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Random Songs I Like #6 – Steel Rail Blues

For this series, I will be posting a new song every week from every imaginable style and genre.  The only criteria is that I need to like it!

Anyone who grew up in Canada was inevitably steeped in the music of Gordon Lightfoot.  His music was a staple of my CBC listening as a child and even though I might have rolled my eyes at it as a teen, it is something that I have grown to love as an adult.  In my version, I try to reproduce his lauded finger-picking guitar style on the piano.  Enjoy!

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How I create my piano arrangements

Sometimes I try to recreate the original recordings, like I do in this one.  It requires that I take the time to figure out the chords (I usually just do this by ear).  Once I have the chords done, I take some time to figure out the bass line and the hook.  After that, it’s time to work out with the metronome to make sure I can really kick the groove right.

Want to check out some more of my performances?

Random Songs I Like #15 – Ladies in Mercedes

Random Songs I Like #5 – Best of You

Random Songs I Like #14 – Ooh Baby Baby

Photograph Jobim Piano Cover

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