Amazing Grace on slide guitar?

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: GUEST,Tunesmith
Date: 20 Jul 11 - 09:35 AM

I perform Amazing Grace on lap style slide guitar in Open D. This works well as the melody is played on the first string and the strings 6 and 5 work as done/accompanying notes.

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Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Bobert
Date: 20 Jul 11 - 09:12 AM

I've done "Amazing Grace" on slide guitar going back a long way... It's a very easy song to figure out... 1-4-5... Pick your own key... I like to do it in open "E" or "D"...

B~

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Crowhugger
Date: 20 Jul 11 - 08:08 AM

Maybe Rick will play it for us here!
;-)

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: GUEST,Chris B (Born Again Scouser)
Date: 20 Jul 11 - 06:39 AM

There was a mention earlier on of a version by Ronnie Wood. I think the version in question was actually by Sammy Mitchell from the Rod Stewart album, 'Every Picture Tells A Story'. This came out in 1971 and is the album that featured 'Maggie May'. Sadly, Sammy passed away in 2006 back in his home town of Liverpool. Lovely version, with a nice vocal by Rod-er-nee.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Jack Campin
Date: 20 Jul 11 - 04:35 AM

Is Rick Fielding's recording still around somewhere?

That would be worth hearing.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Dartford Warbler
Date: 23 Sep 06 - 09:37 PM

FANTASTIC! - I remember twisting the black ebonite knobs, tuning into Radio Andorra hearing the wonderful Andorran National Anthem played at closedown. Then Radio Geronimo would start start its broadcast. First time I ever heard 'Ohio' by CSNY. No one else was playing it!

My Mother and I (back in 1969)had a difficult time determining what the Amazing Grace/Great Awakening record was called i.e. I had only heard the recording on the radio. But we eventually tracked it down by singing the tune to the manager in Challenger & Hicks record shop. I still have that single (somewhere!). Must have a look to see what was on the flip side.

Thank you for bringing back so many memories!

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: GUEST,Rob G.
Date: 23 Sep 06 - 07:29 PM

Rejoice all ye good people,
ye can hear it over here:
http://www.radiogeronimo.com/samazinggrace2.htm

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: rangeroger
Date: 05 Jan 01 - 10:34 PM

There is a great slde guitar version of Amazing Grace on Rod Stewart's "Every Picture Tells A Story" album.The liner notes list the slide player as Sam Mitchell.The song is not listed on the album. It's just tucked in as one of those little gems you find by surprise.

rr

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: GUEST,Les Brown
Date: 05 Jan 01 - 04:18 PM

Thanks to Richard. It has been driving me mad trying to remember the name of that group. When it came out it was used as a theme tune by an experimental Radio Station here in the U.K. in the early seventies, called Radio Geronimo (anybody remember them). They had this great idea that they could dispense with D J's and their egos, and just play good music, with an announcer giving you a list of the tracks being played every so often. It tried to run non-commercialy, needless to say it was doomed from the start. But a great experiment.( A tyical 1/2 Hr would be Mahler, Judy Collins, Nice, King Crimson, Capt Beefheart, Fairport Convention, Bob Dylan).

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 Jan 01 - 05:03 AM

As far as the name of the band who recorded the slide guitar version of Amazing Grace is concerned, the answer is; The Great Awakening.

The single should be available from collectors vinyl stores (or hidden in the loft or basement of ageing hippies)

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: ddw
Date: 04 Jan 01 - 10:51 PM

Thanks to all for your help, especially to Rick. It will mean a lot to me and to his family to have that song for the service.

david

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: dwditty
Date: 04 Jan 01 - 10:41 PM

My friend Ken does it beautifully on saw. Don't see any reason why a slide won't work just as well.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Guy Wolff
Date: 04 Jan 01 - 09:15 PM

Did'nt Missisippy Fred Macdowell do a vertion of amazing grace.. I am shore that Blind Willy Johnson has a great vertion.. Good luck and I know youll do a beautiful job all from yourself!!!

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 04 Jan 01 - 06:33 PM

Did the recording this morning David and sent it off this afternoon. Hope it gets there in time.

Rick

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 Jan 01 - 05:19 PM

There was a big hit (UK) of amazing grace done on slide but I forgot who did it. I'll EMail a friend.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Jon W.
Date: 04 Jan 01 - 12:50 PM

Harvey Reid did a good version on one of his CD's - here's a link to his site - you may be able to find it there.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From:
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 05:36 PM

I vaguely recall Ronnie Wood doing a version (on slide guitar) on a Faces album subtitled something like "Overture and Beginners" or something like that. Most of the rest of the album was pretty sloppy, but I think that the version of "Amazing Grace" was passable. Good luck anyway and my condolences on the loss of a friend. Alan.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: GUEST,Les Brown
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 01:56 PM

About 30yrs ago a group made a single of amazing grace, with, I assume , multiple tracked slide guitar. It sounded like a guitar version of a pipe band. I think that they were called (something) Waterfall.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Peter T.
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 12:03 PM

Dear ddw, if you have access to a guitar store, there is a book called "The Gig Bag of Alternate Tunings" by Woody Mann I happen to have which has arrangements of Amazing Grace in all the major open tunings, nicely put together. Otherwise, if you had a fax number, I could send them to you in your preferred tuning. You could send me a private message.
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 11:39 AM

David. So sorry to hear that. If there's still time, I can play "Amazing Grace" on slide, and send you a cassette. Lemme know.

Rick

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From:
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 01:55 AM

David- Contact me by email with phone # and I will call you on this. May have just the thing. I have just discovered Mudcat and don't really know how to work it. Fletcher

Subject: RE: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: Murray MacLeod
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 12:42 AM

David, I have no idea whether or not he has recorded "Amazing Grace" but there is an Irish dobro player called Frankie Laine whose style of playing would be ideally suited to this song. Maybe some Irish 'Catters could help here ?

Murray

Subject: Amazing Grace on slide guitar?
From: ddw
Date: 03 Jan 01 - 12:16 AM

My good friend and musical partner died on the weekend and his family has asked me to put together some music for his funeral. He loved slide guitar and Amazing Grace and I'd love to include it in the mix. Does anybody know a version of it that would be readily available? Any help appreciated.

david