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20 Jun 11 - 07:57 AM (#3173242) Subject: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo From: Will Fly 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 |
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20 Jun 11 - 11:19 AM (#3173329) Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo From: Smokey. Eee, luvverly.. Nice guitar too - I likes 'em little. Rosewood and Engelmann, presumably? Who made it? |
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20 Jun 11 - 11:30 AM (#3173333) Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo From: Will Fly 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. |
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20 Jun 11 - 11:42 AM (#3173338) Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo From: Smokey. Dribble.... It sounds gorgeous now - I can't help wondering what it'll sound like when it's played in. |
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20 Jun 11 - 11:45 AM (#3173342) Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo From: Will Fly Indeed - I really intend to play it in! It's opened up quite a bit in the last fortnight already. |
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20 Jun 11 - 04:44 PM (#3173496) Subject: RE: 'The Roses Of Picardy' - guitar solo From: Smokey. 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. |