Walk Away Renee by The Left Banke (Sansone/Brown) - my cover

[Glennwillow]

This is my cover of "Walk Away Renee" by the Left Banke from 1967. My Australian friend Mach Buffet suggested this song as covered by Rick Price as a good one for me to think about, so I decided to give this a try. I recorded the main vocal and 1st guitar live and then added the other instruments. I added a 2nd acoustic guitar (the guitar is my Olson SJ), electric bass, drums (Easy Drummer), and vocal harmony on the choruses. The song is slowed in tempo (at 80 bpm) from the original recording by the Left Banke and the arrangement is modified quite a bit.

Rick Price used a classical guitar with a fairly simple arrangement and a lot of the accompaniment was done on piano. I came up with a more elaborate guitar arrangement though I used the same chords and pitched it in the same place as Rick Price. I played the main guitar on capo 2 in the key of D (key of E, really). The 2nd guitar is played on capo 7 as if it was in the key of A. I started out trying to come up with a 2nd guitar part with the capo on the 2nd fret, but found that I could do more using the capo on the 7th fret, even though it was pretty crowded up there on what was left of the fretboard. The 2nd guitar part came out kind of pretty after dinking around with it for a while, I thought.

I played the bass guitar in the real key of E but my bass arrangement was very simple and is mixed at a fairly low volume level into the overall mix. I also mixed the drums fairly low and the same for the vocal harmony, which was quite high. I just made the harmony up as I was working through this.

I hope you like this. Thanks for listening and watching!

- Glenn

[difalkner]

Another keeper, Glenn. Excellent rendition and I've always loved that song. Very good!

David

[Rogerblair]

Great job, Glenn. I really like your arrangement of this fine song. Thanks for taking the time to put this one together. I’m guessing it is a labor of love, but it’s labor nonetheless.

Roger

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by difalkner

Another keeper, Glenn. Excellent rendition and I've always loved that song. Very good!

David

Hi David,

Thanks for watching and for the comments! I'm glad you like this!

I have always liked this song, too, so it was fun to have a chance to work on this and see what I could do.

I appreciate your comments, David!

- Glenn

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Rogerblair

Great job, Glenn. I really like your arrangement of this fine song. Thanks for taking the time to put this one together. I’m guessing it is a labor of love, but it’s labor nonetheless.

Roger

Hi Roger,

Thank you -- great to get your reaction, Roger! I'm very pleased that you like this!

It was a labor of love. I enjoyed the challenge, but as you can imagine, it takes time to work something like this out, even when a person is not trying to be a perfectionist. I probably put 10-12 hours over two days into the total combination of recording, video work, and video programming. But I wouldn't do it if I didn't find it interesting, challenging, and rewarding.

Thanks for your thoughts, Roger!

- Glenn

[ITB]

Very cool.

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by ITB

Very cool.

Thank you John!

Nice to hear from you! Glad you thought this was okay!

- Glenn

[Chickee]

Nicely done Glenn. Made me feel like a kid again on the school bus. I can only hope you understand what a big compliment that is.
All the best,
frank

[stanron]

I really enjoyed that. The singing and playing were really good, but the video, as a separate item, was equally impressive. Nice one.

[Fabian Leandro]

Great job Glenn!!!!! It sounds really good.

[MrEd]

I really enjoyed that Glenn. Great song & well done.

Thanks

Mike

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Chickee

Nicely done Glenn. Made me feel like a kid again on the school bus. I can only hope you understand what a big compliment that is.
All the best,
frank

Hi Frank!

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment and for your kind words! I'm glad this performance brought back some good memories.

- Glenn

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by stanron

I really enjoyed that. The singing and playing were really good, but the video, as a separate item, was equally impressive. Nice one.

Hi Stanron!

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed this -- thank you for the kind words of support! It's great to hear that you felt that the video production was well done.

- Glenn

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Fabian Leandro

Great job Glenn!!!!! It sounds really good.

Hi Fabian!

Thank you! I appreciate your listening and taking the time to comment! I'm very gratified that you liked how this came out!

- Glenn

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by MrEd

I really enjoyed that Glenn. Great song & well done.

Thanks

Mike

Hi Mike!

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words and your comments here!

I hope all is well for you!

- Glenn