<r>I have 4 acoustic guitars. A Martin D-28 Marquis, A Giibson Dove, A Special Addition Gibson AJ-45, and a 1914 Gibson L-3 (bought new buy my Great Uncle). I keep the Martin D-28 Marquis in Standard Tuning and this guitar is the workhorse of my small collection. I keep the Guibson Dove in Open D Tu...

<t>Pancho and Lefty! Great tune indeed! Townes let Willie have this one for free. Pancho and Lefty was one of TVZ's songs which has many therories as to the meaning of the song and/or words. Townes never really told anyone what the song was about. Even Jeanene (third ex-wife) has a different story. ...

<t>Hi Suzi,<br/> <br/> Loop and Lil were Townes Parakeets. He use to hide them in his shirt when he traveled on a airplane. The words Loop and Lil agree were changed during some other covers of the song and also by Townes at the request of his producers. He did not like changing his words at all. In...

<r>Hello to all who have responded so far!!!<br/> <br/> It has been really interesting to read the responses thus far. To add some additional information to my origingal question, Joan Biaz's changes were not for Gender issues. I can see as "Chasplaya" responed, that according to the Rolling Stone, ...

<t>My question to all the songwriters out there! Is it respectful or even appropriate to change a songwriters lyrics to suit their own interpetation. I will give an example, of Joan Biaz changing the words to Robbie Robertson's song "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Was this ethical in the song...

Very nice strumming, good job!

I thought you did a great job also Wally. You sounded like you were in time to me, and your chord changes were smooth as silk. This will only get better the more you play it.

<r>Damn, I just posted this entire thing and it disappeared when I hit submit.<br/> <br/> Right, here it is.<br/> <br/> Some things to take note of:<br/> <br/> None of this recording will be in the final video. Feel free to record any section you want, the whole thing, solos, etc. I'll make it work ...