It's been a few weeks since I've played a new (or new old) song and with me being off today I thought I'd do one as part of my guitar playing practice. The last one I put up was 'Whiskey in my Whiskey' which I've done at the last couple of Open Mics along with 'Down by the Water'. So with all these liquid songs I decided to do another one and have gone for a slow slow version of the traditional Irish song 'Whiskey in the Jar.' It's no Thin Lizzy or Metallica version.

Anyway, I did it on the first take which is at least ten takes fewer than usual.


Whiskey In the Jar
(apologies for the lack of a check shirt - confusing, I know)

My song list is expanding slower now. But if I can concentrate on them I can improve them. Think my singing is improving a little from its admittedly rather low base.

Current songs that I am playing and have put on YouTube are:

• Whiskey In The Jar (trad. Irish)
• Whiskey In My Whiskey (Felice Brothers)
• Down By The Water (Decemberists)
• Love Hurts (Gram Parsons and Emmylou)
• My Heart Is Living In the Sixties Still (Saw Doctors)
• Save It For A Rainy Day (Jayhawks)
• Take Me Down To The Infirmary (Cracker)
• N17 (Saw Doctors)
• Shed A Tear (for the lonesome) (Green on Red)
• Splendid Isolation (Warren Zevon)
• You Couldn't Get Arrested (Green on Red)
• Somewhere Down The Road (Chuck Prophet)
• One I Love (REM)
• Van Diemen's Land (U2)
• Sweet Carolina (Ryan Adams)
• Better Be Home Soon (Crowded House)
• Heart Breaks Like the Dawn (Chuck Prophet)
• Hotel California (Eagles)

Written out like that it looks like a whole setlist. Anyway, in a few months I'll start putting newer versions of the same songs which should show some progress. Bloody hope so anyway!