I'd like to echo Bob's comment about even unaccompanied songs being "backed gently and with respect for the singers" in the Woodshed. As a frequent singer of long dreary ballads in irregular time and indeterminate key, I wouldn't normally welcome accompaniment, but this is the very spirit of the Woodshed and one should choose songs accordingly. Michaela in particular should be complimented for quick uptake and sympathetic accompaniment (besides her own phenomenal renditions of 'Mary, Don't You Weep' and the 'Erie Canal Song'). Next year I will actually plan to sing in given, session-friendly, keys... Richard
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