John Renbourn - The Snows That Melt The Soonest

[tc1991t9]

i bet back in the north in the 1800's, this is how the song was really sung.

[viking1au]

Nice song; written by Anne Briggs.

[rosasomniferum]

@viking1au Not so - though very many people believe that to be the case. It was actually collected from a street singer, and first printed up in a journal in 1821.

[heman521]

can anyone tel me what guitar he's plaiyng on

[VanDeFields]

I asked the same question to a friend from New Zealand a couple of yrs ago and he replied:

'Its a guitar made by an English Luthier Ralph Brown....John told me he has not got a website ...Hk'

Cheers

Van

[WilhelmKojac]

It is made by Ralph Bown (not Brown), there is a (sketch of a) website too, but it has been under construction for a couple of years

[VanDeFields]

Thank you Wilhelm.

Wish I had one of those... sounds very very good! He seems to be barely touching the strings!

[Rikk303]

@heman521 it's so heavily treated at this volume it doesn't really matter

[davidutubeuser]

While commonly the term dervish is used to describe beggars, Dr. Youness Afroukhteh makes a differentiation between dervishes and common beggars.

[sidensvans54]

Lovely...

[boatbutter]

Anyone know the tuning on this?

[ThePeacefulCat]

I like to play it in standard tuning.. It sounds just as good..

[PeterOzanne]

Looks/sounds like dropped D (6th is D)

Gaughan plays it in DADGAD - his version makes my hair stand on end, though it's nice to see Renbourn do it.

[weehuffybastard]

i agree check out dick gaughins version

[watteau9]

a buddha, a derwish, a magician

[Halfadrop]

You don't really know what a derwish is, do you... :D

[watteau9]

thats exactly a reply i expected. do you want to get academic?

[Halfadrop]

Hahaha. You make it sound like "D'you wanna settle this outside?". Go read, or don't. Who cares.

[tfd75005]

Great, good to see john, what a classic

[t4texas]

If you've never heard Dick Gaughan's version of this song, on his "Handful Of Earth" album, you owe it to yourself to seek it out!

[VanDeFields]

Thank you, bud. I appreciate that a lot. I know Dick Gaughan.

I see you're from the State of the yellow rose. I didn't found Stevie Ray Vaughan in between your many favorite artists. Don't you think he might be considered one of the greates Texas musicians of all times?

Cheers

Van

[janelhyde]

The Master. I have almost worn out my LPs of Lady and the the Unicorn and Under the Volcano. Thank you for this video glimpse.

[VanDeFields]

You're welcome. If you have a DVD player, I can send you the entire concert I've recorded in Sept 2005 in Pavia, Italy.

[robzero08]

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[ambidineProductions]

Tx to the unloader for this great vid.. A real jewel..!!!

[ambidineProductions]

Where has all of the good stuff gone?? Anyone who has a DVD of this great man in action within the 70/80's please upload... Ambidine.

[HullBloke1313]

Do yourselves all a favour and buy "The Nine Maidens" album if you haven't already got it. My favourite Renbourn work.

[JohnMcPhersonStrutt]

John Renbourn = Guitar Genius

[Jcronk]

Hunt down Anne Briggs' recording for the definitive version (also see her recording of "she moves through the fair"), but many people have recorded it. It's either traditional or semi-traditional.  This is an awesome arrangement, in any case.

[ambidine]

Just found out that the guy has cut outs of ping pong balls glued underneath his fingernails to give a nice effect...

[criltunieddu]

The scottish folk singer Dick Gaughan recorded it on the album "Handful of Earth" as "The snows they melt the soonest". He says in the CD notes that he lernt it from Archie Fisher (same of Lindsay, recorded by Renbourn), but the song is probably a traditional tune.

[criltunieddu]

Grande John, assolutamente grande... come sempre. Grazie!!!

[ambidine]

great!! Tx for putting this vid up... I also never knew the name of this song.. Just managed to find the tab:) merci..

[MARTL3T]

The tune is "the snows that melt the soonest" a trad folk song

[VanDeFields]

Thank you so much, MARTL3T. You've done me a great favor. I'll update the title right now.

Hope you enjoy the clip.