'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo

Subject: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo
From: Will Fly
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 07:57 AM

I'm off to France for a week on Wednesday and thought I'd do something with a vaguely French theme on my new parlour guitar. "The Roses Of Picardy" was written in 1916 by Frederick Weatherly (words) and Haydn Wood (music). Weatherly was a serving officer on the Western Front.

For me, it's a very bitter-sweet song, as it's almost impossible to think of the year 1916 without also thinking of the Somme...

Anyway, here 'tis as a little instrumental:

The Roses Of Picardy

Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo
From: Smokey.
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 11:19 AM

Eee, luvverly..

Nice guitar too - I likes 'em little. Rosewood and Engelmann, presumably? Who made it?

Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo
From: Will Fly
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 11:30 AM

My old mate Ian Chisholm made it on commission from me - got it about two weeks ago. Ian lives a couple of miles away from me in Sussex.

Engelmann face - cocobolo back and sides, mahogany neck with maple stripe, snakewood tuners and old Brazilian rosewood bridge.

Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo
From: Smokey.
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 11:42 AM

Dribble....
It sounds gorgeous now - I can't help wondering what it'll sound like when it's played in.

Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo
From: Will Fly
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 11:45 AM

Indeed - I really intend to play it in! It's opened up quite a bit in the last fortnight already.

Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo
From: Smokey.
Date: 20 Jun 11 - 04:44 PM

My littlun took ages to play in but it was never my 'working' guitar so it didn't get played so much. It does now - I'll PM you a pic, along with a nice bit of old Brazilian.