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I am so glad you enjoyed it, Glenn. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

@AdamWillisWilkesMusic Oh, man. That guitar is a wall-hanger at this point. I played it for a friend of mine overseas who wanted to hear it. I appreciate the comment, Adam. Have a great Christmas day, and God bless you--Tim.

Thank you, my friend. It's hard to get my son to record something. He is so busy. Best wishes--Tim.

Hey, Vladek. It's very good to hear from you. Thank you for the kindness, and I wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year as well. I hope everything is going well for you. Peace--Tim.

They are two young guys who were in a group called Grateful Shred with bassist Dan Horne. They have since formed their own group. Great singers and songwriters, pretty good guitar players, too. I dig them. Thanks for the love, my friend--Tim.

Hey, thanks for checking out the video. I appreciate the kindness. Merry Christmas--Tim.

Thanks so much. I do a lot of stuff like this, but I never know if it's worth posting. I appreciate the feedback--Tim.

I actually work in a freezer, but I am old, so I get kind of arthritic. This kind of playing helps me get everything loose to play chords and runs. It has very little structure. Just an Em to D and whatever else pops up, lol. Thank you for the comment and stay warm, my friend. Merry Christmas, dude!

Thank you, Glenn. Longer comment on AGF.

Ray, my friend, it is really good to hear from you. I appreciate you taking the time to listen to my little version of this great tune. I am getting over kind of a rough cold/flu, so that might be part of what you are hearing in that recording. I am certainly no virtuoso of any kind, whether singing or playing, just a guy who likes to play a few tunes as a hobby. I would only hope my efforts sound heartfelt (which they are) and not too unpleasant a listening experience (and there's the rub, lol). Anyway, I hope you and your family have a great holiday season. And shoot me a message any time. It is always a pleasure--Tim.

Well, thank you so much, friend. Happy holidays--Tim.

It is definitely one of my favorite tunes. Thank you, Glenn.

Thank you so much, Glenn. It is a favorite of mine as well--Tim.

@@LonePigsyAndCub Thanks, my friend. Good to hear from you. Best wishes--Tim.

@BobWarnerBarn Hey, thanks for the comment and kind words. Best wishes--Tim.

Thank you, Glenn. I posted an extended reply on AGF!

Thank you, my friend. That is the closest I will get to a Christmas tune, lol!

@allanyork244 Thank you for the incredibly kind words of encouragement. This is what keeps me hitting the record button. Many good vibes--Tim, NC.

Thank you so much. It does mean a lot--Tim.

Thank you, Glenn. It took me a while to play and sing this without getting too emotional. It reminds me of Jerry Garcia and Phil Lesh, and they were major musical heroes of mine--Tim.

Thank you, my friend. It took me a week to be able to do this without crying. Peace and best wishes--Tim.

Ray, I appreciate the comment and am glad that you dug that take on it. Best wishes--Tim.

This is a fairly obscure Garcia-Hunter tune, so it's easy to forget about the song. It's a cool one, though, and I love the bridge. You don't hear Jerry doing straight-up blues too much, but he was great at it. I hope you do add this one to your songbook, and I hope you feel better. And I appreciate your interest in my videos. It's always a pleasure to chat with you--Tim.

Hey, Glenn. Thanks so much. I am glad this tune fit the mood.--Tim.

I think it's a great tune as well, a lot of fun to play and mess up, lol. Thanks for checking it out, my friend--Tim.

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate the support--Tim.

Thanks so much, Glenn. It's such a favorite of mine, and I am glad you thought it turned out okay--Tim.

Yes, eventually he is going to be in a band. I am trying to prepare him for those experiences, lol. Thanks for checking it out, W. Peace--Tim.

Thank you very much. It is such an epic tune and influenced me so profoundly. Best wishes--Tim in NC.

Ray, I appreciate the kindness. I attempt to play for the song, so if it's a softer tune, I try to strum and pick a little less aggressively. Sometimes it works, and other times not so much. That RFK show was my last one as well. I can only remember Jerry seeming really out of it. That's a beautiful sentiment you memorializing your mom with Brokedown. I think it's a very spiritual song myself--Tim.

@@timtsh I saw both of those RFK shows in 95 and my memory was Jerry looked and sounded terrible the first night - out of it is about the nicest thing you could say about him - he seemed like he was nearly nodding out on stage. But the second night, when they did Brokedown for the encore, he seemed MUCH more together to me. Dylan opened and Jerry came out and played a couple of tunes with him. And Hornsby played with them all show and he always seemed to inspire Jerry. He seemed pretty on relative to a lot of the shows those last couple of years. Anyway, cool to know we were at the same show, almost 30 years after the fact…

Yes, I do recall Jerry being seriously off that first night, and the second night was better. That all seems like a lifetime ago. I can't say I miss those massive crowds and all the idiots just looking to get wasted. My favorite memories of those last few years were the JGB shows I got to see. It is very cool that we both had the same last show. I had kind of lost touch with the Dead's music a bit until I started recording all these tunes for Jack. I have been way more into bluegrass and folk and woodshedding that style of guitar. For most of my playing life, I was pretty much a strummer and could sing a few tunes. Anyway, I am rambling. Thanks for the great conversation, Ray!

