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The best Canadian rock band ever doing an iconic tune with a lot of cool unique details and a great showing of Gord Downie and his magic.

Hey Michael-

I've been listening to this Josh Daniel guy for about a year now. He live streams a lot of his small gigs to his YT and FB followers, and also plays solo from his house pretty often. His specialty is typically looping his rhythm and then jamming over that with pedal effects (essentially turning his acoustic into an electric guitar-like sound), and I just really enjoy his style. Really good covers and originals, great vocals, etc.

However, this particular video is actually how I initially discovered Josh. There is no looping or pedals in this one; just an acoustic guitar on a porch playing/singing the whole Terrapin Station. As you know, Terrapin is really like three distinct songs in one, and I wouldn't normally think one guitar would be capable of nailing it like this. He doesn't play the traditional Jerry or Bob solos in this because there would be no rhythm guitar to solo over, but he still manages some kind of like chord-tonal mix of solo and chord strumming together.

Anyhow, would love to see your reaction and also break down some of his sections so I could try to learn it. I can only play the Lady with a Fan part so far (not the solo part, though).

Thanks!
Brian

Plini is always fun to listen to but this particularly caught my attention with band dynamics and the interplay between all of the musicians, particularly between the keys and sax. Love to hear Michael break this down for us!

Don't know if you've listened to this already or not, but this is Tiger Merritt. Front man of an incredibly wacky, psychedelia-laced groovy bunch of melody makers called Morning Teleportation. From Bowling Green Kentucky. They only put out 2 albums in their short career, but both are fantastic works of art. I think other fans of WEEN would enjoy the first album if they haven't heard it already. Sadly, after the second album Tiger Merritt had passed away. I'm glad I had the chance to see them live a couple times and hang out with them. There isn't much good quality video of them playing live, but this solo performance showcases the talent of Merritt and his songwriting abilities.