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All My Loving – The Beatles Here are two adaptations, one on guitar, the other on ukulele, of a song by Lennon and McCartney with The Beatles in 1963 : All My Loving. First I recorded the ukulele version in September 2020. And then I felt like offering a guitar version in the fall of […]
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Wave – Antonio Carlos Jobim Here is an adaptation for Ukulele, Guitar and Congas of a bossa nova standard by Antonio Carlos Jobim composed in 1967: Wave. To begin, I want to say that the album Wave is my favorite bossa nova album. And then, there is this green psyche cover with the giraffe!Of course,
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Sunday Morning – The Velvet Underground Here is a guitar adaptation of a pop song by Lou Reed and John Cale with The Velvet Underground in 1966 : Sunday Morning. Sunday Morning is the opening track of this cult album that I discovered as a teenager. Even though we were quite ordinary teenagers, this album
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Mal Barré – Marie-Flore Here is a guitar adaptation of a current French song by Marie-Flore (2022) : Mal Barré. I discovered this song while searching for French songs for our duo Alice et Thomas. Why this song First, there have been many times when I’ve found a song I thought was cool and thought
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Yesterday – Paul McCartney Here is a guitar version of this Beatles standard composed in 1965 : Yesterday. I have already mentioned here my discovery of the Beatles. Yesterday is obviously part of the must-see and I wanted to propose an interpretation. If the tune is credited Lennon/McCartney, there is no doubt that it is a single
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La Chanson Du Loubard – Renaud Here is an adaptation for guitar of this song from the french singer Renaud in 1977: La chanson du Loubard. Renaud is clearly the first artist to whom I have fully identified. And it was first to look like him that I wanted to play guitar, sing songs and write
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Je l’aime a mourir – Francis Cabrel Here is a version for Guitar and Keyboard of a key song by Francis Cabrel in 1979: Je l’aime a mourir. It took me a while to be sensitive to Cabrel’s repertoire. As a teenager, I was under the impression that his songs were meant for an ultra-conventional, tidy
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Whiskey Before Breakfast – Trad Here is a version of a popular tune among bluegrass and fiddle players, Whiskey Before Breakfast on guitar. I discovered this tune thanks to a video by Brian Sutton who is an excellent guitarist. Then with Norman Blake’s album, Whiskey Before Breakfast, which also contains this track. Why this song
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