Thank you for listening and commenting. Best wishes--Tim.

Thank you, my friend. That Yamaha just sounds good, lol. We are okay down here. Best wishes--Tim.

Ray, thanks for the wonderful comment, man. This is a tune that helped me develop the way that I approach playing guitar (for better or worse, lol). When I got semi-serious about playing guitar, I picked up a Norman Blake instruction video and studied that thing religiously. I got to see Norman only a couple times over the years, and he's been retired from the road for a long time now. I love that story, and I appreciate you sharing it. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall there, my friend. Did you know that Norman was able to basically retire from his deal for the soundtrack to the film "Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou"? Norman agreed to take a percentage of the soundtrack's sales, and he gambled well. And Norman's inclusion on the soundtrack was adamantly insisted by Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, as producer T. Bone Burnett was not too sure of Mr. Blake. I always thought this was a pretty cool story--Tim.

Thank you for the kind words--Tim.

Thanks so much, Glenn. I always greatly value your input--Tim.

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Thank you for commenting. I hope you enjoyed the song--Tim.

Thank you, my friend--Tim.

Hey, good to hear from you, my friend. It's a good old Norman Blake tune. He wrote a bunch that were very old sounding like that. Thanks for the support--Tim.

Thanks for checking it out. I appreciate the support--Tim.

I really appreciate you checking out the music. I record these songs for my son to remember me when I am long gone. Thank you for the feedback and support. And that Yamaha you ordered is really, really good--Tim.

I really hope you like your guitar. Thank you for commenting. Best wishes--Tim.

Thank you for commenting. I hope you like your Yamaha. Best wishes--Tim.

We absolutely appreciate your kind words and thumbs up. Thank you--Tim and Jack.

Ray, we appreciate the kindness. Jack was pretty excited to get a crack at this tune. He developing really quickly on guitar. It is amazing to witness--Tim.

Glenn, you are the best, my friend. This was a tune I had been wanting to record, as it's sort of an American songbook kind of thing, and Jerry Garcia played this quite a bit. Jack was more than happy to add some lead to it, which freed me up to simply play rhythm and sing. Jack had never played this tune before today, lol--Tim.

Thank you, my friend. My son is 15 and has been playing a little over two years. He plays lots of instruments and is already an excellent musician overall. I couldn't be more proud of him--Tim.

@@timtsh Awesome! I've been trying to get my three boys to play for years. They all showed an interest, early on, but none of them stuck with it. They dabble now and again. Teaching my nephew now. He's just learning to switch chords effectively. Kids are busy nowadays. Tough to get them to put the required time in. My son just took his guitar out today for a bit.🤞 ✌❤❄

Man, you just never know. I bought Jack a Yamaha FG800 as a starter guitar when he was 12-13, and he played it some. He wanted an electric, so I got him a Tele. He liked that pretty well. But he exploded when I got him a Strat. Now he is technically way better than I am (which isn't saying much, TBH), and he also has a Yamaha ACR1, which is a sweet acoustic-electric. And he got a Boss Katana MKIII for his birthday. I mean, it's good if kids take an interest at all. I am lucky that my son got obsessed with it like I have always been--TIm.

Hey, Ray. Thank you for checking it out. I really love to play this song, as you can probably tell. As far as my lead playing, it is fairly instinctual and just following my muse. Sometimes it's okay, and sometimes it's a bit of a train wreck, lol. But I have worked pretty hard to make the leads somewhat digestible. At my core, though, I am a singer and rhythm player, and if I play with a good lead player, I tend to lay back. Best wishes, as always, my friend--Tim.

@@timtsh Hey, just to let you know. I'm ramping back on my AGF time, so if I miss you there, I'll try to keep up with you here. Something about hitting 5000 posts and realizing I've been repeating myself there a lot. Too damn old to waste time saying stuff I've already said any number of times! Not sure I have much more to say about acoustic guitars, so I'm gonna be a lot less active there. But I'll always be into the music and your stuff tends to pop up for me here, so I'll be checking it out and commenting on occasion...

I am not all that active at AGF, so you can find me a lot more on RUclips. I have a few friends there, but it's mostly a bunch of people playing fingerstyle on very expensive boutique guitars, lol. I probably will not share this one at AGF. Ray, feel free to comment on anything I have posted. I love your input. My personal email is also attached, and I love talking music, so hit me up anytime, my friend--Tim.

Man, I missed some comments. Very sorry about that. Thank you so much, my friend.