The Water is Wide (City Limits Jazz) - by Tonedr

[gatheringdusk]

Probably the loveliest arrangement of 'Waly Waly' as an instrumental I have heard. I am Scottish born, and this was a favourite of my father ever since we emigrated to New Zealand. Beautifully played, and brings back memories. Thank you!

[tonedr]

great great story and i appreciate your kind words!

dale

[mountainrocker1967]

Beautiful song played beautifully on a beautiful guitar :) I am a fan

[tonedr]

thanks so much for taking your time to listen and i appreciate your kind post! Hope all is well,

dale

[carvetop01]

Dale,

This is another great delivery from you. Beautiful harmony! Super tone. 5*****

Cheers,

allen

[tonedr]

thanks Allen, sincerely appreciate your kind feedback & rating! Hope your week is a great one sir, your friend,

dale

[tonedr]

hello! i will certainly give them a listen.....hope you are doing great and thanks for taking time to share these tunes!! best,

dale

[timetune47]

Dale,my friend,Could you try a pass on When Sonny Gets Blue. And maybe check out Mark Murphy(Song for the Geese)Album.J

[timetune47]

Dale, Touched by your performance and deep love of guitars!You've sent me on the path of learning this sond,soulmate. J

[tonedr]

thanks for those kind words....greatly appreciated! I hope you enjoy working up this tune....one of my all-time faves. Thanks again my friend,

dale

[illonaguitar]

beautiful song :d

[tonedr]

thanks so much for watching!

best,

dale

[brunobordi]

good like always 5*

y.f. BB

[tonedr]

hello sir! Thanks for your kind feedback and rating.....much appreciated! Hope all is well,

dale

[carvetop01]

Stunning! Played with soul. This goes in my favorite bucket!.

cheers,

allen

[tonedr]

thanks Allen.....sure means a lot coming from you sir! Hope all is good,

dale

[carvetop01]

Dale,

Back again for another listen or two.

The City Limits is nothing short of stunning. I love the bottom end projection. I play many arrangements in drop D tuning. What amp/effects do you use?

Cheers, allen

[tonedr]

this is my 1st archtop and i've really enjoyed it....your feedback mean a lot sir....i appreciate your kind comments. I using an AER amp with a little bit of reverb. I go back and forth between round and flat wound strings....which do you use?

[PaCobble]

Dale, that is so beautiful. I love the arrangement. Jim

[tonedr]

Thanks Jim, really appreciate you watching and hope all is well!

dale

[AnchoriteProductions]

Beautifully played Dale! I love this song and particularly this arrangement.  Do you have Ed's music book and CD for this one? 5* -Derek

[tonedr]

hey Derek, how are you sir! Sure appreciate you watching......i think i do have this CD. Big fan of EG arrangements. Talk soon and thanks again,

dale

[coachdoc49]

Very, very pretty. Thanks for sharing. Doc

[tonedr]

hello Doc, hope you are doing great sir! Sure appreciate you giving this a listen,

your friend,

dale

[UncleVRoy]

What a great sound!!

[tonedr]

hello my friend! Hope you are doing great and thanks so much for watchng,

dale

[redavide1]

Great job as usual . . . I can see you're having a nice time with that guitar.

[tonedr]

what i'd really like is to hear you play it! Hope you are doing well,

dale

[Dicedrum]

Great job lulling me into a trance. Beautiful tone and sond. Rock on!

[tonedr]

i want to thank you for watching........all the best,

dale

[pretourious]

Absolutely beautiful!

[tonedr]

thanks so much for watching.......all the best,

dale

[Bluesguitarman64]

Beautiful playing (as usual !)  for a beautiful song.

Rob

[tonedr]

hello Rob, hope you are doing great my friend! Sure appreciate you taking time to watch,

your friend,

dale

[smokindog]

So Sweet! One question...Do you use finger picks or just your nails? I am just starting to explore finger picking, but I tend to like using my fingers rather than finger picks.

[tonedr]

i use fingernails......i lucky that they don't break easily. Glad to hear you are getting into fingerstyle playing! Let me know if i can help in any way!

dale

[BluegrassForte]

Very beautiful Dale! I am going to be posting this one myself here soon. I enjoyed your version very much and I actually figured out something cool to do with my version by watching you! Thanks for posting!

