"Unplugged Fest" - "I'm gonna be (500 miles)" Proclaimers cover by ORH & Geir

[Geir]

one last song for the unplugged fest from me.  Had to bring in a little vocal assistance on this one to get the right happy Scottish feel to it!

it's been a blast !

lots of jangling guitars (6 & 12 strings) a couple of basses and Jim's great voice !!

[Bluesberry]

Brilliant lads.  Great scottish happy feel here.  Whoo whoo whoo.  Damn, so happy and uplifting.

[Satchwood]

Luv this song - so much fun and great playing and singin!!  Great collab guys!!

I remember going on vacation with my family years ago, when this song came on the radio and we almost all wet ourselves singing along together and laughing trying to yodel - thanks for the fond memory that i forgot was there until listening to this fine version this morning

[Oldrottenhead]

whilst geir was posting this i was doing some walking with mrs orh and the kids and the dog round loch lomond not quite 500 miles but i'd walk over hot fires for her.

[64Guitars]

I love this song and it's a real treat to hear oldrottenhead singing it. And Geir, your acoustic guitar sounds great in all of your songs. Whatever mic placement, levels, EQ, etc. you're using, keep doing it that way because it really works!

[64Guitars]

whilst geir was posting this i was doing some walking with mrs orh and the kids and the dog round loch lomond not quite 500 miles but i'd walk over hot fires for her.

O ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye
But me and my true love will ne-er meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'.

That's another great song I'd love to hear you sing, Jim.

[Oldrottenhead]

bloody hate that one 64 lol. especially when run rig do it lol.

[Satchwood]

Hey Jim, if you ever decide to "walk over hot fires" for the lovely Mrs. ORH - please remember to press the record button lol

Great pic of you two btw

[64Guitars]

bloody hate that one 64 lol. especially when run rig do it lol.

I'd never heard of Runrig so I just looked them up. I agree with you about their version - I don't like it either. But I've always liked the song. We used to sing it in school when I was a kid. And I have an instrumental version by Celtic Spirit ("Woody" from Bay City Rollers) that I really like a lot.

I was surprised to read that Bruce Guthro is in Runrig. Many of you have probably never heard of Bruce Guthro but I expect that Bluesberry has. I used to enjoy watching his "Songwriters Circle" on CBC. But what's a guy from Cape Breton doing in a Scottish folk rock group? Weird.

[launched]

Killer Kollab!!

I can tell this took quite a bit of work - Great job guys!!

Straight to PiePod!!!

Mark