All Around My Hat (Vocal)

[AltheaHekate]

@geoff1945 Yes, but I like your version better!:-) Really. It was a song from my Childhood. My mother used to sing it for me. I was searching for it for such a long time.

I didn't know that there was a band who made it... I know, bad! So, now you are in my favorites too!:-).( If you are okay with it.)

Blessed Be;

Althea

[Battlefolk]

You deserve a) a better recording and b) more hits. I like it.

[geoff1945]

@illustrious8749 - but here's the question, "Why would you want to?"

[geoff1945]

@woman803 - Now that was a good idea as now you only have to listen to me! LOL

Shhh! woman, someone might come up with an idea for using their delete button and then where would I b............................ DOH!

Seriously though thanks for visiting.

[swellmusik]

great vocal and cool hat too

[geoff1945]

Oops! That wasn't the song I wore the costume with.

It must have been 'Merry month of Maying'

This is not a ruse to get you to see all my videos - Honest!

[mktmic7]

very awesome my friend******

[geoff1945]

Thanks, Mike my friend

[Evenstar100]

Love your alterations (and performance) definitely in the folk tradition a great job!!!

[geoff1945]

Thanks for the reminder about folk traditions. I read a story by Tom Paxton in which he foreworded, "Many storytellers will retell this in their own way as is their right......' Later, I heard the story told by the Spinners.Some years on I told it in a school and an old guy asked me where I had heard the story. I said it was my favourite folk group in the 60s who told it. He said,"actually we didn't tell it that way but I like your version better" He was Tony Davis. Small world!

[Evenstar100]

WOW - small world indeed if I remember seeing the Spinners way back. Coincidentaly I've just watched your Tom Paxton cover enjoyed it very much.

I was listening to Talking Vietnam Blues on my iPod only the other day. It still raises a smile!!!!

[johnnyboydmusik]

good song!!!!!you play well.......JB

[geoff1945]

Thanks Johnny. I have got a bit stuck on the style but I do like the sound especially when the bouzouki is behaving itself.

Thanks for the 'friend' bit by the way.

Geoff

[cjwaywell]

LOL I like your Video description.

This is a nice ever so slightly altered rendition.

I remember rushing out and buying the Album only to be shocked at my first suffering of folk music which has continued for over 30 years.

Smashing mate

[geoff1945]

Yes, folk is an acquired 'taste' I think I liked it best when 'The Strawberry Hill Boys' metamorphosed into 'The Strawbs' and Bob Dylan shocked the folk world and went electric.

[onkelbuke]

that will be cool my friend, we play wiskey in the jar, wild rover,home boys home, Molly malone,Weile Waile and Spanish lady. thats easy songs,so we can play it well, lol. so its good for me, because i play just 1 year guitare, but i now this songs all maybee 10 years.

Ok, it will be cool , maybe we record it, and i show it to you here on youtube next week.

have a great day, Cheers Chris

[onkelbuke]

Beautiful job my friend. its a litle bit hard to understand everything, so thanks for put the lyrics on the information. sounds awesome, what guitare did you play in this video?`and how was the 'open mike' night in Chester on Sunday Night`?

Ok, have a great week my friend. Ps: your moonshadow cover is awesome. i love it.

Greetings Chris

[geoff1945]

Danke Chris, mein freund.

The instrument is a 'bouzouki'. It is a Greek instrument with four pairs of strings.

I tune it to guitar tuning.

'Open- mike' went very well and a girl from the audience joined me to sing harmony to 'Moonshadow'.

When are you playing again?

[onkelbuke]

Next weekend we can play here in the irish pub, just a half our and just some easy simple irish folk songs. there are a lot of other bands here in this town who played better then us, but drinking and eating is free for us all the night, so it will be cool. lol ;)

[geoff1945]

This sounds good, Chris. I'll try to put on an Irish song for you to learn before the weekend.