Chief Joseph

[MarkOla]

I was experimenting with some guitar tuning and got one I liked to work with. Recorded a track and added some percussion for a blues tune that's a little diffirent, I hope.

Have a listen to Chief Joseph

[slumbering]

Funny, i was just listening to this at the same time i saw your post. This is very nice! Im downloading now, it will be a good tune to kick back to.

[kilroydegeek]

Heap big medecine. Is that an open tuning, Mark? I like your touch and the way you mix the finger with slide so seamlessly. Very cool and light-handed piece

[MarkOla]

Thanks slumbering and kilroy

I haven't figured out the tuning, it was a crank and try process. I must write it down before I retune. I did the slide with the little finger so it left the others free. It took some time to find a tuning that worked for both.

[Boris]

one of my favorite pastimes is to sit out on the old, wood steps on a cool, spring evening and lay my glass slide down on my busted-up, cheap acoustic. the action is real high, so i get a sound as smooth as Vermont syrup.

but, the thing is, my harmless doodles can only compare in slight to your proficient, atmospheric noodles.

this is just absolutely great sound! you've really got a handle on this mood, MO.

seriously!

* by the way... your avatar... what the heck is that?

[rcandrews]

i wish i could expierment like this

i am drivin by the bass and/or drum not that i am anti guitar man by any means but fo some reason in da depths of my soul those two instruments ring out (even when they ain't present)

n i personal dig the percussion, while it may not be authentic native indian beats (that i am aware of) it was still very tasty.

cool tunage brotha!

and m&btb, its a mr potato-head with shades

[MarkOla]

Thanks for the compliments, it means a lot.

.. its a mr potato-head with shades

.. you found out me true identity Rob.

It's actually a old photo from my days of wine and weed that I photoshoped, a towel, harp, art rock and shades,
here's a larger one.

The beat's are from my french fried head, thought they fit.
I know what your talking about Boris, I used to sit on my granny's porch in PA and noodle, one of the most peaceful places to be. Next time try this, it's fun. The tuning is very simple, bass E, A, D, G > A, B > C, E and it's in the key of A I think. My slide kept slipping on my finger so I wrapped a piece of cloth around it and put the slide on. While playing the cloth silenced the bottom strings so I used it to my advantage.

[davajonah]

Fantastic tune, I've been playing it all day, in stereo I'm pleased to say. Fantastic subject material too. As for the photo...

[MarkOla]

Thanks Dave, glad your all ears again. Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt,
or Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain was his name, a great spirit.
Here's a quote from 1879.

"All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. "

Here is some more info if your interested.

[Fosco]

Interesting jam Mark! Kind of an American Indian Blues thing...

I clicked the comments button, but it came back here?

Or am I just perpetually lost

"All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake."
Indira Gandhi

[MarkOla]

Fosco, thanks for wakening a old ghost.
It was a nice surprise when I got the notification in my mail.

I clicked the comments button, but it came back here?

Where did you expect to go, Jamaica?

[cStu]

You could go anywhere with a song like this