Red River Valley

One of the saddest songs ever written. Poor guy! This version is multitracked after the first verse: the dulcimer, voice and foot are in real time, but the extra guitars, harmonica, bass and vocals are overdubbed. Obviously.

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Music

Tags:

• Folksong
• dulcimer
• RedRiverValley
• AlonzoGarbanzo

[pgerardsmith]

Alonzo. I really liked Red River Valley.I that a dobro you are playing?. I also thought you did a fine job on Goodnite Irene.

[alonzogarbanzo]

That's an Appalachian dulcimer. Thank you for the compliments on both.

[timcsr]

I have always loved this song. Great job. Not used to hearing that sub-dominant turn on the end of the first line. Where did you get that?

[alonzogarbanzo]

Good ears, good point there. I'm not sure where I got that, but it's from way, way back---in fact I've never in my life quite been sure which is the "proper" chard change there. Must've heard someone do it with the 4 chord in there and liked it!

[hasbeensinger]

Beautiful and sincere performance, I like it. JC

[SirCoughsalot]

Oh yeah, this one's a real tearjerker. One of my all time favorites, and you do it just beautifully here.

[TheAngelOfMusic1]

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[Fstpicker]

Another great one. Love the variety of styles/songs you do!