“Ripple” – Grateful Dead cover

[albert_d]

Well, I hope you don’t mind but I pulled out the Ovation and just played along with you. Don’t know the words but riffed all over the chord progression. Ha.

[DiscostewLA]

Sweet – glad to have inspired you to pick up your guitar!! 🙂

[LutherKnotts]

Good job with “Ripple”. As I recall, from a long time ago, that was either from “Workingmans’ Dead” or the “American Beauty” album. The best era of the band IMHO. It looks like you have added to your guitarsenal with what looks like could be a Martin 00-28. Sounds good!!

[DiscostewLA]

Hey thanks for listening LutherKnotts!

Ripple is indeed from American Beauty – one of my favorite albums of all time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beauty_(album).

You have a keen eye! The guitar I’m playing in this vid is a 2019 Martin OM-28 Modern Deluxe. It’s a beautifully balanced and rich sound and has a wide neck and string spacing – almost ‘classical’. I use it mostly for fingerstyle and folk/bluegrass. I will often use the Taylor 714 LTD (w/Sinker Redwood top) when I’m singing classic rock or modern/pop because I think it just sounds better to sing along with, and the Martin sounds better by itself. But I do play the Martin when I’m doing bluegrass and folk because I think it’s mandatory if you have a Martin available to use it when playing that stuff! 🙂

en.wikipedia.org

American Beauty (album). - Wikipedia

American Beauty (album). - Wikipedia

[LutherKnotts]

I agree one of my favorite albums. I still have all my old albums(300+) but no longer have a needle for my turntable.The album art and liner notes is a thing of the past. Not the same in the digital world. I still have my first guitar,chosen by a friend, a 1973 Martin D-18,($350 new, a months’ pay for an E-4 at the time, and could not play a single chord). As of last weeks challenge it has been tuned to open D and seems to like the ‘relaxed’ tension. The old wood sounds different. Buying quality instruments pays off in the long run. You have two beautiful ones. Enjoy!

[Braden]

That was great Disco! nice job on my favorite GD song…sounded really good…playing and singing:)

[DiscostewLA]

Hey Braden – thank you so much for the listening and for the kind feedback! It really means a lot. I hope you have a great week and get to play a lot of guitar. Rock on!

[petelanger]

Nice! I’m not a dead head so don’t know the song but your playing and voice sound great! I am looking forward to posting my own recordings, not there yet but hopefully within the next 60 days I’ll be confident enough to give it a shot.

P.S.: I’m a Genesis fan so the title “Ripple” caught my eye. On the album “Trick of a Tail”(first one sans Peter Gabriel), “Ripples” is one of my favorite tracks.

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