"Streets of Laredo" -- cover by Ted

[Ted]

Streets of Laredo

Ted: guitar, bass, vocal
Recorder: Boss Micro BR

I inherited my father's guitar a couple of years ago. It's a cheap Mexican nylon string thing. He never really learned to play it very well, and he pretty much stopped playing around the time he remarried. My half brothers never heard him play.

But I remember him watching Folk Guitar with Laura Weber on public television, and trying, in particular, to learn "Streets of Laredo."

When his guitar and songbooks became mine, I decided my first project with it would be to arrange and record Laredo. There are many versions and variations of this song, and some have more verses than others. I decided to ignore them all and play the melody as I remember my dad singing it (although the melody of Marty Robbins' version was probably the one he knew best). And I decided to only use the verses from the Laura Weber songbook, as my dad would have. I did take some liberties with the key and the chords.

[steelguitar]

Lovely story about the song

Your dad would be proud of your cover, made with heart and soul

Nice finger picking and great vocals

Jean-Sébastien

[Geir]

A very touching story and performance !

I love the arrangement, both the guitar and the fretless are just perfect to my ears !

[danieldesete]

Great story and touching tribute, thanks for sharing all this Ted.

[Oldrottenhead]

loving this ted. not sure if it qualifies for dronefest tho. great version.

[Groundy]

Nice story Ted, great recording..........Alex

[fenderbender]

Love your version Ted
nice and clean -great finger picking and great acoustic sound


Tommy

[bruno]

Loved the story and the song. Thank you for sharing. Very intimate.
B

[cuthbert]

Very interesting story and a nice tribute to your dad. I enjoyed the spare (yet engaging) arrangement (nice bass work, too...is it a fretless?), and the direct vocal performance. Well done, Ted!

[danieldesete]

I'm back to download this beautiful sad song
thanks again
daniel