Motown collaboration thread
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:08 pm
No one can resist the groove of classic R&B. But getting that full Detroit sound from just one acoustic guitar can be a challenge. These days, I'm spending most of my time with my bass and have been revisiting a lot of the Motown tunes from my childhood. But the bass is a lonely instrument and playing along with records is is a poor substitute for making music with real people. I still have a special place in my heart for the TG community, so I thought I'd offer to organize a series of collaborations on of this awesome music we can play together, but might not be completely satisfied playing alone.
I've got a long list of songs, but to get things going, I'm going to suggest we have a go at Freda Payne's 'Band of Gold.' For those of you who missed the early 1970s, here's a flashback from her appearance on Soul Train.
And to give you an idea of how this might sound on an acoustic guitar (even though this sort of undermines my initial point), here's a cool countryfied interpretation I found on the interweb:
If you are interested in joining in this song, please just reply to this thread to let us know what instrument or part you'd like to play or sing. I'll take it from there. Or if you have other songs you'd like to see in the queue, please also chime in with suggestions.
I've got a long list of songs, but to get things going, I'm going to suggest we have a go at Freda Payne's 'Band of Gold.' For those of you who missed the early 1970s, here's a flashback from her appearance on Soul Train.
And to give you an idea of how this might sound on an acoustic guitar (even though this sort of undermines my initial point), here's a cool countryfied interpretation I found on the interweb:
If you are interested in joining in this song, please just reply to this thread to let us know what instrument or part you'd like to play or sing. I'll take it from there. Or if you have other songs you'd like to see in the queue, please also chime in with suggestions.