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| This is the "cover" to my Cyber-CD, "The Acoustic Guitar Solitaire Of Inyo"; the guitar in the picture, set against a pattern of a brick wall, is an Adobe Photoshop-enhanced, quasi-impressionistic rendering of the 1976 Martin D-35 I used to record all 30 solo acoustic instrumentals, whose MP3-format files are available for download at this Web Page. Cyber-CD cover was designed and created by Inyo. |
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Here are 30 solo, acoustic, instrumental 6-string guitar arrangements of some of my favorite songs. It is my Cyber-CD, called "The Acoustic Guitar Solitaire Of Inyo." I am that very same Inyo. It's my Cyber-handle. The songs performed here range from good old Classic Rock and Pop tunes--Proud Mary and Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season), for example--to such diverse efforts as the Graduation March (Pomp And Circumstance), a 1933 forgotten classic by bandleader Ray Noble (Love Is The Sweetest Thing), a famous 1890s Tin Pan Alley tune (Daisy Bell--Bicycle Built For Two) , a traditional Christmas song (The Little Drummer Boy), plus a song related to the American Civil War (When Johnny Comes Marching Home). Now, here's the legal lowdown pertaining to my solo acoustic, instrumental guitar renditions at this Web Site: You have my permission to download any or all of the songs for your personal, noncommercial use (all of my recordings here are of course copyrighted). In other words, you may--(1) download any or all of the performances to your computer's hard drive for personal, noncommercial use only; or, (2) burn any or all of the renditions here to a CD for personal, noncommercial use only; or, (3) record any or all of the performances to a cassette tape for personal, noncommercial use only. OK, legal disclaimers are here and now finished, concluded, ended...you get the idea, I'm sure. I recorded all 30 of my solo, instrumental guitar interpretations documented here during occasional, wildly intense sessions from August 2000 through December 2005 on a 1976 Martin D-35 6-string acoustic guitar. During the recording sessions, I used two microphones plugged into a mixer, which in turn fed directly to the computer; processing of the raw Wav files was done exclusively through the freeware GoldWave audio editor, versions 4.24 and 4.26--the last two free versions of the program, by the way; in my own personal estimation, this is a much better free audio editor than the ubiquitous Audacity. Also helpful is an inexpensive utility called Wavclean, which miraculously removes annoying hisses in raw Wav files without degrading the overall sound quality. All the music files are in 64kbps stereo MP3 format. Email me at Waucoba4@aol.com |
| Selection #1: Blowin' In The Wind (The classic composition by Bob Dylan; done in quasi-bluegrass-style; the cover by famous folk group Peter, Paul & Mary climbed to #2 in the US in 1963. Recorded February 5, 2003.) 2:35 |
| Selection#2: And I Love You So (Composed and originally performed in 1970 by Don Mclean, who also wrote the Classic Pop/Rock anthem, "American Pie;" Perry Como's cover of "And I Love You So" rose to #29 in the US in 1973. Recorded August 5, 2003.) 3:06 |
| Selection #3: Please Please Me (Written by Beatle, John Lennon; first #1 song for The Beatles in the UK, 1963; peaked at #3 in the US in early 1964. Recorded January 9, 2004.) 2:00 |
| Selection #4: The Lonely Bull (One of the most famous instrumentals of the Pop-Rock Era. The first commercial, chart success for Herb Alpert And The Tijuana Brass, reaching #6 on the US Pop charts in the late Fall of 1962--composed by Sol Lake. Recorded January 30 2005.) 2:04 |
| Selection #5: Pomp And Circumstance (A famous tune known as The Graduation March in the US; composed by Edward Elgar in 1901; used at virtually every High School graduation ceremony every year throughout the United States. Recorded February 22, 2003.) 2:26 |
| Selection #6: The Sounds Of Silence (#1 in the US for Simon And Garfunkel in 1965; penned by Paul Simon. Recorded July 18, 2003.) 2:47 |
| Selection #7: If I Fell (Composed by Beatle, John Lennon; one of his most beautiful and enduring tunes; appears on the third album The Beatles released in the US, "Something New," 1964. Recorded in April 29, 2003.) 1:58 |
