If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot cover

[Glennwillow]

The guitar is my Olson SJ (cedar/EIR), which I bought used from a fellow AGFer from the opposite US coast. I love the mellow sound of this guitar.

Thanks for watching...

Glenn

An awesome rendition of one of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you Glenn for bringing back some great memories!

[MWB5007]

Sweetheart guitar Glen and a very nice rendition, thanks for sharing.

I stumbled upon the Neil Young rendition on an old Martin 0 size and as a small guitar nut I have been goofing off with it; its nice to revisit it with a big open voice.

[reeve21]

Beautiful, Glenn. And nice production on your videos. Thanks for showing your hands, makes it easier to copy what you are doing

Bob

[JakeStone]

VERY Nice! .. Enjoyed very much.

[Ct20]

WOW! That was great.

[jnf91]

Nice job. Lightfoot was an under-rated guitarist.

[Sage97]

That was just fantastic! Great playing, singing and that Olson sounds wonderful.

[Kerbie]

Love that tune, Glenn! Excellent job... nice playing, vocals, video, audio... everything! I enjoy your professional-quality recordings. Thanks for sharing and I hope you'll keep em coming...

[SalFromChatham]

Wow.

Excellent. From beginning to end.... I would love to hear you play Softly... probably the most romantic song I've ever heard.

You have GL downnnnn. And er... nice guitar!

[Jeremy]

I love this. You're on a roll these days Glenn!

[Glennwillow]

Ah, you all so nice...

Originally Posted by J-Doug

An awesome rendition of one of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you Glenn for bringing back some great memories!

Thank you Doug. You know, I only decided to learn this song in the last few years even though it is an old song. I always liked Gordon Lightfoot's version, and I never really thought I could do it justice. For some reason I decided to work on it fairly recently and really started enjoying playing this song. I appreciate the comments.

Originally Posted by MWB5007

Sweetheart guitar Glen and a very nice rendition, thanks for sharing.

I stumbled upon the Neil Young rendition on an old Martin 0 size and as a small guitar nut I have been goofing off with it; its nice to revisit it with a big open voice.

Hi Michael and thank you for your comments and your own experiences. I bet this song would sound good on a small 0-size guitar, but I do agree, the Olson just has such a velvety sound, it's hard to resist. And it has a fairly big sound, too, as you have pointed out.

Originally Posted by reeve21

Beautiful, Glenn. And nice production on your videos. Thanks for showing your hands, makes it easier to copy what you are doing

Bob

Thank you Bob! Regarding the 2nd camera, yes, I agree that the videos could be a learning tool. I also think a 2nd camera adds interest. Regarding video production, it has taken me a little bit of time to get up to speed on how to do this. And just about anything can be done better. I experimented with a different backdrop, but it was mostly a disaster. So it takes time to experiment.

Originally Posted by JakeStone

VERY Nice! .. Enjoyed very much.

Thank you very much Jake.

Originally Posted by Ct20

WOW! That was great.

Thank you CT. Of course, I won't tell you how many takes I did of this...

Originally Posted by jnf91

Nice job. Lightfoot was an under-rated guitarist.

Lightfoot was and still is a good guitarist. He is quite versatile and understands a lot of different styles. Thanks for your comments.

Originally Posted by Sage97

That was just fantastic! Great playing, singing and that Olson sounds wonderful.

Thank you Sage! I very much appreciate your thoughts after I so enjoyed your JT song just this morning. It's fun to pull up these old songs that people know.

Originally Posted by Kerbie

Love that tune, Glenn! Excellent job... nice playing, vocals, video, audio... everything! I enjoy your professional-quality recordings. Thanks for sharing and I hope you'll keep em coming...

Kerbie, you are just too generous! Thank you so much. As I said up above, I have put in a fair amount of work to figure out how to do these videos while getting decent sound. It takes some effort and some good equipment. I have been fortunate that in retirement that I now have a little more time to try things. Every day I learn something new.

Originally Posted by themissal

Wow.

Excellent. From beginning to end.... I would love to hear you play Softly... probably the most romantic song I've ever heard.

You have GL downnnnn. And er... nice guitar!

Thank you so much for your comments. I really do enjoy Gordon Lightfoot's songs because he is right in my vocal range. And yes, the Olson is a very nice guitar. I love to sing with this guitar. I know I am very fortunate.

I have never learned the song, "Softly." I will have to go check it out. It would be good to learn something new, though I realize the song would only be new to me.

Is this the song you are referring to? I want to make sure I learn the right one!


- Glenn

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

I love this. You're on a roll these days Glenn!

Thank you Jeremy. I feel grateful that anybody cares. I appreciate the really thoughtful comments that people are making. I'm grateful to have the time, some nice guitars, some very nice recording equipment, and video cameras are so good today... Thanks once again for your support, Jeremy!

- Glenn

[Kerbie]

Glenn, I could be wrong, but I assumed he meant "Softly" by Gordon Lightfoot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZx6LQtaT0s

[Glennwillow]

Originally Posted by Kerbie

Glenn, I could be wrong, but I assumed he meant "Softly" by Gordon Lightfoot...

Oh!!! I bet you are right Kerbie! I love this song! I just never learned to play it. If this is what themissal meant, this would be fun to learn. And I have a new 12-string to play it on.

Maybe he will reply on this thread and confirm that this is what he meant. It seems likely since this is a Gordon Lightfoot song.

Geez, I feel like a real dummy...

- Glenn