Cover of Operator by Jim Croce

[Philb]

Very nicely done! Nice setting. I like dusting off the old ones also. 🙂

[Chris_H]

Thanks for the listen & kind words Philb!

[detroittiger1968]

Great job! Love that fingerpickin’!

[Chris_H]

Thank you! I still have a few baubles here & there but I’ll keep plugging away at it.

[KevinZ]

Cant go wrong with Jim C well done @Christopher_H

[Chris_H]

Thanks for the listen & kind words!

[Kitman]

Great performance @Christopher_H ! Love the finger picking!

[Chris_H]

Thanks Kitman! Trying to get it back under my fingers.

[ChuckS]

Real nice job there @Christopher_H. Not an easy tune to play, but you nailed it.

[Chris_H]

I appreciate the listen & kind words ChuckS! Yes, it’s a challenge & I’m still working on the consistency throughout the song.

[albert_d]

I love the song and your rendition of it. Where did you find the tab? I used to play it in another life but have lost it.

[Chris_H]

Thanks albert_d! The tab is partly from Jerry Lambert on YouTube & partly from a guitar teacher I had many years ago. It’s as close as I could come to making it work as a single guitar.

[GerryB56]

Beautiful job! That looks like a pretty challenging song to play – but you handle it very nicely, especially on those tricky base runs. I’d imagine it must be especially tough to sing and play it while keeping in sync! As a beginner finger picker, I find your performance very inspiring!

[Chris_H]

Thanks GerryB56 for the listen & kind words! The bass runs are a little tricky, but they turn up in a lot of songs. Think of them as two note chord changes over 5 chords one in particular is D,C,G/B,Am7,G. Basically playing the root bass note then one high string in each chord position. As well as this song, it appears in You’ve Got a Friend by James Taylor & I’m sure a few others.

[Guitargeezer]

Very impressive @Christopher_H Liked this song from the very first time I heard it in the early 1970s. Thank you for posting it.

[Chris_H]

Thanks! I always enjoyed it & hope I do it at least half justice.😀

[Moonhare]

That is some awesome playing. Really genuinely enjoyed listening to this piece. It is not a song I know either which is always nice to discover new (old?) music. 🤟😎🎸

[stevieblues]

That was an awesome cover! Enjoyed hearing the old song again. You played it well! 👏🎸😎

[Chris_H]

Thanks for the listen & encouraging words stevieblues!

[Bill_Brown]

A great rendition @Christopher_H 👏👏👏 Really enjoyed your performance on the porch🤩🎸 Great singin and pickin👍🤘

[Chris_H]

Thanks Bill_Brown! Appreciate the kind words!

[Cadgirl]

@Christopher_H , awesome job on Operator. I have been trying to learn it and be fluid on it and I still hesitate a lot. You made it look easy and I want to add a great voice for the song.

[Chris_H]

Thanks @Cadgirl ! I appreciate the listen & kind words. I hope you achieve adding it to your repertoire.