In The Pines

[49sharyn]

i listen to you singing most every day keep up the great work,shaz

[49sharyn]

very well done,would like to see you do more songs, brilliant young man

[HelloHolaCiao]

I think this is brilliant. Well done, man.

[andocrates]

The other In the pines goes

"in the pines, in the pines where the sun never shines, and you shiver and shake as the cold wind blows. Well the longest train that I ever did see was a hundred coaches long.

[bulbheadmyass]

Love this version,

[Immigrant312]

can i get the chords please =)

[bialyser]

good stuff :)

[bunburyZ]

wonderful sounds kinda like leadbelly.

[PopeInnocentXIV]

This is a splendid version of this song. Bravo both on your performance and your arrangement. What hurts it though is the audio quality: it's a little tinny and there's some minor clipping (unless you did that intentionally to make it sound like an old recording). Please consider re-recording and reposting with better audio so we can all better enjoy your great playing.

[saligonth]

I like this. Very nice.

I also like to play the mellow version by Nirvana, with the walks.

[devinescence]

Sweet dude. Rock on.

[iggydoll]

Too Cool!! My Dad used to sing and play this on his guitar. He is gone now. thank you so much!!

[hugatree2]

Sounds good...actually, this song is by Dolly Parton...

[lukeg34]

no its not its a very old american folk song....way older than Dolly Parton

[HillJackChels]

yes, it is way before dolly's time, and she only did a version of it.

[falluen123]

awesome)))

[joepopawheely]

Fantastic!!!!

[jaredtye]

I like it! Would you check out my version and let me know what you think? Thanks!

[andocrates]

Might I suggest back off everything. You are playing too hard and singing to hard this creates a harmonic distortion that is quite unpleasant (sometimes called blare).

[BillWolfe]

Thank you for the free advice.

[DealTurtle]

@andocrates Possibly, but might it also be a product of poor sound quality in the recording technique, sometimes that can happen based mostly on the recording device/setup, correct?

[andocrates]

@DealTurtle I was speaking as a sound engineer not a music critic, it usually costs 125 an hour to get my caustic critiques. But it's sage advice, everything is there but it's all at full tilt boogy which leaves you no high point to accent the work. Watch how different tenors sing Danny Boy - it has a show boating note that tenors tend to overkill but the great tenors sing it soft.

[roofermike2007]

That's not "In the Pines." Supposedly, "In the Pines" is completely unrelated to "Where Did You Sleep Last Night." Damned if I didn't think someone was robbing someone...

The chords are Em, Am, G, B. It doesn't appear that you were doing those chords, so you must have done it in a key to suit your voice.

[BillWolfe]

Yeah, I just like playing it like that. I guess thats one nice thing about folk music, and what ever you call it, I got the lyrics from on old Leadbelly recording.

[hippie1022]

hey man can i get those chords

[bitrot66]

Dude Rocks

[IntoleranceRecords]

great job man.

[colbdawg]

hey nirvana covered this lol

[fpeotrowski]

nice. f in solid

[walkingfern]

Really well done; strong, emphatic guitar style and great, rough-twang bluegrass voice. I can't decide if I would have preferred a slightly slower tempo, but still think it was excellent!

[walkingfern]

PS I also like the way that you just sit down and play; no preamble, no apologies, etc. necessary. Refreshing. Looking forward to hearing more.

[BillWolfe]

Thank you so much, i prefer a slower tempo as well but my camera only allowed 3 minutes of video so I had to step it up a notch.

[walkingfern]

LOL Such is often the way.

Unfortunately for me, the more I'm pressed for time, the slower some things seem to go. ;-D

[marcusmuck]

Wow! 'powerful' has been said more than once and I like the contrast to Leadbelly & Kurt's versions which (although I love) were laidback & dissolute

[tjoris51]

Powerful!

[OliverAB]

I like it.

Really oldschool.

I've never heard a version outside of nirvana, and this is a lot more bluegrassy.

Primo.

[thestrugglewithin]

look for the original (search for "leadbelly where did you sleep last night?")

[gtarz38]

cool!

[Knockdownbanjo]

You are great!

[JohnnyBazooka]

That's the best version I ever heard, great!

Did Woody sing this song, too?

[bezmolvie]

what a balalaika you have there!

[only2jane]

Wow a powerful version, really great!

[40gms]

Shout it out Billy boy!

[themojohadeen]

quality mon

[juliMathers]

you have a peculiar way for playing guitar.. (sorry for my english)

[anadrolking]

good stuff:) loved it check out my stuff tell me what ya think as we both like the same stuff.

[vander47]

Wow. Thats all I can say. Dude you did it. Great job covering this song. You have my respect.

[mcfun61]

congrats I put you on my top 100 acoustic songs. (no particular order). Go to my site if your looking for ideas. great cover. Please send any new stuff or additions to the list.

[GeoFly]

Great guitar playing, loved it. Also the voice sounds amazingly like leadbelly himself =D

[Poguette]

Great job! I have always loved this song. You nailed it perfectly. Way to go!

[deldred]

Great! One of my favorite tunes.  Good job.

[tholcx]

Shit son, that was very entertaining. One of my all time favorites and executed very nicely.

[itkindaworks]

That's great man.

[nefariousintent]

F*cking incredible... wow. I'm pretty much speechless.

[sicNIRVANAjunkie]

the song is called "black girl" or most ppl know as "my girl"

[BillWolfe]

Well Leadbelly sang both.  I've heard him sing "black girl" and "my girl". I figured I could get away with "my girl" a little easier.

[j2thev12]

No the song is called in the pines

[JohnnyBazooka]

I love your songs. They are very powerful and you really know how to do a song. Please give us some more songs. I know them all and would like to hear more from you.

[Korodesu]

That was pretty awesome. Your voice is even a lot like leadbelly's. Good Job!