Your fan and friend,

Gretsch'n

[tonedr]

i wish we could pick it together in Nashville in July!!!

Can't wait to hear you play.....i'll be stealing from you i'm sure!

your KY fan club Pres.,

dale

[om1asb]

Dale......Ed Gerhard would surely approve.  One of my all time favorites, and you play it was meant to be played.....with feeling!!!!

leftyjack

[tonedr]

that is very kind and appreciated! Thanks so much for watching!!

all the best,

dale

[Bragolin5]

Doesn't Cliff Richard sing this song?

[tonedr]

i don't know....most likely because it is a great traditional song. James Taylor has what i think is a great cover of it. Sure aprepciate you watching,

dale

[pawsable53]

Simply beautiful. One of my favorite songs.

I enjoy your playing very much. I listen to everything you post and have directed friends to your music.

I hope to someday play like you do, this is what I'm working towards.

Where can I get a tab for that song, is it in a book I can purchase?

[tonedr]

i want to thank you for watching and even sharing the channel with others.....very kind and appreciated!!

Please send me a PM about the tab,

your friend,

dale

[pawsable53]

Thank you. PM on the way as soon as I figure out how to do that here.

[mojogypsy]

Beautiful playing, as always, Dale! Thanks for sharing!

[tonedr]

a big thanks for watching! Hope all is well,

dale

[GuiTuber]

Beautiful as always, Dale.

-Rob

[tonedr]

hello Rob! Sure appreciate the kind words,

your friend,

dale

[c70man]

Dale, one of my all time favorite songs and you have captured the beauty in it. I fell in love with this song when I first heard it sung by Steve Goodman. His arrangement of the song is equally beautiful.

[tonedr]

hello my friend........hope all is well! I will be looking for Steve's version - i know i would love it. Thanks for stopping by,

best,

dale

[hachamacha]

Dale,

Loved the song and the tone, and of course, how well you played this beauty.

Really great tune. Thanks.

[tonedr]

it is a great tune......i also love James Taylor's cover of it as well. Hope you are doing great and thanks so much!

dale

[hachamacha]

I just got an archtop, well actually I guess you know that, but I keep hearing this song as an old gospel great, which I've no idea if that's true.

Anyway: I've been playing it quite a bit since I heard you and love playing this. It's nearly the perfect chord-solo tune. It lends itself to everything, incredible solo substitutions and modulations, and is driving me nuts (well, more nuts).

Thanks again, Hashi

[tonedr]

it is a great melody isn't it.......i've heard gospel tunes use the melody line with a different lyric and works nicey for my ear. Man your Eastman is so cool and in your hands......oh my!

hope you day is good,

dale

[lenaspieltblues]

This wonderful tune seems to be made for your City Limits Jazz, and for a player like you Dale. Poetical and beautiful!

Greetings from overseas,

Lena

[tonedr]

hello and thanks so much for your very kind words and always having words that mean so very much! Have you seen Collings new site yet? it is redone and very nice.......hope your OM is doing great......your bro,

dale

[lenaspieltblues]

Thanks bro, just have done a view on that new Collings site. Much better. more clearness now ....great!

[kwaktak]

Wonderful job, sir! I also enjoy playing this one but you really have a grasp of the melody and where it should "breathe" and where it should follow the tempo. Kudos and 5 stars!

[tonedr]

i'm glad you play this great arrangement! Wish we could give it a run through together......your words are very kind and very appreciated!

best,

dale

[dgorocks]

Awesome as usual! beautiful piece a played very well!

[tonedr]

many thanks for watching! I do appreciate you taking time to watch.....all the best,

dale

[tookermel]

You're welcome!

[tookermel]

Just to clarify my last message a little - I meant, you can't get a better sound from better playing because your playing is so good. Any tonal adjustments would be a slightly different tone, but still a reallyl good one.

[tonedr]

thanks for taking time to share your ear!

peace,

dale

[tookermel]

I don't necessarily think you can improve, Dale. Your touch is impeccable, so you can't really improve from a playing standpoint - a lot of people could, though. I think any changes would only be a different sound, but still incredible. A step to the side, if you will, instead of an improvement, or step forward. Hope that makes sense...