| Selection #8: From Four Until Late (A classic Blues composition by the legend himself, Robert Johnson--a song he recorded in Dallas, Texas, on June 19, 1937; Rock and Blues great Eric Clapton helped repopularize "From Four Until Late" when he sang lead on a version with supergroup Cream for the 1966 album, "Fresh Cream." Recorded August 10, 2000.) 1:30 |
| Selection #9: Telstar (One of the great instrumentals of the Rock-Pop Era. #1 in the US for the Tornadoes, 1962; written by UK independent record producer, Joe Meek. The first television pictures broadcast across the Atlantic on July 11, 1962, had inspired Joe Meek to create the instrumental as a tribute to the Telstar satellite. Recorded December 3, 2003.) 2:40 |
| Selection #10: (Daisy Bell) Bicycle Built For Two (The famous Tin Pan Alley song penned by Harry Dacre in the 1890s. Film buffs might recollect that Hal the computer, in Stanley Kubrick's classic film "2001: A Space Odyssey," actually begins to sing "Bicycle Built For Two" while being shut down by one of the astronauts. This was somewhat of an inside joke, as a matter of fact; seems that the very first computer programmed to imitate human speech sang "Bicycle Built For Two" during its initial test run. Recorded November 7, 2003.) 2:27 |
| Selection #11: (I'll Never Find) Another You (The classic composition by Tom Springfield, a song that the Australian folk group The Seekers took to #4 on the US Billboard charts during the Spring of 1965. American Country star Sonny James took the song to #1 on the US Country Music charts in 1967. Recorded December 28 2003.) 2:41 |
| Selection #12: Walk Away Renee (The Left Banke originally recorded this haunting song in 1966; their version topped out at #5 in the US that year; composed by founding Left Banke band member and keyboard player, Michael Brown, when he was 16 years old. Recorded in May 29, 2002.) 2:13 |
| Selection #13: Follow Me (A truly beautiful song written by John Denver for his 1970 album, "Take Me To Tomorrow," the LP that immediately preceded his break-out album in 1971, "Poems, Prayers And Promises," which of course contained the song that made Denver world-famous--"Take Me Home, Country Roads." Recorded November 10, 2004.) 2:22 |
| Selection #14: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) (The famous folk-rock song written by folk singer Peter Seeger; lyrics adapted from The Bible's Book Of Ecclesiastes--music by Peter Seeger. The Byrds soared to #1 in the US with "Turn! Turn! Turn!" in 1965. Recorded November 21, 2004.) 2:22 |
| Selection #15: The Little Drummer Boy (The memorable traditional Christmas song written in 1958 by Katherine K. Davis; the version of "Little Drummer Boy" by the Harry Simeone Chorale made the US top 30 in December of each year, seasonally around Christmas time, from 1958 through 1962--highest chart position was #13 in 1958. Recorded December 12, 2002.) 2:55 |
| Selection #16: Cowgirl In The Sand (A Classic Rock anthem written by Neil Young. First appears on his 1969 LP, "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere," recorded with his band, Crazy Horse. Recorded July 20, 2003.) 4:53 |
| Selection #17: (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me (A classic composition by Canadian Folk/Pop artist, Gordon Lightfoot. Peter, Paul and Mary had the biggest commerical success with the song, taking it to #30 on the US Pop charts in early 1965. Recorded March 30, 2004.) 2:14 |
| Selection #18: Tuesday Afternoon (Composed by Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues; a Classic Rock Anthem from the Moody Blues' 1967 LP, "Days Of Future Passed;" the single version placed at #28 in the US in 1968. Recorded March 9 2003.) 3:20 |
| Selection #19: The Times They Are a-Changin' (Written by folk and folk-rock master, Bob Dylan; first appears on Dylan's LP, "The Times They Are A-Changin,'" which was recorded in 1963 and then finally released in January, 1964; this was the very song that first generated my interest in the musical creations of Bob Dylan. Recorded September 25, 2002.) 2:09 |
