Sunday, March 14, 2010

FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE...

A Friday night favorite at the local jam session...Ashokan Farewell...as played on the guitar:



Written by Jay Unger in 1982, Ashokan Farewell is a favorite among fiddle players and those of us who love the haunting sounds of Jay's fiddle as it plays of the lament expressed by the songwriter

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  1. LilyMarch 15, 2010 at 5:41 AM

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  2. SharonMarch 20, 2010 at 11:15 AM

    Thanks Sarah, no, I don't know the fellow playing the guitar, found him on utube and really liked hearing Ashokan Farewell on the guitar...usually a fiddle tune...yes, I thought it was from the Civil war days, imagine my surprise to learn it was written in the 1980's!!

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