[tonedr]

i appreciate your comments........it is so good to get feedback from other players and i sure appreciate your time to listen and comment.....means a lot!!

dale

[tookermel]

No prob! I could tell it sounded different - a tad more pronounced in the mids, but that was obviously just the perception I was getting through the camera of the bass being turned down a smidge. Still have the Mangans on it?

[tonedr]

any tone suggestions to your ear??

[Vreci]

Ed Gerhard´s is one of the best arrangements I ever heard! Thanks for sharing this beautiful music. (beautiful playing too ).

kindly,

wolfgang

*****

[tonedr]

i agree....he lets the guitar just sing when he plays! I really appreciate you watching the video, thanks for the kind rating!

your friend,

dale

[PowerOfThePenTV]

Some passages sound like two guitars, perfect performance.

[tonedr]

hello my friend! Thanks for those kind words........always so great to hear from you and i hope life is being kind!

dale

[tookermel]

Hey, Dale! Awesome job man. Thank you for sharing your gift!

Are the amp settings different at all? Same strings?

Thanks,

-Mat

[tonedr]

hello Mat, sure appreciate you watching my friend! The amp and settings were mostly the same, a bit less bass on the amp tone, round wound 12's on the guitar. Hope this finds you well sir!

dale

[AndyMcDandy]

I love Ed Gerhards arrangement! I too play this arrangement... and I'm going to upload my version very soon.

You have wonderful taste in music. Beautiful guitar!

Loved it as always!

[tonedr]

please let me know when you do........i will sure be ready to listen!  Thanks for watching,

dale

[geriatricguru]

Thanks. Peaceful.

[tonedr]

thanks so much for watching!

dale

[BoeckmannLudwig]

Hi Dale!

This is one of the best arrangements of this beautiful tune. I love Ed Gerhard's compositions and arrangements very much, he's a real master of tone. And YOU made this such an pleasure to listen to, you're a great picker and person - a really musician with lots of influences ans styles. (and sooo beautiful guitars - I could get jealous)

Keep on, my friend!

Best wishes,

Bernd

[tonedr]

hello Bernd, your comments are so kind and so very appreciated! You are a great encouragement to me......being such a GREAT player!

best to you,

dale

[lindapinda]

Lovely Dale :)

[tonedr]

hello!  Sure appreciate you watcing.........hope all is good!

dale

[williaamnac]

most beautifull thank you

[tonedr]

thank you for watching!

best regards,

dale

[idahodad1]

Great job, that is a beautiful tune.

[tonedr]

i appreciate you giving this a listen.........hope all is well,

dale

[RMAN923]

Most beautiful Dale.....I do a version of that tune but it pales in comparison to yours. Thanks.....Roger

[tonedr]

hello Roger, great to hear you play this tune as well.......sure appreciate you watching sir!

dale

[van1976]

Nice "listening" music, and relaxing too.

[tonedr]

really appreciate you taking time to listen......hope this finds you well,

dale

[jrsn2cars]

A perfect song to end a perfect Easter Sunday! Thanks Dale for sharing the gift that God has given you!! All the best to you and yours. John

[tonedr]

Thanks John, hope all is great with you and your family sir!

your friend,

dale

[kidderminsterbro]

dale:

i'm on my third listen. the sound is so soothing to my ears. Easter blessings to you and you're loved one's.

peace,

rich

[denman1953]

hey rich, you a picker also?

[tonedr]

thanks so much for the kind feedback Rich........i do appreciate you watching! I hope you guys all had a great holiday.....thanks again,

your friend,

dale

[denman1953]

what more can I say, Dale? a BEAUTIFUL piece of music performed flawlessly! absolutely loved it! bravo! the chord changes/progressions are wonderful. ty so much!

take care,

your friend Denny

[denman1953]

forgot to say earlier.......hope your family had a very nice Easter!

[tonedr]

we really did..........hope you guys did as well and i hope the week ahead is a great one!

[tonedr]

hello Denny! thanks for giving this a listen.....Gerhard's arrangements are just so beautiful and he is just a master. Always great to hear from you buddy!

dale