NEW SONG ADDED: ROLLIN' & TUMBLIN' (ACOUSTIC BLUES)

(LYRICS AND MUSIC: TRADITIONAL/PUBLIC DOMAIN. ARRANGEMENT AND RECORDING ARE COPYRIGHT 2009 TIMOTHY TRUMAN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

SONG INFORMATION: "ROLLIN' AND TUMBLIN'" (NEW MIX, MP3, 256 KBPS)

All instruments and vocals by Timothy Truman. Recorded at Punkin' Studio on a TASCAM PORTASTUDIO DP-02CFF, SEPTEMBER 2009.

GUITAR/GEAR: REPUBLIC RESONATOR & 1970'S MARTIN SIGMA; LEAD/SLIDE  PLAYED ON A SPIDER-BRIDE "DOBRO"  OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN WITH A LATCH LAKE BRONZE SLIDE; BASS: SAMICK SEMI-HOLLOW WITH "DARK STAR" PICKUP; BOSS DRUMS; PERCUSSION/SHAKER; RECORDED WITH A CONDENSER MIC THROUGH AN A.R.T. PREAMP.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS OLD SONG AND DECIDED TO RECORD IT TO BREAK IN A NEW TASCAM DIGITAL "PORTASTUDIO" THAT I BOUGHT TO TAKE ON TRIPS.  FUN LITTLE UNIT. WITH ONLY EIGHT TRACKS TO WORK WITH, IT FORCES YOU TO KEEP THINGS REAL SIMPLE. THE SLIDE GUITAR TRACK WAS DONE WITH A CHEAP "NO NAME" "SPIDER" BRIDGE DOBRO THAT I PICKED UP FOR $150 FROM MY BUDDIES AT ROSEVILLE MUSIC IN LANCASTER, PA. I LOVE RESONATOR GUITARS AND OWN A FEW. HOWEVER, MOST OF MY OTHER RESONATORS ARE "BISCUIT" BRIDGE TYPES. I'VE SORELY MISSED THE CHIMEY, COMPRESSED SOUND THAT A "SPIDER" BRIDGE DELIVERS EVER SINCE I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TRADING IN A WONDERFUL DOBRO "HULA BLUES" RESONATOR THAT I HAD IN THE '90'S. ("BISCUIT" BRIDGES HAVE A MORE STRIDENT, BLUESY SOUND.) THIS GUITAR AIN'T THE "HULA BLUES", BUT IT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD-- ESPECIALLY AFTER I REPLACED THE BRIDGE WITH AN OLD PIECE OF HARD MAPLE THAT I CARVED AND SHAPED MYSELF. THE RHYTHM GUITARS: LEFT CHANNEL:  A WOODEN-BODY REPUBLIC BRAND RESONATOR THAT I PURCHASED FROM THE MANUFACTURER. NICE GUITAR! RIGHT TRACK: A 1970'S MARTIN SIGMA THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY THE WIFE OF THE LATE WVA GOSPEL SONGWRITER, CLARENCE MOORE. I RECORDED THE FIRST TWO LINES OF THE THIRD VERSE VOCAL WHILE RECOVERING FROM A BOUT WITH LARYNGYTIS! SOUNDED KINDA RASPY AND BLUESIFIED SO I KEPT IT!   ANYWAY, HOPE YOU ENJOY THE TRACK.

-PS: THIS ONE IS DEDICATED TO MY OL' BLUES-BUDDIES AND MIKE DIEHM!-

'Til next tune, keep your amps at 10.  Heck, I do.
-TT (Lancaster, PA., September, 2009)

NOTE: THIS RECORDING IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR PERSONAL USE ONLY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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