George Gibson | "Reubin"
Added 2018-05-07 13:52:10 +0000 UTC(f#DF#AD, relative)
Here's another recording of George Gibson from the summer of 2011.
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Look up look down that lonesome road hang down your head and cry,
The best of friends must part sometimes but why must you and i?
True love true love what have I done that you should treat me so?
You caused me to walk a lonesome road where I've never walked before.
The longest train I ever saw came down that Georgia Line,
The prettiest girl in this wide world was standing on behind(?)
Well the whistle did blow and the bell did ring that train it pulled ahead,
That train did wreck within a mile of town and it killed that woman of mine
If I had wings like Noah's dove I'd fly to my true love's porch,
I'd walk that porch from post to post hang down my head and cry.
Look up look down that lonesome road hang down your head and cry,
The best of friends must part sometimes but why must you and I?
Comments
Brilliant. Started with your tab (down picking) , then heard Georgeβs version. With a drop thumb on the third (a little after the pull off) itβs sounds pretty similar. Love it! Craig (England - 8 months in) π
craig sefton
2024-10-26 21:16:46 +0000 UTCLewis, if you look up some videos of George you'll see that he often flicks his fingers across the strings to achieve that harsh "clucking" brush you're after. I, too, think it a beautiful sound and often try to emulate it when I play something overhand (aka "clawhammer). I don't know that he is actually "palm muting" here, the muted effect, I think, comes mostly from the lower pitch he tunes to (usually in the neighborhood of E or F rather than standard G pitch) AND the fact that he prefers a heavy skin banjo head that he keeps fairly loose (not much tension). Try loosening your banjo head (about 1/4 or 1/2 turn on each tension nut) and tune down a step lower than actual f#DF#AD. Then try playing "Reubin" while emphasizing heavy brushed "clucks" in between licks.
Clifton Hicks
2018-05-17 11:50:36 +0000 UTCI was wondering how George is able to gain the, what sounds like, palm muted 'clucks' between playing the melody. I can't seem to get to grips with it. Thanks Clifton!
Lewis Coe
2018-05-17 11:36:52 +0000 UTC
