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34 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 34.mp3

Shownotes for the Episode 34

1. Standing By – Andy Roberts
2. Come a Long Way – Kate McGarrigle
3. Puddles – Andy Roberts
4. Dreaming – Loudon Wainwright
5. New Paint  – Loudon Wainwright
6. The Dream Is Over – Andy Roberts
7. All Along The Watchtower – Bob Dylan Arranged Andy Roberts

The last time I did a Loudon Wainwright Special was back on Podcast Episode 4

All Along The Watchtower was last covered more recently on Episode 24

There’s a couple of lines missing from The Dream is Over. I need to brush up on the lyrics to that one.

There’s a mixed bag of songs on Podcast #24, which was recorded last Tuesday, a week ahead of schedule and has a slightly edgy feel to it. “Not John” was appropriate for the following day being December 8th, exactly thirty years after John Lennon was shot dead. On the anniversary itself I played it again at Havering Folk Club followed by Working Class Hero and the video from that evening is embedded at the end here.

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24 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 24.mp3

Shownotes for podcast #24

1. Captain Coulston – traditional after Steeleye Span
2. Just Like A Woman – Bob Dylan
3. Wild World – Cat Stevens
4. Not John – Loudon Wainwright
5. Mondura Dam – Andy Roberts
6. All Along The Watchtower – Dylan

Not John Lennon

Loudon Wainwright’s “Not John” followed by “Working Class Hero” written by John Lennon performed at Havring Folk Club on December 8th 2010 by Andy Roberts.

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20 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 20.mp3

Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 20 Show Notes

1. “Waiting” – Music and lyrics by Andy Roberts
2. “The Wreckers Prayer” – Music and lyrics by Andy Roberts
3. “Ca Sert A Quoi?” – Music and lyrics by Maxime le Forestier



4. “Tip That Waitress” – Music and lyrics by Loudon Wainwright

Inspired by friends’ lists of 15 songwriters tagged and copied in Facebook, I played songs by Neil Diamond, Steve Tilston, Andy Roberts, Loudon Wainwright and a bonus track Roy Harper song at the start of which there’s an unfortunate inbound telephone ringtone but I didn’t let that faze me at all, oh no. If you do happen to be listening on an iphone or in a house then the effect could be unpredictable.

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19 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 19.mp3

Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 19 Show Notes

1. “I’m a Believer” – by Neil Diamond
2. “One Man Band” – Music and lyrics by Steve Tilston
3. “The Rowan Tree” – Music and lyrics by Andy Roberts
4. “Samson and the Warden” – Music and lyrics by Loudon Wainwright
5. “Migration” – Music and lyrics by Andy Roberts
6. “I’ll See You Again” – Music and lyrics by Roy Harper

acoustic guitar podcasts

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17 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 17.mp3

Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 17 Show Notes

1. intro
2. Down Drinking at the Bar – Loudon Wainwright
3. Narrowboats – Andy Roberts
4. Sitting on the Bank – Andy Roberts
5. Wrecked Again – Michael Chapman
6. Postcards – Michael Chapman
7. Here Comes The Sun – George Harrison
8. The Dream is Over – Andy Roberts

So this week’s podcast was recorded a day early, on the Monday instead of Tuesday, not that that will make much difference to podcast subscribers, who mostly seem to like to download the show about one week after it’s been published, but for those of you who might on occasion turn up for the live show at 7.00pm, I won’t be there at all some Tuesdays, and this was one of them.

Knowing that I was effectively playing to an absent live audience had a curious effect on the performance, which I would describe as slightly more random in a creative sort of way, but Linda described as “less in the flow”. I was worried that it wouldn’t be good enough for me to want to put out at all, so I carried on after the half hour but in the end that just made it a bit more difficult to edit down to size, something I’d prefer not to do really.

So the original full length video file saved over on Ustream is not worth keeping really, due to the failing daylight at this time of year on a cloudy September evening, and me not having bothered to find the lamp. I kind of like lurking in the dark though

Andy Roberts is being kept in the dark

Here is the tracklist of links and show notes for Podcast Episode 11:

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10 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 11.mp3

Podcast Episode 11 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 11 broadcast on September 13th, published on September 14th 2010.

1) Century

A Millenium song written by Andy Roberts around 1980

“Century is my song for the Millennium, written in the early eighties looking forward to the year 2000. It’s called “Century” because the term Millennium wasn’t so much in use then, nobody much had started thinking about it yet, and I was still writing COBOL computer programs with 2 digit years”

2) I Am The Way

Song by Loudon Wainwright after Woodie Guthrie’s “Standing Down in New York Town”. Just noticed I played this not long ago, in podcast 7 oh well.

3) You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

Bob Dylan Song from Greatest Hits Vol 2

4) Mondura Dam – Andy Roberts song

I may have played this recently, not sure now, but anyway here it is again but this time on the 12 string guitar. Music and Lyrics by Andy Roberts.

