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From Judith511 on 11/22/2017 9:11:51 AM

As I said before I plan to choose something relatively easy and get it right. I looked up the lyrics and it has a bunch of verses. I picked Worried Man Blues by Woodie Guthrie.

So I figure doing 3 or 4 verses for a couple of minutes recording. Does that sound like I am on the right track. Is that an appropriate song? I do the rolls plus an intro and an ending.

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	WayneConrad says: 11/22/2017 9:19:41 AM That sounds good to me, Judith. That's a great song, too. If you can play it well and with feeling, that'll matter more than the length of it, or anything else.
Deleteme says: 11/22/2017 10:27:55 AM #judith511, check out this guy, he plays banjo just like this too, clawhammer ukulele. youtu.be/zM6Skllvylc
	StuartJohn says: 11/22/2017 10:37:53 AM Great choice. Go for it !
	AndyW says: 11/23/2017 12:08:53 AM I think worried man blues is a great song. The challenge does ask for a banjo instrumental, I don't know if that is strictly adhered to.
	Boadicea says: 11/23/2017 3:13:19 AM Worried Man Blues is pretty hard, so if you can do it, that would be great. I didn't know that it was a banjo instrumental.
	Judith511 says: 11/23/2017 8:24:44 AM How do you know if it is a banjo instrumental? I can choose some thing else.
	AndyW says: 11/23/2017 10:13:03 AM I'll ask and come back.
	AndyW says: 11/24/2017 9:56:32 AM Eric Schlange's reply: Since I didn't explicitly state "no singing" it would be fine if rookie sang some vocals, AndyW!
	Judith511 says: 11/24/2017 11:18:34 AM That is okay. I don't really mind I can do something else. I have a couple of other pieces in mind.
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