Down in the Valley to Pray

Down in the Valley to Pray
Traditional
Arr. Kelly Joe Phelps
Performed by Flyhaf
For those of you who believe in the power of prayer, do me a favor and send out some good wishes in the direction of my friend Cathy Black. With apologies to KJP for stealing part of his solo without thinking about it.
Sync'd version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOcB5O1DnnU

Category:

Music

Tags:

• down
• valley
• pray
• kelly
• joe
• phelps
• lap-slide

[gitfiddlejoe]

Flyhaf the tone on that hound dog is awesome. Goes to show you, a great player ( like you ) can make even less expensive instruments sound great!

[flyhaf]

I really like the tone on that thing. I've since cracked the nut, but glued it with gorilla glue and it seems to work. I have a Bell Brass Dobro (roundneck) that I set up to play lap on also, it's got a different, raunchier sort of blues tone, which is nice. Thanks for listening!

[krwilson830]

Man your're good flyhaf. That voice! Nice mics too. What are you recording into if I may ask? Thanks!!

[flyhaf]

Hey, thanks! Stole this one, tho'. I use my buddy Jason's recording gear, and he pays way more attention to it than I do. When I get back home after Christmas I'll check with him on which mic.'s are which. I just putter around and mutter.

[300Marlin]

Great playing! I'm a big Kelly Joe Phelps fan, and you definitely do it justice. Your phrasing on the vocals is great. Is that a Scheehorn dobro?

[flyhaf]

Gibson owns the Dobro name (I'm pretty sure), and farmed out the moniker to their chinese copy makers. So I got this thing on-line, It's called a "Hound Dog", and cost about 300 bucks. (Year ago.) I have a bell brass dobro I play sometimes, that sounds good kitted up this way. But having played the squareneck (and my old resonator before that), I like the combination of wood + metal cone. I certainly have NEVER regretted picking this thing up!

[macoom12]

Genuinely thank you. i appreciated the joy of listening to you playing.great stuff

[ShelbySarles]

Is this in holes?

[dunkus42]

dude..nice work

...from Canada

[flyhaf]

Thanks! I like when people like this song, but I feel mildly guilty about it since I flat out *STOLE* it. I put it up for my friend Cathy, who needed some prayers at that time. Usually I would have done something differentish with it, but Kelly Joe is just *so damn good*, I hear how he did it in my head and any changes would diminish it. Not that I can match his skillz playing it his way. But a cool song. :)

[BambiLoo]

Wonderful!