Row The Boat Ashore

[Mike_S]

An instrumental... so glad this is finished... I have been trying to play the lead in this start to finish without copy/pasting/editing, etc, more to improve my guitar playing than anything else. And it took me many takes to do it without too many mistakes, It still has a bit of rawness in it, which I don't mind.

I thought of the name for it and then for some strange reason my grandfather who is dead many years (40 maybe?) came into my mind as he sometimes used to sing an old song with a similar name called "Michael Row The Boat Ashore Hallelujah" to me when I was a small child for a laugh. And that strange but lovely memory came to me out of the blue. So this is a small tribute to him as he was a really lovely gentle soul.

Here is the video to that song which he used to sing (he just sang the first line and then we both laughed as I remember!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRv-fgfLFTk

[tonyc]

great cover mike i remember this song well myself great to hear it again , nice clear recording , and a superb voice .......cheers tony cee

[Redler]

Very nice instrumental piece of music! I like the way you play your guitar on this. Thanks for the story behind the song.

Enjoyable listening.

[TPB]

Great production we used to this in Chorus back in the 70's
Tim

[kenny mac]

Wow this has some great playing on it.
I dont know the original but this recording is
top notch .
Bravo mate.

[StephenM]

i needed to hear a bit of Mike's playing and singing....the world needs more of that... and i got to this wonderful sounding instrumental... wow....outstanding work here Mike....love the guitar playing and sounds... and the snare drum...

[Farrell Jackson]

A great sound and playing on the guitar Mike! One off takes are a bit more work but so worth the effort...well done!

Farrell

[Pine]

Nice playing here Mike over that sort of pseudo-military drum beat. I guess it's the snare rolls that give it that flavor. I liked the clean clear guitar tone and recording. Generates good imagery. Time well spent.

[Nelson]

Damn it Man, this is some sweet guitar work... very expressive.

[Greeny]

Tone, feel and expression. Such beautiful and classy playing. Reminds me of Knopfler - the slight bagpipe flavour of 'Coming Home' (Local Hero). Very fine indeed.