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Aw thanks man! Kind words warm my cold, jaded heart lol. I kind of like being a hidden channel flying under the radar to be honest 😅 i don't feel much pressure to keep up a facade or anything and i can just focus on having fun and stuff. I feel like the moment i start trying to promote my channel to boost followers or whatever is when the channel becomes the focus and not the music... Hopefully i don't sound to cork-sniffy saying that 😂

@ haha oh mate, it’s actually quite refreshing to know that there are still musicians like you out there. I think that you having a smaller, dedicated fan base is actually fitting for the bands that you cover. Even to this day, I’m still absolutely shocked when I talk to music fans who don’t even have Welcome To Sky Valley or Rated R in their music collection, but it reminds me of the 90s and the first 2 Queens albums, where I’d be in crowds of 40,000 at music festivals here in the UK and there would only be handful of us there rocking out to these bands. On the one hand, I’d want the crowd to be more appreciative, but on the other, I’d be like ‘nah, keep your Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach, Kyuss and QOTSA are OURS! For real music fans only! After the Queens split after the 3rd album, Mondo Generator and Mark Lanegan were set to close out the last day of Leeds Festival, in a tiny marquee. The masses were all at the main stage, which left around 100 of us in the marquee. Mate, watching Mondo and Lanegan’s Band in that intimate setting was one of best things that I’ve ever seen. Only 100 people, but everyone of them were there for the music. That was like 2004-5. So yeah, dude. Again, keep up the awesome work and cheers for staying real. Like how musicians used to be! 😁✌️🇺🇸🇬🇧

@@TrisonBoyesMusicalso, I’m still blown away by how you manage to play Kyuss songs on your own, as obviously they are one of the hardest bands to cover, given the structure and technical genius of their tunes, this one in particular. The chord sequences are crazy and not only do you absolutely nail them, but to also do Garcia’s vocs flawlessly is beyond talent. I sound like I’m blowing smoke 😂 but honestly dude, this band, this album and the 1st two Queens albums are so sentimental to me, I can’t really explain it. Cheers again, man! 😁✌️

😅 it's definitely better than what it used to be. I still have work to do but I'm not... Totally embarrassed by it now lol

@@TrisonBoyesMusic yeah I don't do it so well, it is hard for me, like I can get high with power behind my voice but sometimes you need some delicate vocals which homme has through and through

Maybe I picked the wrong band to emulate 😂

Thank ya! I had the 'Runnin' back thru Canada' album back in the day and that version was what I'm referencing for the most part. I think McDougall was in the lineup for that as i definitely remember them shouting him out on his solo during 'Let It Ride' 😅

Haha, thanks man. 😅😩 I swear a good chunk of my comments are people asking for tutorials/chords... I don't know honestly. I do this because I like the challenge of figuring out the songs and coming up with a version that stays true to the original vibe but on acoustic, and then recording that live as best as possible. Most of what i do is just building up the electric guitar bits with the surrounding chords informed by the baseline. I'd rather see people try and do their own thing rather than me just telling them what to do... That doesn't really give me joy. This stuff is probably more complicated to explain than to do if I'm being honest 🤣

I mean... Life is hard, that's why no one survives 😅

Thanks! This has been one I've wanted to cover for a very long time but I've had to slowly solidify my vocal placement and how to convert the guitar to acoustic in a way i liked.

@@TrisonBoyesMusicI imagine you really wanted that percussive sound out of the guitar including the fingerings in the middle of the verses. But you’re also doing the background vocals which is nothing to bat an eyelash at. That’s tough to do.

@@ThatOtherRaccoon Yeah! Those riffs during the verses with the backing vocals are such a key part of the vibe that it sounds weird if i leave them out. Just had to transpose some of the guitar parts to a different octave as it sounds super thin up top 😅 Figuring out how to flip between the lead vocals and backing vocals for placement without sounding like I'm going through puberty again was... A challenge 🤣

😅 it's like you precoged what album I was going to cover from next 🤣 I've been musing over caligulove and figuring out how I want to tackle it... and have been waiting for my falsetto to finally solidify a little bit more. I think after Scumbag Blues I feel a bit more confident in it so I can tackle caligulove and interlude. I still have no idea how the heck I want to cover Elephants 😅

@@TrisonBoyesMusic yeah I still practice that one religiously lol and have tried slowing it down and trying to make it more bluesy and it's tough

Might have to figure out caligulove....... 🤔

Haha, it's a little homage to Alain's solo he did in live concerts before this song. Their 2005 Belfort performance has a good example!

@@TrisonBoyesMusic that's awesome I will need to check that out!!

Eh, he's mid at best 😅

I'm going to operate under the assumption that this is just a way of getting to the singing bit and not a warning for when it starts 😅

@@TrisonBoyesMusic Oh no bro. Not a warning. :) This was for me. I wrote the lyrics on a piece of paper and sometimes I practice with you. I have no doubt that you normally do wonders with your introduction.:)

@@TrisonBoyesMusic By the way, I have been listening to qotsa for 20 years. It makes me so happy to see your acoustic covers on RUclips. And you have a great voice my friend. Thank you for your works. Loves from Turkey :)

Thanks man! I appreciate it. Hopefully you post up your version soon! I have a very self-deprecation heavy sense of humor to keep my ego in check 😅 also, its a little humbling to see the youtube analytics show the viewage drop off as soon as i start singing 🤣.

😅 yeah i had definitely been watching josh's performances of this to figure out how to keep the energy up a bit. The chorus is great on this song but I always get nervous on acoustic covers of slow build songs. And don't get me wrong, i don't think the album is terrible or anything lol. It's just not what I'm looking for most of the time.

This is actually a sneaky difficult one to do on acoustic as it's so sparse in the original... Makes the acoustic parts very minimal. I went with a more faithful interpretation based on Josh's acoustic performances of it, but you can definitely change it up a bit as there's a lot of room.

@@TrisonBoyesMusic that's awesome!! That's the key with covers I feel like, make it your own! Show your passion and love for the music song not rinse and repeat.

😅😅 this song hits different now in the context of ITNR eh?

This song really captures that feeling of having a hundred mile hole in your heart. Glad you think I did it justice!

I just love how absolutely unhinged this song is 😅. Really captures the vibe of the album.

@@TrisonBoyesMusic indeed good sir!!! Feel like most people just know songs for the deaf on the outside and miss out on great songs!!

😅 One of my friends that used to do covers on youtube too had a cover of it as I had no idea about Josh's random side songs. My friend has unfortunately taken down his channel now, but mine remains.

Yeah this was a really deep cut 😅 I thought it was wild that Josh used parts of it for a TCV song! Must have given Lanegan a songwriting credit...

This one definitely took a little bit to figure out 😅 I had kind of an idea of introducing the different time signature guitar part in periodically and it was a right pain to figure out how it would work out. I don't think I quite got it, but it sounded good enough for the cover I thought.

Haha thanks friend! I wish this song was available on streaming sites and stuff... it's a good tune!

Haha I think I have more than half... been meaning to complete the set at some point but I've been taking a bit of a break from youtube videos. Will try to get back into it soon... and finish covering this album in full!