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Hi Neil and everybody,
On your last weekly update Neil - 24th Sept or thereabouts, you brought up the issue of Ragtime guitar again. Well - here's a glorious piece of classic ragtime guitar by that great English folky - Michael Chapman. Its called "Naked Ladies & Electric Ragtime" and is the second track on his 1970 album "Fully Qualified Survivor". A classic album in any ones book. The late Mick Ronson plays electric guitar on a number of tracks, and led directly to him teeing up with the late great David Bowie.

Anyway - I digress - This instrumental has a classic ragtime feel to it, and I dont think to many of you would necessarily know Michael's work. Neil - you certainly would !! I cant play it unfortunately, again difficult to get my fingers around it, but I think it would make a great lesson.

Hi to everybody from Australia.

Cheers
Doug (from Down Under)

Doug,
I don't see the video here. There has been some glitches with the uploader of late.
But I'd sure like to hear this song.
Lynn

:ohmy:

Found it !

Wow, that is quite a showpiece!
Wonderful!

Lynn

Great playing by Michael Chapman.

Not a ragtime tune, but i love his song Postcards of Scarborough.

Hi Lynn,
That is the live version - he does a bit of showboating there lolol, and its way faster than the recorded version on Fully Qualified Survivor. I dont think the audience would know how to spell ragtime - looking at their age lolol.

Anyway - You will find the actual recorded version on utube somewhere, or better still get the CD.

Cheers
Doug