The Oval Room

[Loraine]

Great picking and transitions @That_Guy .

[That_Guy]

I was quite impressed with myself by how much noise I was able to make only using 2 chords, a thumb, and one finger.

For anyone wondering the song is from 1984 so it’s probably about Ronald Reagan

[albert_d]

Good demonstration of a driving Bass of which Tony is so fond. Sounds like your inner political satire ground hog is peaking out from underground and you are having fun with it.

[That_Guy]

Blaze Foley said the song wasn’t really about anyone specific. He is a backwoods kind of guy who probably doesn’t trust any politician from either side. I just thought Reagan because a couple lines where he says “he’s a movie star if you stay up late“ and “ he’s a real cowboy with his make up on”. It’s just kind of a cynical political song sung by a guy who’s too cool to care.

I just thought that it had a cool rhythm tone. Sometimes I have to take a break from strumming so I work on fingerpicking a little bit. It seems to be a different type of arm cramp so you can just switch to the other style when your arm gets tired lol

I definitely didn’t play the song the real way exactly the pattern it was supposed to be. I just kind of threw my hand at it adjusting on the fly and freestyled some thing that I thought sounded cool

[Guitargeezer]

@That_Guy – Jason, not familiar with this tune or Blaze Foley but really like it. It’s one of those “pick’n & grinning” songs😄. Enjoyed your playing and thought your vocals fit the lyrics perfectly.

[That_Guy]

I don’t think Blaze Foley was everr that popular but he was the original artist of the song clay pigeons that John Prine popularized. I think he was shot and killed in the late 80s in a dispute over money.

[KevinZ]

Way to go @That_Guy good mixture all around