January 2025 Challenge – James B

[James B]

Hi Folks,
How about an old country song to highlight a few harmonized sixths. The ‘Tennessee Waltz’.

[Michael L]

Hi James, this is a beautiful rendition of a great country classic. Those 6th work perfectly with it. Glad you sang a chorus too!

[Jennifer D]

Beautiful! I knew this was going to be good when I saw the microphone. Beautifully played!

[Martin W]

That’s a well crafted arrangement James , you work those harmonies in with a real feel for the music and that trademark vocal gave it just the right balance .
Love the ending as well.
Martin

[Alan L]

Beautiful rendition of this James. Those harmonies blend right in, and support that melody. Nice work

[Catherine Arsenault]

Beautiful and well played and sung !

[San Luis Rey]

Really nice as usual James! That guy backing you up on the Carvin is not too shabby either. 👌

Mike

[AndréM]

Beautiful rendition of that old song.
Very nice singing and playing from both of you.

AndréM

AndréM

[Bill]

Love this tune. A beautiful melody for a sad song…perfect!
Great arrangement here and your voice was just perfect for it James. 👏👏

[Paul S.]

I was disappointed that you weren’t singing — and then you were!
And the Tennessee Waltz was a perfect choice for this challenge. Beautifully done!

[Dieter]

A wonderful song, wonderfully played and sung.

Dieter

[Ralph P.]

Very creative as always James. Love that song. One of the good things about being “older” like us is our back catalog of songs, and you played and sang this one up to your usual high standards. Always very musical and engaging.

Ralph

Ralph P.

[charjo]

Had to be a song in your submission. Beautifully done, James. I love how the acoustic and electric switched lead and rhythm.
John

[John H]

Wonderful arrangement James. You bring it al together with fine picking, harmonic 6ths and of course outstanding vocals.

John

[JoeD1]

Beautiful playing James and you met the challenge too! At first I didn’t think you were going to sing but am glad I was wrong.

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Mike W]

Another smasher James – great choice and great arrangement. I liked the way the lead swapped from acoustic to electric. I also liked the very subtle rhythm playing on the electric with nice fills.

[sunjamr]

That seems like a really appropriate choice for dyads, maybe it’s because I’ve heard people singing it in harmony in the distant past. Well played and well sung James!

Sunjamr Steve

[JoLa]

A wonderful arrangement, and performance, James!

The moment you started singing and the electric guitarist took over the lead was phenomenal, like Wow!

Love your smooth guitar work, vocals, and the creativity, and oh yeah – a great use of the harmonies, too.

🎸JoLa

[Tremelow]

A song just to my taste. I always loved watching westerns as a kid and this one could easily have come from one of those movies. Great work as usual, James!

[Mark T]

Such a gentle vibe on this submission, James – wonderful playing and singing 👍🎶😎

[Serena C]

What a beautiful submission James! I’m impressed by both playing and singing!

If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)

[Bob Utberg]

The whole package James! Played like a PRO! Which album of yours can we find this SMASHING HIT???? Very well done

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[David H]

Simply delightful!

[Juxi]

Great arrangement of a beautiful song, very well played and sung. Thanks for sharing, James!👋🏽

Bluesige Grüße
Juxi

[Manfred M]

It kind of puts me in a nostalgic mood, where you sit together and talk about how everything was better in the old days. And when you start singing, James, you know it really was better, but there’s nothing stopping us from enjoying it just as much today.

Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will be in spring 2025

There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum a few weeks before.

I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[Reuben B]

That was so beautifully done, James. I can’t help but to sing along. Love that old tunes, and your rendition (and the vocal) was great!

[Werner]

That´s a very nice classic western song and you play and sing it with a lot of good vibrations.

Thank you for this one, it brings back memories.
Werner.

[Pap]

James,

Nice choice for this challenge. I really like the timing although it takes a little getting used to after all the 4/4 bluegrass stuff. Your voice is beautiful as always. It fun to watch you…you are so layed back and relaxed and you can always wait for it. Masterful! Happy New Years.

Pap

[Denise]

James, I enjoyed your rendition of that song very much. Beautiful harmonies, relaxed 3/4 rhythm…and cream on top your wonderful vocals.
👍🙏🎸
Denise

More Blues!

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