"Tree Frog Blues" by Uncle Gus. Recorded live in one take on 7/16/2012 on my cookie tin guitar "Winterbone."

TREE FROG BLUES
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Now it's the middle of July
Steam is rising through the trees
Clings to everything it touches
Hangs on your skin in beads
There's a flash and a rumble
Storm's coming I do believe

O can you hear the tree frogs singing
Hear the crickets doing their thing
Cicadas rising and falling
See the moon watching over everything
June bugs bumbling under the porch light
And you can smell the coming rain

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Comment by Cigar Box Gus on October 18, 2012 at 11:39am

Thanks! I guess I've just got a few pics of this one up here, no real close-ups. This was my third build ever, and the headstock looks exactly nothing like I originally wanted, so that's probably why I didn't do zoom-ins...shame, basically. :D

Comment by BUGGY (C) on October 17, 2012 at 9:41pm

Damn that thing sounds great... got any pics of it close up?

Comment by Cigar Box Gus on September 4, 2012 at 12:14pm

Thanx!

Comment by Keith Remnant on September 4, 2012 at 12:47am

Great playing - yeah

Comment by Sammy Lloyd on July 21, 2012 at 11:22am

Lovely job all round mate. Fabulous cookie tin design and sound. Looks like you got all the gear for making super recordings.

Comment by Cigar Box Gus on July 18, 2012 at 11:44pm

Thanls, jim, Southpaw, James and bug!

Comment by jim on July 18, 2012 at 8:12pm

Good stuff Gus!

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on July 18, 2012 at 6:43pm

nicely sung and recorded!  (-:

Comment by James on July 18, 2012 at 11:55am

love it , killer job , and subject mater !!!  tree frog awesome !!!

Comment by James on July 18, 2012 at 11:55am

love it , killer job , and subject mater !!!  tree frog awesome !!!

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