Freshwater Streams (for Dave Freshwater)

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Uploaded by on Sep 12, 2009

Here's an instrumental song (in Open D tuning: ADAD) I wrote for, and named in honor of, Dave Freshwater, the instrument builder from Scotland who built the Octave Mandola played in this song. Dave is now about 80 years young, as I understand it, and works his tail off six days a week building mandolins, octave mandolins, octave mandolas, citterns, bouzoukis, and such in a small shop near Inverness, Scotland (I think).

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  • You wrote this song? I didn't know you were an author.

  • Well, okay...I didn't actually "write" it down. I hate to say I even 'composed' it. Sounds presumptuous. I trialed and errored it to death until I came up with this ditty. How's that? It's a hack folky version of some notes that came out in a remote semblance of a song (I like to think). Whatever it was, I had fun creating it.

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  • i love your song and i will learn how to play it...lovely

  • @guitarmandoguy

    It sounds great, and the mic picks it up really well

  • @MiffyKittyCoupe Yes I lost money because of Dave's bankruptcy too, but he and his family have lost their business and their home so let's have a bit of perspective.

  • @MiffyKittyCoupe Yes I lost money because of Dave's bankruptcy too, but he and his family have lost their business and their home so let's have a bit of persective.

  • Unfortunately, Dave Freshwater took £700 off me and then went bankrupt - thanks for that.

  • Dave is an ace guy. Just ordered a bouzouki from him a few weeks back. A very friendly and knowlegable fellow. I did, however, not know that he was of such a respectable age! I just might pick this little tune out and play it when the 'zouk arrives. A nice composition (or whatever you feel comfortable calling it)!

  • this song makes me happy:)

  • Very nice playing and the Freshwater sounds great.

    My lovely Freshwater Mandocello/Bouzouki is for sale on ebay right now.

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