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| Fairest Lord Jesus 01:56A favorite of my wife, Janet, who reminds me periodically that I have not played it in a while. The timeless words to this were written in 1677 and the music did not gel until the mid 1800’s. Tags: acoustic fingerstyle guitar hymn richard sharp richardsharp Category: Music Views: 86 Comments: 2 Added: Jun 13, 07 By: RichardSharp | |
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| Summertime 01:42"Summertime" is actually a lullaby, created in 1935 for “Porgy and Bess” by Gershwin. Sometimes a short piece but it is sweet. I wonder if Gershwin knew how sweet this little gem was when he more...wrote it. less Tags: acoustic fingerstyle guitar richard sharp richardsharp lullaby Category: Music Views: 156 Comments: 5 Added: Jun 11, 07 By: RichardSharp | |
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| Moondance amp Blue Skies 05:25Warning: If you think that songs should not be altered then don’t listen. After listening to David & the Leaches do Moondance at the last Coffee Den Open Mic I decided I wanted to learn it. While more...learning it some how Blues Skies crept into my brain and then into the arrangement I was making. less Tags: acoustic fingerstyle guitar richard sharp richardsharp moondance blue skies Category: Music Views: 94 Comments: 6 Added: Jul 8, 07 By: RichardSharp | |
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| All Through the Night 01:41In the mid 70s I would play this for my daughter in hopes that she would fall asleep. It is an 1784 Welsh folk song first published under the name of Bardd y Brenin (Edward Jones). Tags: acoustic fingerstyle guitar richard sharp richardsharp lullaby Category: Music Views: 100 Comments: 6 Added: Jun 10, 07 By: RichardSharp | |
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| Sweet Hour of Prayer 02:06"Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! That calls me from a world of care, And bids me at my Father’s throne" The music to Sweet Hour of Prayer was created by William Batchelder Bradbury more...in 1861 to accompany the words that were written by William Walford in 1845. less Tags: acoustic fingerstyle guitar hymn richard sharp richardsharp Category: Music Views: 385 Comments: 3 Added: Jun 10, 07 By: RichardSharp | |
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| Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out 02:48Jimmie Cox, 1922 - Blues tune sung by Bessie Smith in 1929 became an anthem of the Great Depression Tags: acoustic guitar blues fingerstyle richardsharp sharp nobody knows you Category: Music Views: 212 Comments: 5 Added: Apr 24, 07 By: RichardSharp | |
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