Yes, friends I am working on my new album the
Hot Club of Polka. I got
up this mornin' and I done recorded a better
version of a song I
quickly recorded and post toastied before. I
used Garageband on my
Macintosh. I used my candy apple red
Indonesian Variax modeling guitar.
You'll see it in the video.
No, I did not write "Green Green Grass" of
Home or the "Beer Barrel
Polka," but the rest of the recording is made
up entirely of original
polka—ORIGINAL I say excitedly. smile emoticon
I think this version was mixed a little hot.
Remember, polkas make people smile and feel
happy.
HERE'S THE YOUTUBE ADDRESS:
As promised I
have been working
on my new project, a new album called HOT CLUB OF POLKA.
I used up a
lot of good material on your all's favorite eight-minute
Pale Ale Polka
which needs a revamping because I'm improving slowly. (I
don't do any
real vamping in it.) I have never played this new style
live. I'm not
sure it's ready for prime time, but it's a lot of fun.
What IS a polka? Sure beats me, but I
recognize them when I hear them. Duple meter, is it?
Wikipedia just
calls it "a lively form of music.." I make most of
mine up myself from
scratch.
One thing I've discovered is that you can change key
in the middle of a
polka. Practically any old key will do just to mix
things up and just
come back blazing away in the key you started in and
no one will care.
You'll hear this in this "piece" when I liven things
up by flying into
the key of G just before the Beer Barrel polka part.
This new living room recording is entitled Green Green
Beer Barrel of
Home because I start with the old country tune "Green
Green Grass of
Home" and suddenly I am polka possessed and end things
with the Beer
Barrel Polka.