I Know Him So Well from "Chess" (Guitar Instrumental Version)

Here is my instrumental cover of the song "I Know Him So Well" which is from the musical "Chess". It was written by Tim Rice with Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA. The song appears in Act 2 of the show when it is sung by Florence Vassy and Svetlana Sergievsky. The musical began life as a concept album in 1984 and first opened in London in 1986.

On this one, I used my Fender Stratocaster (Bridge Pickup) and a Zoom G2.1Nu unit programmed with Charlie Hall's EFTP (Echoes From The Past [Patch B7]).

I recorded direct to my latop and used Cubase to record and mix the track. The backing track is from the CD "Casting A Shadow".

I hope you enjoy my rendition of this brilliant song

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[xCandyCakesx]

That was SO good!!!!

[chrishampton1981]

@xCandyCakesx Hi!

Really glad you enjoyed this recording. It's one of my favourites from "Chess" and am taking part in a production of it later this year. Please check out my other videos and subscribe to my channel if you like what you hear.

Kind Regards

Chris

[discogareth]

Great version! Thanks for sharing! Many people think that the music of Benny Andersson is extremely easy and uncomplicated. How wrong they are!

[chrishampton1981]

@discogareth Hi Gareth!

Thank you for your very kind comments and am glad you enjoyed this. You're right about the music as it is a real challenge to get right but when it works, it sounds great and I think that was one of the best things about ABBA.

Do check out my channel if you'd like to hear more music

Kind Regards

Chris

[strat1vox]

hi Chris:))

i thought i know you so well:))but i dident lol ,,,your a great guitar player,you played it with full emotion,and your timing and phrasing is outstanding:))love your beautiful sound:))i anjoyed every second from this superb cover:))

all my stars are for you************************and thank you for sharing this beautiful music with us Chris:)))

alot of greetings from eric your music friend:))

[chrishampton1981]

@strat1vox Hi Eric!

Thank you so much for your kind comments on this one. I am glad that you enjoy listening to my music and I enjoy making these recordings so I can share them with great people such as yourself. This is one of my favourite numbers from Chess and I'm looking forward to being part of a production of the show later this year.

Kind Regards

Chris

[xCandyCakesx]

@chrishampton1981 Hi!!!

My drama group is doing this this song in a varitey show I have to sing it with another girl. Thank You for sharing this and I will check out

your videos. Check out mine as well please

Thanks

Amanda [xCandyCakesx]

[chrishampton1981]

@ariesound1 Hi Arie!

Really glad you enjoyed this one. You're right about the timing on this piece, it can catch you out so it needed a fair bit of practice before I felt ready to record. Thank you for listening and more music will be coming soon

Kind Regards

Chris

[ariesound1]

Hello Chris,

Beautiful tune and not easy to play my friend , the timing is very difficult.

Very nice performance , one of my favorites.

Cheers

Arie

[chrishampton1981]

@random275 Hi Phil!

Thank you for listening to this one and glad you enjoyed it. It does make a great guitar instrumental and I really like playing it. I used the version by The Shadows to get the overall feel and the timing

Kind Regards

Chris