The Rain Song

[Teleplucker]

I found myself playing a gig that called for rock tunes and I knew I would have a cellist and a violinist with us. So I decided to try The Rain Song. It was a very brisk day, about 50 degrees when we were playing

[rokdog49]

That's very cool. I liked it a lot.
Having said that, I would never play something like that at gig.
I noticed the typical ambivalence of the passers by.
Just the way it is, right?

[Fabian Leandro]

cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Teleplucker]

Originally Posted by rokdog49

That's very cool. I liked it a lot.
Having said that, I would never play something like that at gig.
I noticed the typical ambivalence of the passers by.
Just the way it is, right?

There were folks walking by that didn't care a bit about the music for sure, but probably a couple hundred folks sitting on hay bails behind the camera. It was an outdoor hot air balloon festival with lots of stuff besides music going on so yes in a lot of ways that is the reality that you deal with.

I was happy that they had enough of a budget for me to put together a band instead of doing a solo or duo.

[maplebaby]

Originally Posted by Teleplucker

There were folks walking by that didn't care a bit about the music for sure, but probably a couple hundred folks sitting on hay bails behind the camera. It was an outdoor hot air balloon festival with lots of stuff besides music going on so yes in a lot of ways that is the reality that you deal with.

I was happy that they had enough of a budget for me to put together a band instead of doing a solo or duo.

thanks for sharing this...terrific! If i'd been there i'd been listening to the last note! Do you have the new Zep book? Pretty cool...mostly pics but some great ones!

[thomasinaz]

Cool rendition of a really nice Zeppelin song!

[Teleplucker]

Originally Posted by maplebaby

thanks for sharing this...terrific! If i'd been there i'd been listening to the last note! Do you have the new Zep book? Pretty cool...mostly pics but some great ones!

Thanks! while we were working on this I watched your guitar tutorial,I took your version on the bridge. The piano player is my wife, the string players work with us on a regular basis on our wedding ceremony gigs. They are all too young or from different schools of music to have any knowledge of this song. I had to convince them that it would be cool to learn.

I wish it would have been a little warmer and perhaps I would have played the ending a little cleaner, but still pretty happy that we could pull it off.