For The Widows In Paradise - Banjo - Sufjan Stevens

[jheuniz]

My god, this is so great, best cover on here. Did you use tabs? if so, have you a link for them?

[joeburton77]

@jheuniz I kind of just worked it out. The guitar chords are Am, F, C and G repeated. So on the banjo is the same:

2210 Am

3213 F

2012 C

0000 G

throw a few hammer ons in and that is pretty much it.. hope that helps and thanks for watching

[ismile182]

Doesn't this guy look like Al from Toy Story 2? LMFAO. You know the guy in the chicken suit. lol. but nice cover with your banjo dude!

[sandwich417]

Love this.

[PGJsquad]

Hey man! this sounds Wonderful! I was wondering what the strumming pattern is? I've begun to pick up banjo myself and knowing this would be a huge help. Thanks again.

[TeenageDeathGirl337]

you're the only person on youtube [that i've seen] that can actually stum this correctly. amazing cover. :)

[kinetoscopes]

you are an inspiration. thank you.

[11sharkboy]

this is really good!!! do you think you could make a how-to video for this?

[stevesalthill]

Nice, ive uploaded a version played on my resonator of this. banjo just sounds better tho

[roktarz]

that was vurry good. =]

[u3017913]

not bad! I LIKE!

[MissingStrings]

Banjotastic indeed

[xrmlv]

hello!! your cover is very very nice!!! congratulations! i play the guitar and im thinkin to start playing banjo but i dont know anything about it... do you think a 4-string banjo is better for a begginer?some say that its easier for guitarist the 6-strings banjo...?

[joeburton77]

mine is actually a five string - it has four main strings and then a fifth shorter string - I think these are probably easier than the six strings but I don't know too much about them.. if you play the guitar the banjo is farily easy to pick up and lots of fun!

[xrmlv]

thank you!

[TadhgCulley]

Hey there

Beautiful version of the song

I just uploaded my attempt at this amazing song

Would love it if you could give me your opinion on it

Hope you're well

Tadhg x

[innyourendo]

really pretty man...nice job with that banjo!

[Vikki32]

I want a banjo. What a pretty sound =)

[stripeyninga]

try using a capo on the second fret, if you want to play it the way sufjan does. your great!

[TadhgCulley]

I think joe's decision not to use a capo matches his version better, and his voice

=)

[joeburton77]

thanks! good luck learning the banjo.. I am sure you will love it!!

all the best

joe

[inkispretty]

amazing.

[beFFy17]

great job!

what a beautiful song =]

[leeortz1]

Joe, this is great. On a side note do you know that Sam, from Iron and Wine lives in my home town of Austin, TX. Isn't that a strange deal? I am posting a cover of Jacksonville for you, it will be up tomorrow. Look for it. I also did a Glen Hansard cover I wanted you to check out it. Hope all is well. Cheers.

[blewyourconch]

you did amazing.  this is my favorite song by SS, and you did it sooo well!!

[nrm333]

another great one. nice job.

[vorhees016]

Great job man! I love all your Sufjan covers and I'm starting to try my hand at playing them for fun. Do you use those fingerpick things, or a pick or just your nails? Thanks :)

[joeburton77]

hi, thanks, glad you like them. I don't use fingerpicks or picks at all.. fingers and finger nails are the way to go in my opinion!! good luck with it :)

[mercurymorning]

this is my absolute favourite song by Stevens and you've covered it beautifully. then again, i'd expect nothing less :]

[joeburton77]

thanks, it's my favourite too!! I love his version over there >>> just breathtakingly good :)

[BenjoBass]

Yeah thats great!

I'm really interested in the way People like Sufjan Stevens or Sam Beam play the Banjo, so first of all: Is this a 5 String or a 6 String?

[joeburton77]

hi, it's a rover 5 string, although I don't play the 5th string that often :)

[chrysallis161190]

my my my ... that's what i call talent :P

[joeburton77]

thanks! glad you liked it :)

[jb1552]

Wow! Excellent Job.

[gunstarzero]

Great tone, even over youtube. What the make and model?

[CDBlue47]

Yere on fire man! Great song collection you've built up. Im makin a songlist category just called Joe's songs. Thanks for the good tunes.

[joeburton77]

my pleasure, glad you're liking my music!!

[JonathanLundell]

one of my favorite songs! I'm really choosy when it comes to covers, but you did this great (as always). */subscribe Joeburton77*

[joeburton77]

thanks again

[nubbs]

bring on the lakes of canada!

[yfguitarist]

I'd been listening to this song several times today before seeing you had uploaded this...best song on the album. Good job learning it on the banjo! Do you play in front of people?

[joeburton77]

thanks.. no public performing at the moment.. keep telling myself to get down to some open mics but have not got to it for some reason

best wishes

joe

[FenderMan88888888]

joe for the love of god play some open mics your voice is beautiful, i havent heard a cover i didnt like from you,and ur guitar and banjo playing is awsome. you really need to get out there in the music scene if thats what you wanna do

[joeburton77]

thanks for the comment and for subscribing!!

I hereby resolve in the new year to start playing at aforementioned open mic and jam nights!! thanks for the encouragement and for listening.. I am glad you like my music

[jbell92]

that was great!

did you find tabs for that, or did you figure it out on your own? I've been looking everywhere for sufjan stevens banjo tabs, but I can't find any

[joeburton77]

I kind of just worked it out. The guitar chords are Am, F, C and G repeated. So on the banjo is the same:

2210 Am

3213 F

2012 C

0000 G

throw a few hammer ons in and that is pretty much it.. hope that helps and thanks for watching.. I'm working on sufjan's version of lakes of canada too. great songs!!

[jbell92]

Thanks alot! I'm gunna go try that out

[galensmith]

Banjo sounds excellent Joe!

[drunkenviking]

Banjo's rock.. There's a lot of dust on mine at the moment unfortunatly.. Good job!

[bigfishnerd]

That's pretty awesome, congratulations on the new instrument! Where would one begin to look for tabs for a banjo?

[joeburton77]

thanks, I am just learning what the chords are at the moment and finding out which songs translate easily.. there is quite a lot of banjo stuff on the internet, but will probably get an instructional book or dvd or something.. all the best

joe

[drunkenviking]

Check out the guy with the nick "alternativebanjo" here on youtube..