Chris Wood - The Cottager's Reply

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Chris Wood plays "The Cottager's Reply" (from a poem by Frank Mansell) at the 2009 Folk Awards. CW won Best Album for "Trespasser" and Folk Singer of the Year.

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[Johnskillcorn]

Hi there. In fact the tuning that Chris uses for all his guitar work now is CGCGCD, given to me by Chris himself. I agree with uiichps for the rest. This gives possibilities in C major, C minor, D modal, F major/modal, G major and G minor. The Cottager's Reply is a particularly nice piece. From a poem by Frank Mansell.

[Bluebuthappy182]

I think your mixing up being a biggot in a BNP kind of way and being proud of where you come from.

Incidently if you don't like this kind of music what do you like, I'll give it a listen.

[stonedpicnic]

Can any folk guitarists out there explain why he uses such an unusual tuning?What I mean is, can this song not be played with standard tuning?

[howayakatie]

I would stand in the snow to hear this man sing and come to think of it I find him kind of sexy!

[sofab16]

£500k for somewhere with land in the Cotswolds is dirt cheap!

Beautiful song though =)

[mebigfathead]

get orf moi land!!! [fx: shotgun snapping locked]

to my mind this song describes a feeling about place. it's nether right nor wrong.

it's about change, about self-identity slowly changing from place to possessions.

it's about modernity. yah-boo-suckia-boo!

[limbusathelstan]

@TheArtistOfKuroo Your family's been in Maine since 1660? 40 years after Mayflower is pretty impressive.

[TheArtistOfKuroo]

I am really glad to have a similar familiar claim on Maine. I may not live there, but my family has lived there for 350 years and I know the state and every time I go back there it feels like I am home. I know the land, the people, the culture; it is part of who I am.

[themachinist1000]

@superjoffen I think you've read the tuning the wrong way around. it's CGCGCD from thickest to thinnest string. The only string that goes up a fraction is the standard tuning B string: up to C. Everything else is tuned down to the note. Always point the guitar away from your face when retuning by the way, to avoid a nasty surprise!

[sammyhill69]

@blairbond Totally agree. If these guys want to debate about politics, go to some politics debating website. They should leave youtube for the celebrators of beautiful music and beautiful videos such as this. I must have listened to this song a thousand times and it still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! Such beauty and what I love more than anything is the stories that traditional folk music/poems tell. Thousands of years of history can be told in just one four-minute song.

[TheArtistOfKuroo]

And now I need to visit the Cotswolds someday.