By: Stephen Rose Nick Drake was part of the British folk revival movement of the late 60’s, which included Fairport Convention, Pentangle, and The Incredible String Band. He died in 1974 from an accidental overdose ...
Ed has always enjoyed working on Dylan tunes and the previous week we had looked at Fairport Convention's version of Percy's Song. After finding it in an old book, he needed a little guidance into ...
Percy’s Song is from Bob Dylan’s early days, recorded in 1963 for The Times They Are A-Changin’ album but not released until 1985 on Biograph. His fingerpicking arrangement is quite different from other versions released ...
Percy’s Song was written by Bob Dylan but first released by Fairport Convention on their album Unhalfbricking in 1969. Their arrangement featured beautiful harmony over a simple chord progression. This lesson starts with the melody ...
This week I am having trouble pulling myself away from the Olympics, which could translate into a shortage of new stuff over the next few weeks, hopefully not. Our releases for our Target members consisted ...
This week we once again went way back for some songs, but got about as current as possible with a 2012 release as well. The Target lessons included Sunny Skies by James Taylor, Nowadays Clancy ...