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I told Gabe recently that I thought his excellent song "California" would work as a banjo tune, so now I am furnishing proof of this allegation.  Gabe's original is better, but this is kinda fun.
 
I told Gabe recently that I thought his excellent song "California" would work as a banjo tune, so now I am furnishing proof of this allegation.  Gabe's original is better, but this is kinda fun.

Revision as of 22:55, 30 October 2007


I told Gabe recently that I thought his excellent song "California" would work as a banjo tune, so now I am furnishing proof of this allegation. Gabe's original is better, but this is kinda fun.

California (Bluegrass version) - MP3

Lyrics

See Gabe's: California

Music

I tried to tune my banjo down a fourth, John Hartford-style, to preserve Gabe's original key of D. But the instrument would have none of this--the slightest touches kept sending it wildly out of tune. So after many botched attempts, I tuned back up to open G and did the song there.

The fiddle solo on this is by my bandmate Laura Simna. I wrote the licks for her; she sight-read it and did it in one take. She's awesome.