Upward Over the Mountain - Iron and Wine Cover - Dave Blair

[01alexisonfire]

Best cover so far. You have a really great voice thats better than many other artists out there today. Link to the tabs please?

[JtothePo24]

Our voices sound incredible together. I know this because I just harmonized along with your cover of this song. :) Great work!

[mirandatipton]

Youre so good. I love your version.

[MandaPants18]

AWESOME

[BlueFoundatlon]

Gorgeous my friend!Gorgeous :)

[gypsyangel27]

Could listen to you for hours...

[endpin1014]

i love love love!

[skottfreedman]

wow really impressive job. check out my banjo cover of this song if you like...

[oregonsurfer]

great cover, you have a really good voice and nice guitar work!

[cruz580]

hey i want to know how is the intro can you show me ???tk it was very very cool

[entitenonlexicale]

I love it, very nice job monsieur! Your voice is amazing and the guitar is really good too (especially at the beginning). Thank you for this cover :)

[DeveMcL]

Amazing!

[NoCondolences]

Very good rendition. Sam Beam would be proud.

[mintxrepairs]

This is amazing.. *favourites*

[riotvans07]

WOW. You are amazing. And your voice is beautiful.

[Twizted3584]

Wow that was a damn good cover. Nice job man.

[devinporterfield]

awesome!!

[nida8744]

THAT WAS SOOO GOOD!!!!! love it!!! great job

[AliceMay742]

haha, my dear I have given a whole-hearted attempt at finding someone who could produce a substantial cover of The Brilliant Sam Beam and Sir I must say, your everything I was hoping for and more!!! Thank you! Your lovely!

[CassidyWrites]

Thats fantasic! Do you have the tab for it?

[scierpich]

Wow, that was absolutely excellent. One of the few covers that do Sam Beam's work justice.

[samotrax1]

very very nice!

Wonderful voice!

[xHopelesslyAddictedx]

awesome coverr.

i love your voice :))

[harf12345]

nice take

[FishyLamp]

You are the epitome of a musical genius. Seriously, this made me shed some tears. you are amazing. This is my FAVORITE song by Sam Beam and you Mr. DBlair just did a FANTASTIC JOB!

[isuzubuddy]

very nice cover...good job

[thebonermaker]

to those asking about the chords... it sounds to me like he is playing Em, C, G, D with a capo on the first fret. sounds way good by the way.

[ArizonaByThe27]

@thebonermaker Yeah, I was going to ask about the D. It sounded different from the way I've heard it everywhere else. It works nicely, though. Thanks. [:

[jmiceli63]

Wow! your amazing! : )

[nopenopeNO]

oh em geeee.

[thylia2000]

YOur have a super voice!

It's amazing

[burtondevore]

this is really good man.

what chords do you use?

all the tabs and/or chords i could find online are way off.

[pinkfreudboyd]

this is amazing... can you PM me the chords you use for this song?

[ffnf724]

Wow. Great job man.

[lizwilleatyobrain]

I wish could somehow express the gratitude I feel toward you for making such a spectacular cover of this amazing song.

[KarlyxluvsxCaleb]

Oh my, you have an amazing voice. I love it. Your voice is such a sensation and its so beautiful. Great Job. You really did well on this song.

[EmoTrout]

i want to have sex with your voice

[SandWraithEx3]

Really well done.  You do have a great voice like the others are saying!

[strappalegno]

like it =) great voice

[pozell360]

awesome... u have a really good voice... i like it almost as much a jesse laceys cover... which was just a softer version

[RockCairn]

Awesome!

Great intro!

[amirfknkhan]

Great cover. 5 stars :D

[keylimepie83]

very beautiful cover, especially your guitar work in the beginning, just one thing i might suggest is watch your mute strum, its a little too scratchy for this very soft song, i know its hard to make a soft mute with a pick but just suggesting

[DBlairMusic]

thanks a lot!

working with a pick has been my main focus for the last half a year, prob and I still have a long way to go to be truly artistically capable with it. it is truly difficult to master such a tiny beast!

thank you for the kind words.

[keylimepie83]

what i do when i play this song for the mute strum is when i slap my hand down its not just a scratch mute strum, i do a normal strum but hit my palm right on the bridge with the slap, so its just softer but notes instead of a scratch strum, but other than that one strum amazing cover :) i hope i described that well enough

[johngeetar]

@DBlairMusic I definitely agree with keylime that you did an awesome job on this song, however, I am going to have to disagree regarding the mute strum. I think it really nails that snare on 2 and 4 kind of sound. If you listen to the way he plays it live (as im sure you have) he does it much more upbeat like you are doing it in this video. Great voice btw. Keep it up man!

[DBlairMusic]

@johngeetar

thanks so much! its CRAZY to listen to this now, almost three years later, to hear how my voice has changed. this is so much more reserved than I would perform it today, it makes me want to post a video response just to show the contrast; cos its pretty drastic.

thanks so much for commenting

[SlipperyNic]

@DBlairMusic DO IT! :)

[LymeAwareness]

Nice!

[chantelylace]

i love love love this song =D

its sooo short and to the point, but impacts so much emotion in it its craziness and u did such a good job on it... bout the 323423432 time i listened to it.

good job your good =))

[TheSlimViper]

This is phenomenal.

[xxhanna321xx]

absolutely divine cover, the best one i've ever seen

[sangmusicnote]

This is really good. :) To be honest, I've never even heard this song before. But I really, really like it!

[LuneMary]

I liked the song "Grit". Impressive :) Are you trying to get into the music business or is it just a hobby of yours?

[DBlairMusic]

trying.

unfortunately, I have to finish school first.

[cjbearce]

Finally, a youtube cover that is good!

I really like that you chose not to show your face and let your voice and guitar playing be the focus.

[DBlairMusic]

I'm glad you appreciate that. it's not about me, it's about sam beam's amazing song; that's how I see it.

[LuneMary]

I got a youtube account just so I could comment on how truly amazing I think this is. Amazing voice and guitar skills :] Keep it up. Do you write your own songs?

[DBlairMusic]

thanks for the kind words.

I have two recordings of originals on my myspace: .com/dblairmusic

I'd be interested in your opinion. most of the people who have heard them or commented have been my friends and people who already like me.

[GuitairSam]

I love Dave Blair so much........

[ollylock]

Fantastic cover. I've heard many and ones that are slightly below Sam's are rare. This is one of those. Great cover and great voice. Talented.

[DBlairMusic]

Wow. Thanks so much.

[Bushelz]

Quick question, for the percussive striking, are you just striking the strings with your hand, or is it something else?

[Bushelz]

Seriously, you have such a great singing voice

[DBlairMusic]

Thanks very much.

[moejoe2112]

Excellent!

[joshformanunited]

hey man i love your ooh-las..for on the fly, they are brill. and you have a great voice too. keep it up, mate.

great song and a great cover. could you direct me to the tabs please?

Cheers!

Josh

[DBlairMusic]

thanks. Not sure about tabs, the song is just four chords:

Em-C-G-D (I usually play a weird D/F#, like: 200032)

[wahkean]

nice! sometimes i can't play without crying. I find the words powerful.

[JigoroKano]

I love it!!! Very good job!!! 5 stars!!! Congratulations!!

[galensmith]

Nice work - hardly a humble attempt