5) Norwegian Wood – Beatles

I kind of love/hate this song, so I’m trying to reinterpret it. The video below will be from a live performance at Havering Folk Club

6) Me and my Friend the Cat

One of the early songs by Loudon Wainwright – performed on his birthday. Happy birthday Loudon. Next time I’ll remember the lyrics, OK.

If you have any suggestions for alternatives to Ustream, or ways to improve it then please come forth in the comments here.

Here are the links for Podcast Episode 7:

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You can also download the MP3 audio file which is 26.2Mb in size and 28 minutes 36 seconds in duration from this link

07 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 7.mp3

There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Video Podcast Episode No 7

Podcast Episode 7 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 7 broadcast on August 17th, published on August 18th 2010.

All songs performed with the 12 string vintage Guild acoustic guitar except 06 on the Ibanez 6 string

Postcards from Scarborough – Michael Chapman

Postcards is probably Mike Chapman’s most frequently covered songs, and I enjoy playing it on the 12 string guitar, flat picking style.

The video below is from Havering Folk Club, January 2009 or possibly August 2008.

Shifting Sands – Andy Roberts

Here’s an old demo video of Shifting Sands which was the first song in a sequence which I now refer to as “the Spanish songs” or the album Gernika

Wild World – Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam

This is an old busking song which has some nice runs on the 12 string guitar.

The placeholder video is a six string version, which I’ll replace later.

The Last Nail – Andy Roberts

The Last Nail – info

I am The Way – Loudon Wainwright

From Attempted Moustache

The Loudon Wainwright Special was episode 4

Winter in Andalucia – Andy Roberts

Winter in Andalucia ( or Andalusia ) is one of the songs on my Sampler CD

I wonder if it might be good to have a simple index of which songs on each podcast somewhere, without the notes and videos etc. just for reference.

I have two apologies to make first.

The length of the podcasts is meant to be strictly under half an hour, and this one is 30 minutes and 18 seconds. That’s eighteen seconds too long, I didn’t notice until after I’d exported the mp3 file. Sorry about that. Won’t happen again. The other thing is the sound quality which is not up to scratch either. I’ve done some software updates and the recording level got reset, and it was too high so there is some distortion on the guitar parts in the louder tunes. I dont mind it too much myself, but if you hate that sort of cheap fuzzboxy kind of noise then just skip over those bits, or miss out the whole episode. I’ll get it right next time. Now the podcast player and show notes:

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06 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 6.mp3

There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Video Podcast Episode No 6

Podcast Episode 6 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 6 broadcast on August 10th, published on August 11th 2010. All songs performed with the six string Ibanez acoustic guitar again (must get the 12 string out next week)

Hesitation Blues

I know this song from Ralph McTell but the origins are older: “Hesitation Blues” is a popular song written by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham around 1914. It’s changed a bit, with famous versions by Leadbelly, Rev Gary Davis and Janis Joplin

When The Waters Rise

I haven’t performed my song “When The Waters Rise” for a while so I thought I’d slip it into this episode. It’s not a blues though, it’s a tango. SInce the subject matter is a distopian view of climate change I thought I’d offer it to the Black Mountain Uncivilisation community. Oh well.

Count On Me

I learned this one from Wizz Jones but it’s by Mose Allison

Doing it All Alone

One of my Paris songs, Doing it all alone : lyrics and music by Andy Roberts

Deep River Blues

Again know to me as a Wizz Jones song but it’s an old blues classic made famous by Doc Watson.

Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

John The Fish used to sing this one at the old folk cottage in Truro, and then Eric Clapton recorded it on his unplugged album but it was a well knownjazz/blues song before that.

No – by Loudon Wainwright

This is just the bonus track really, which I learned to play this week in response to a request by Then Wang for a tutorial with chords so he can learn it himself. Great song though, which I may be able to do some justice to one day, but not quite there yet…

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I’ve been listening to and playing Loudon Wainwright songs pretty much since I first started playing guitar, some 30 odd years ago – the lyrics are so clever, poignant or funny and the tunes are powerful yet straightforward enough to learn, and in some quantity it turns out. Wondering hpw to mark out tonight’s podcast, which is at episode 4 already, I decided to feature my own interpretations of mostly Loudon Wainwright songs and in the end as it turned out, nothing but Loudon Wainwright songs except for a couple of bonus tracks on the live Ustream after the recording had been switched off.

So here is the podcast player and download link:

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04 Andy Roberts Podcast Episode 4.mp3

There’s also a stored video file from the live broadcast over at Ustream.tv where the podcasting event takes place on Tuesdays at 7.00pm UK time

Episode No 4 Video

Podcast Episode 4 Show Notes

Show notes and information for Podcast Episode 4 published on July 27th 2010.

First two songs on 12 string acoustic, remainder on 6 string guitar

All songs music and lyrics by Loudon Wainwright interpreted and arranged by Andy Roberts

1. Muse Blues
2. Drinking Song
3. Be Careful There’s a Baby in the House
4. Down Drinking at the Bar
5. Thankyou Mister Hubble
6. Motel Blues
7. Unrequited to the nth degree
8. Dead Skunk
9. Say That You Love Me

Loudon Wainwright