2 believe. u should be a guitarist for some famous companies or something! ur amazing!

[sidethehead]

thanks much ashley. no big name stuff, i'm just a local gittar teacher tryin' to pay the bills and find a gig. can't dance or sing, so just pluggin' away. maybe i should try rap.......

[AshleyTisdale9711]

lol good luck with that, but u r good at what u do and as long as u enjoy doing it, so be it.

[Stichfam]

Wow!!!

[123sich]

nice, unusual for this guitar, but nice and crisp. Love it.

[sidethehead]

Thanks 123sich. I agree. I didn't set out to do this tune with this rig and setting, but got this take and kept it. Want to eventually do it again on the Gretsch with less 'verb!

[Stichfam]

I've gone there on Vacation - Lol!

I sometimes go to The Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender shows! I play mostly in the SF Bay area and teach at B. Street Music in San Mateo.

I Love the arrangement you have here of "The Lady is a Tramp!" ,,,

[sidethehead]

Oops, accidentally deleted the previous comment. But I've been to Vegas a few times, a few weeks in 1980 with a top 40 band and most recently for a wedding. Have to say, I liked the old Vegas better.

The Rockabilly show sounds fun. I know of B. Street Music, think I was there sometime back. I teach up in San Ramon.

[Stichfam]

Very nice playing! :)

I live in the SF Bay Area too and play similar styles.

I also play Gretsches :)

[sidethehead]

thanks Stichfam. Gretches are unsung guitars in my opinion, stereotyped for rockabilly and country, but way more versatile than that.......

[cuahtemoc83]

Hey, the tele sounds good. I have a question: can you play jazz with a gretsch?

[sidethehead]

Hi cuah..

Not sure I know what you mean. I play a gretsch and I play jazz and everything else on it. Most jazz players don't play Gretsches, but I don't really think of myself as a 'jazz' player anyway. My advice is play whatever guitar you like.....

[sidethehead]

Hey Bud. Thanks a lot my friend. I really love the tele, but it's very heavy and gets to my shoulder a bit, so i don't haul it out much, but wanna do more on it (it has a b-bender which is really fun). What really made the guitar for me is the 'I love Hawaii' turtle sticker. Strategically placed to help the tone.

[reedlvr]

ok. thats enough of that!! Incredible! super fine pickin on an awesome sounding Tele.(noticed your Gretsch isnt too far away though)fine playing Joe keep 'em coming! Bud