Jock O'Hazeldean -- traditional celtic ballad on acoustic guitar

[slagorourke]

A tragic case of 'guitarface', but redeemed by superb playing. Beautifully done, well recorded & nice Collings too!

[carvetop01]

Beautiful

[twohandband]

Why weep ye by the tide, lady, why weep ye by the tide?

[rjb4lfc]

I was driving home from work last night and heard this ballad on Radio 2. I was struck by the words Hazeldeane as I have a friend named Hazel Deane! I have posted a link to the Corries version to her. I have since been listening through other versions and yours is beautiful. I just have it on repeat.

[Ericules555]

lol love the faces, and beautifully played, what kind of guitar are you using? It's beautiful

[MrBasilGanglia]

very nice.

[Kmopl66]

Super good job

[carvetop01]

Excellent!

[gladys12373]

Lovely! Playing worthy of the song. Thank you!

[Joshown83]

Thank you so much! A wonderful playing, and an excellent resource for me to learn with!

[grnhair2001]

this is such a difficult guitar piece to get right (it's not the notes that are hard--it's trying for that pure sweet tone Simpson can get!) and you do a good job here.

[carvetop01]

Bravo David. You put a lot of emotion into your playing. You also give the harmony a chance to breathe.

Cheers,

allen

[drafthorselover]

Based on your facial expressions, you put a lot of passion and dedication into your playing. Are there tablatures available on these tunes? I am new to guitar. So, I would like to learn correctly the first time.

Great effort. Thanks for sharing.

[simonjandrews]

Good stuff

[Babillonia]

Lovely tune. Thanks to Guitarist -:).

[drafthorselover]

Beautiful tune! Thanks for sharing. There are so many beautiful tunes that come from Ireland.  Record another some time soon. God bless.

[gaconnochie]

@drafthorselover Mind 'Jock O Hazeldean' isn't Irish. It's Scottish. Words by Sir Walter Scott! I think it is based on an earlier English ballad but don't know if the tune was the same or not.

[braccozeta]

cool!

[BardofCornwall]

Lovely. Thanks for posting.

[boaz212]

thoroughly enjoyed your playing, just wonderful! 

[Actor929]

Be-a-utiful!!!!

[Fiddlinjosie]

Well done!

I've seen Martin Simpson perform this a few times, and you've really captured the essence of it beautifully! Thanks for sharing! ;)

[wolverine7196]

Very nice.

The Collings sounds great.

[hestia1962]

wonderful!

[MegMerrilies]

Lovely!

[akashmalwa]

beeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuu­uutttttttiiiiiiiiffffful

[birkenweg42]

Beautifully playes; a big thumb up from me. Thanks for posting.

[clampfam]

A great Scottish ballad, played beautifully.

[woodwerk01]

Very tastefully done and you are a gifted guitarist, check out our version when you get a chance. Thanks for sharing your talent!

[stratbreizh29]

Just a word, wonderful !!!

[digittydog]

I really like the sound of you Collings. How did you record this?

[redavide1]

This one was recorded with an Audio Technica 4050 directly into a camcorder (using an attenuator) with a little reverb in the loop.

[neillian1]

david  this is superb really good well done and a lovely sound too

neillian

[redavide1]

Thank you neillian . . .

[thirtysilver]

Beautiful...

I was genuinely moved to tears.

[gdshepp]

Very nice! What is your name?

[sbardila1]

i need tabs of this song

[tomitoon]

Tab available in Martin's book "Leaves of Life". You can find it on eBay.

[alvaritooooooooo]

Is natural the reverb?

[saffsgrandad]

I like the way you have avoided slavishly copying Martin's arrangement adapting it to your own feel for the piece. I have the DVD and Tab of this and can easily see the changes. It is especially noticeable where you have moved the Gmajor triad on 12th fret harmonics, playing a glissando in its place and then using the triad roughly 4 bars later, nice touch.

[furcifur3]

Really? Dropped D? That surprises me.

I've been checking our your videos today, very nice stuff man. I wish youtube's sound quality wasn't bad.

Awesome work

[thomasspence]

This, is just absolutely beautiful

this is in 3/4, yeah? It'd be a great tune to waltz to

Is there a place I could find a tab for this piece?

[axxjxxwalker]

Beautiful. Is it standard tuning? Thanks. Andrew

[redavide1]

Thanks -- low E string is dropped to D.

[AraxisDemo]

Very nice.

[alkirob]

Making it sing!

[lucabez]

Excellent rendition of this so beautiful scottish tune. *****

Best regards,

luca

PS. your guitar has a great sound!

[ferrellms]

Nice!

[fademer]

Nice playing and sound! I am considering to buy a Collings too, that's how I found you. Hearing this only convinces me more... greetings, F

[mdhakr]

Lovely playing..

[T110E]

Expertly played Red, it make me want to learn Celtic stile too...

[Gitfiddlemann]

Very nice playing David! and great sounding Collings guitar!

[y2t40]

love it!!

[redavide1]

Thanks for the comment . . .

[riisfaas]

Beautiful playing on a great tune.

[redavide1]

Thanks riis.

[tonedr]

as ALWAYS........wonderful!

dale

[redavide1]

Thanks, as always, for listening CJ bro.

[bpvdd]

Just beautiful.

[redavide1]

Merci beepeeveedeedee!

[staffansvahn]

Thank you for this peaceful moment. It is wonderful tune and you play it with your heart.

Best wishes

Staffan

p.s. Your Collings is probably the best-sounding guitar I have ever heard! d.s.

[redavide1]

Thanks Staffan -- glad you like the CJ . . .