Seth Lakeman - Solomon Browne - live at London HMV store

[stretch260579]

RIP the crew of the Solomenn Browne, brothers to us all

[Nattleite]

amazing

[7thParade]

A rare talent...a moving and inspiring song.

[willc41]

Perfectly said. A phenomenal song.

[SirHuckenden]

I meant GDGD.. oops

[clivetemple]

Very clever family, I saw them several times when Seth was about 8 and i think he played bass in those days. Great song.

[SirHuckenden]

it is a 1950s martin tenor guitar usually tuned to DGDG which is why it sounds "open"

[Crimsonsunset9]

That is what you call real music. No lip- syncing, no unwanted special effects justthe artist and the audience

[xhris94]

i couldnt agree more, well said!

[Crimsonsunset9]

Thank you

[7thParade]

totally correct crimson...

[oxyoxy1]

hes klass! he lives up the road form me! lol

[theiwoman]

you met him? wow, i wanted to go see him here at my uni in plymouth a few months back but i couldnt find anyone to go with me and i didnt want to look like a pleb there on my own.

[xhris94]

sure did, hes a really friendly guy too. he really seemed like he wanted to be there. unlucky about not getting to see him in plymouth. i would go on my own to see him though, his live performance is definitely worth looking like an idiot for a few hours!

[oclandestin]

One question: Why is the guitar so small?

[xhris94]

not sure, probably sounds different. i don't know a huge lot about guitars. but it works for him and his music

[paulstearne]

think it's a tenor guitar.

not your standard acoustic.

[oclandestin]

Thanks. I've never heard/seen one like that before.

[theiwoman]

yeah its a tennor guitar, its only got 4 strings, he uses it a lot

[kingdong91]

i think it's a tenor guitar or something like that

[NineStringJim]

@oclandestin Hey dude. One of Seth's favourite instruments is his Martin tenor guitar, which I believe is an antique instrument. They have only four strings and are tuned differently and slightly higher, which combined with a smaller body and more select woods make for a very sweet sound. The gaelic lilt comes from the tuning, which is prized in Nashville for country tracks, but is also golden for British/Hibernian folk. His relentless riffing in the intro would be difficult on a normal guitar.

[oclandestin]

@NineStringJim ... Thanks for the expert answer : )

[TheMrDobbins]

@NineStringJim yeah, seth has 2 1950s martin tenors, one is tuned gdgd not sure about the other

[SethLakemanisamazing]

@oclandestin It is a tenor guitar

[owenrcwmaber]

@oclandestin It's a tenor guitar, 4 strings. He tunes it GDGD.

[rayoliteuk]

Short but sweet show, and some really nice fans! It's sad that the more plastic side of the music business gets all the attention when there are real artists out there giving their hearts and souls to their music. Looking forward to his live stuff in the near future.

[mattmanmoo]

excellent, I was there aswell! in the middle row! he admired my seth shirt when meeting him! :D

[indrakamala]

THANKS FOR POSTING! Love Him!!