Planxty Davis (Nic Jones)

My rendition of Planxty Davis, arrangement inspired by the great Nic Jones listen to his superb album Penguin eggs for the definitive version. Nic is the ultimate combination of great voice, great songs, and great guitar playing. His contribution is sorely missed: get your hands on whatever you can - it's all fabulous.

Im also very grateful indeed to the best amateur folk guitarist Ive heard Christopher Whitfield for helping me with the tuning and transcription (taking the high D up to E really makes the Nic Jones version make sense).

Tuning is CGCGCE. The album version is probably a semi-tone or more lower Nic did that a lot.

Guages are 56, 42, 32, 24, 16, 15

Guitar is a Stefan Sobell Model 1 scantling guitar; previous owner Martin Simpson. It has a very wide neck and very low action necessary because there are some painful stretches here!

Audio isnt great since its the mic on the video camera and nothing else.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Nic
• Jones;
• Planxty
• Davis;
• Stefan
• Sobell;
• Martin
• Simpson

[sobellfanatic]

pm me your email address.

ta,

steve

[kerrfiddle]

amazing stuff here, just amazing!

just a cheeky question for you....is that TAB still available? ;-)

[sobellfanatic]

Thanks for the kind comments: I've jus pm'ed you.

ta,steve

[pigfish168]

THanks for that, stunning. What is a PM? as i am still searching for the TAB with no luck....i'll send anything for a copy of the Tab :)

[sobellfanatic]

"PM" = private message

[TheDonfella]

Fantastic! Great work on this, you really capture the subtilies of this tune well. I see you mention a transcription, I'd love a copy if may be so bold?

Thanks.

[sobellfanatic]

@TheDonfella

No probs at all - anything to get Nics work out and about. Pm me and I'll forward it.

[ramblingrobin]

Great Version! Thanks!

[droitesdelhomme]

Love this piece...and your playing is spot on. Hoping I can steal some of your talents.

[harbingerization]

Hey! This sounds amazing, could you pm me the tabs? Thanks!

[whenders0n]

Can you send to me too please?

[babycornaficionado]

Great cover! Thanks Steve!

[malcolmpaine]

That is totally fantastic playing. A great rendition of this tune! Well done. Malcolm

[FlubsyMalone]

@sobellfanatic can i have one two? :)

[gt401966]

Outstanding!

While I don't have a Sobell, I do have a Flyde...a custom Alchemist that Martin signed for me last week at a workshop in Vancouver.

Love to try your tab for Nic's version of Planxty Davis on my Fylde :)

Sincerely,

Diane