Angie Guitar Instr. by Davey Graham. Covered by Bert Jansch.Paul Simon.SimonP.

[stndbym6129]

 i m japanese ..what song is this?anji?

[SimPotts]

@olemangit thanks for commenting: Youtube deleted the sound track so I had to re-record it. Please see my site for a live recorded version.

[DreamedOfHugeSpiders]

all i get is white noise and silence? but now i've been deprived i want it more! i want to rate your effort. particularly how you approach the 6th bits. are you thumb and fingers, just fingers or a combination of the two depending on which strings you're playing. cos i can't decide which is best. on the record the level of attack sounds like all fingers but rhythmicallly it seems to require a thumb here and there.

[Gordioni]

Correction: Originally written by, the recently deceased, Davey Graham

Stay loose

[SimPotts]

Thanks for the correction. I am sorry to hear that.

[locustvalleystring]

Thanks...always loved that tune. On my list to learn now.

Larry

[SimPotts]

You are welcome Larry.

[lovepetrelli]

great playing

[SimPotts]

Thanks.

[DAZZA6061]

A good effort- great song..and I will try to work this one out now I can see what chords/notes and fingerpicking involved

[analogdesigner]

Excellent!!!

[SimPotts]

Thanks!

[KaZaReT]

i like ur musical feeling

[SimPotts]

Thanks Kazaret

[cornsockgabz]

I'm working this out at the moment and a capo on the 4th fret is the correct tuning, the reduced tension also facilitates.

[SimPotts]

I thought it was the second fret, originally.

I may be wrong.

[alysonai]

GOOD JOB!i hope i can play this as you do. i mean...hope that i can keep good pace and rhythm.

[SimPotts]

I am sure you will. Just takes time and patience plus a lot of practice.

[SimPotts]

I listened to your version and it sounds great.

[lizzieholland]

very cool, I know a simplified verson thats been passed down though various people... thought it was written by davey graham though and performed by the leg-end that is bert jansch? Thanks for this vid will help me to learn better!

[SimPotts]

Thanks for listening Lizzie.

[tiedenauta]

Very Nice!

I heared a few false notes, but I like the version.

[SimPotts]

Thanks Tiednauta. I will try to clean it up a bit and play it on a Spanish guitar.

[3rdGeers]

Sounds great. Do you have teh tabs for this anywhere? I'd like to definitely learn this the way you're playing it. Thanks!

[hugofolk]

Sounds good. I also like Derek Brimstone playing this and the Gordon Giltrap reworking entitled 'angelina'

[SimPotts]

Thanks Hugofolk.

[richardcorysghost]

Thank you spagbat, I was hoping someone would mention the writing credit error.

Saw Davey Graham in L'pool a couple of years ago- is it true that he went to the great gig in the sky last year?

[wodin333]

i think bert had lessons of davy's sister.

thanks

[13Phaedrus]

very nice, Simon!!

best,

David Rego

[SimPotts]

Thanks David.

[SimPotts]

Thanks for pointing that out. You are right and I need to correct the video for that and generally clean up the song as there are various bits missing. Ive never heard the original Davey Graham version. I heard this from a friend and learnt it that way, but prefer Paul Simons clinically clean version of it.

Thanks for your comments.

[spagbat]

It sounds nice as is. I wouldn't stress too much about missing sections. The joy of this song is that you can play around with and adapt it whilst still keeping the essence of it. I play it with bits that I've made up and other bits from lots of other versions and then I just order them how I feel at the time.

Paul Simon's version is a lot closer to Davey's than Bert's.

[SimPotts]

Thanks Again Spagbat.

[spagbat]

Anji (Angie) was written by Davey Graham. Bert Jansch covered it because he was a big fan (I think he had also had lessons off Davey for a while)

Nice cover of a great song.