| Selection #20: Rebel-Rouser (Originally recorded by the king of "twang guitar," Duane Eddy, whose powerful, reverb-laden electric guitar production--with energetic saxapone, as well--soared to #6 in the US during the summer of 1958, eventually spending 12 weeks in the Top 40. One of the most famous instrumentals of the Pop-Rock Era, composed by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazelwood. Recorded December 30, 2005.) 3:13 |
| Selection #21: Proud Mary (Probably the most famous song by Classic Rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival--reached #2 in the US in 1969; lyrics and music by original Creedence Clearwater Revival band member and lead singer/guitarist, John Fogerty. Recorded June 25, 2003.) 2:57 |
| Selection #22: Daydream Believer (Words and music by former member of the Kingston Trio, John Stewart--a huge #1 hit in the US for The Monkees in 1967. Recorded November 23, 2003.) 2:18 |
| Selection #23: Puff (The Magic Dragon) (The classic folk/children's song written by Peter Yarrow--lyrics and music--and Leonard Lipton--lyrics; Peter Paul & Mary took the song to #2 in the US in 1963. Recorded July 30, 2004.) 2:05 |
| Selection #24: Eight Miles High (Original Byrds member Gene Clark wrote it--considered by many Rock critics to be the very first psychedelic-sounding single ever released--in early 1966; climbed to a surprisingly high #14 on the US charts that year, overcoming the fact that many radio stations across the land refused to play it due to lyrics that were suspected by not a few radio programmers to refer to drugs; this was patent nonsence, though. According to the song's composer, Gene Clark, the song merely describes a plane flight--hence, the phrase "eight miles high"--from the USA to London, England, and the dramatic culture shock and associated disorientation that ensued for Clark, an American. Recorded June 2, 2004.) 3:26 |
| Selection #25: Apache (One of the most famous instrumentals of the Rock 'N Roll Era. Composed by UK musician Jerry Lordan in 1960--the first recorded version was by a then-popular UK guitarist named Bert Weedon. Soon after, a group by the name of The Shadows got hold of the tune--they were the back-up group for singer Cliff Richards; they were looking for a hit. "Apache" was suggested as a B-side to "Quartermaster's Stores." That song went nowhere, but the reaction to "Apache" was instantly phenomenal. In 1961, guitarist Jorgan Ingmann of Denmark took his own brilliant cover of Apache to #2 on the US Billboard Pop Charts. Recorded December 1 2002.) 2:49 |
| Selection #26: California Dreamin' (One of the truly great Pop-Rock anthems of the 1960s. Composed by John Phillips and Michelle Phillips. An early version in 1965 by ex-folk singer Barry McGuire of the New Christy Minstrels went nowhere on the charts, despite the fact that The Mamas And The Papas were backing him on the studio recording. In early 1966, John Phillips recorded his own arrangement of the song with The Mamas And The Papas. That version soared to #4 on the US Billboard Pop Charts, entering the Top 40 on February 5, 1966. Recorded April 7, 2005.) 2:30 |
| Selection #27: Love Is The Sweetest Thing (Here's a genuine forgotten gem, a classic standard composed by bandleader Ray Noble in 1933. Noble's version, with singer Al Bowlly, was the third-most popular song in the US for the entire year of 1933. Recorded November 14, 2003.) 2:13 |
| Selection #28: Highwayman (Words and music by Jimmy Webb. Glen Campbell originally recorded it for his "Highwayman" LP in 1979, but The Highwaymen--composed of Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings--took it to #1 on the US Country Music Charts in 1984. Recorded December 29, 2003.) 2:38 |
| Selection #29: Red Rubber Ball (A #2 song for The Cyrkle on the US Billboard Pop charts in the early Summer of 1966. A collaborative composition by Paul Simon--of Simon And Garfunkel fame--and Bruce Woodley, an original member of the Australian Folk group, The Seekers. Recorded July 10, 2005.) |
| Selection #30: When Johnny Comes Marching Home (The traditional American Civil War song written in 1863--during the height of the American Civil War--by Patrick S. Gilmore under the pseudonym Louis Lambert. Gilmore was bandmaster of Ben Butler's Union Army of occupation in New Orleans at the time. Recorded November 30, 2002.) 3:01 |
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