I'm Going Away

By god, it's a bluegrass song! Thought of it because of this superlative Williams interpretation.

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posted by cortex (9 comments total)

I was not then (and still am not) nearly so solid a banjist as willc. My fingers are slow, which really puts a damper on that whole Scruggs-style thing. But I had just discovered bluegrass—this was written some time around 2000 or s—and I felt like I ought to give the genre a shot.

It was some time around the line "I have felt shovels / standing up for you" came along that I began to realize I wasn't yet fully conversant in the traditional vocabulary of bluegrass lyrics. Oh well.
posted by cortex at 3:41 PM on July 27, 2006

And the whole thing is incredibly sloppy and you can really, really tell I didn't use a click track.
posted by cortex at 3:49 PM on July 27, 2006

STFU. Nice!
posted by snsranch at 4:13 PM on July 27, 2006

Incredibly catchy is what it is!
posted by TwoWordReview at 4:44 PM on July 27, 2006

I like it, dammit! Don't be telling me it isn't all that good.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:21 PM on July 27, 2006

Man, I didn't mean to suggest that it was without merit or anything. I just find this a compelling venue in which to complain about the things that are wrong with it. I am pleased as punch that y'all find it entertaining.

I have been doing some more laid-back, plaintive banjo stuff lately, as parts of larger compositions. Some of that might show up eventually.
posted by cortex at 7:24 PM on July 27, 2006

ok, glad we cleared that up, heh.
posted by madamjujujive at 7:43 PM on July 27, 2006

The rocksmyarse-o-meter reads: 9.1
posted by Jofus at 4:18 AM on August 4, 2006

For someone that is not a "banjist" it seams like you are doing a fantastic job. Well done
posted by Randy Curtis at 10:12 AM on August 22, 2007