Coast Of High Barbary

henwrench · August 22, 2013, 05:05:12 PM

OK, where do I start?

As some of the good folks here may know, old henwrench doesn't usually go in for explaining shit. But this one needs a little background information...

This song dates back to around the late 1500's. So I guess you could call it 'Trad'.
All the versions out there (there are one or two knocking around) seem to revolve around the chord of Am. But that gets a bit boring after a minute or so, so I worked out some more chords and stuff.

So I think they label this kind of thing as...

Traditional. Arranged by henwrench.

Many thanks to Matt J who sang along on the 'Blow high, Blow Low...' bits.

I sent myself clean around the bend doing this one.

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Bluesberry · August 22, 2013, 07:55:48 PM

Is it time for another Pirate-fest? damn straight..........great song Hen-man, great arrangement, great presentation, great Blow high, Blow Low bits, great feeling, great motion, great strat meanderings, and really great ending/outro guitar stuff there. Great all around. Great is the new good.

Hook · August 22, 2013, 09:20:18 PM

Great googly moogly, this is a wicked romp!
Rock On!

Greeny · August 23, 2013, 01:30:06 AM

Weird! I've been working on a cover of a traditional 16th century Scottish folk song. Reminder to self: post it! Looking backwards... way backwards! Time for a TradFest I think.

This is bloody awesome, henny! Fits you so nicely, and all that f*cked up stuttering shit at the end is genius. In response to the 'song endings' thread, THAT'S how to end a song!

Love it, you old Pirate :-)

Folk on!

Greeny · August 23, 2013, 01:30:38 AM

2nd of many listens :-)

Oldrottenhead · August 23, 2013, 01:47:11 AM

aye aye this is the business matey.............. that bass is so punchy, crystal clear production, music reminiscent of tom waits at times what's not to love about this one. oh and noit forgetting the mad ending. BOSS.

thetworegs · August 23, 2013, 01:55:06 AM

Well bugger me with a length of carpet gripper if this isn't a beauty of a song .......

64Guitars · August 27, 2013, 03:43:16 PM

This is brilliant. A cool pirate song and a great arrangement and performance. Love the ending too.

Quote from: Bluesberry on August 22, 2013, 07:55:48 PMIs it time for another Pirate-fest?

"PirateFest 2" is one of the choices in the current Theme/Genre festival poll but it doesn't seem to have much chance of winning. Maybe we could have a mini-PirateFest for about a week around September 19th which is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. If it proves to be popular, we might even make this 1-week mini-fest an annual event every September.