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Fruit Lady (a children's song) Played on 3 String Cigar Box Guitar. Please sing along!!

2013-05-21T11:09:21.829Z

http://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/

LYRICS:

Fruit Lady

My heart is made of mango
and my fingers are ten ripe bananas.
My head's a big fat melon
and my toes are segments of a tangerine.

CHORUS
I'm the fruit lady, yeah yeah.
I'm the fruit lady, yeah yeah.
I'm the fruit lady, yeah yeah yeah yeah!

If I'm feeling hungry
I'll eat two of my fingers and grow some more.
And when I run too fast
my lychee eyes pop out and roll along the floor!

CHORUS

Sometimes I get sad and I cry
tears of lemonade.
I cry until I've filled a glass
then go outside and drink it in the shade.

CHORUS

A quick live demo of another song for our upcoming grandchild : -)...or anyone else (of any age!) who wants to listen and sing along.
Got to remember to take an apple with me now when I go busking for that "crunch" loop.
Played on a 3 string Cigar Box Guitar that I made. To see and hear more of that CBG see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2tqLX_7sY8

Trying out some new songs, played on my Cohiba 3 string Cigar Box Guitar

2013-04-10T23:44:22.280Z

Yey, warm enough to busk without a coat : -)

Diddley Bow song, with loop pedal & Octave pedal. PLAY LOUD!!

2013-02-20T11:24:31.075Z

Got an octave pedal recently - the Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer.
Have been trying it out with various Cigar Box Guitars.
It's good to take busking so I can add some bass without taking a bass instrument with me.
A few weeks ago I tried it with a Diddley Bow I made in 2011, with lots of distortion (from the Boss OS-2) and LOVED the sound!!
Played it at Hot Numbers open mic in Cambridge the other week. Got some video of it, but as it was so crowded my cameraman/husband had to film from behind the speakers, and it didn't really capture the feeling, so thought I'd do a video of it at home.
The song is called "Is Anybody there?" and a more basic version of it (no beat and pre Octave pedal!) is on the album "Playing (No Rules)" album which is available here http://bemuzic.bandcamp.com/album/playing-no-rules
For the beat I'm using a home made mic, made with a DM-13 mic capsule (cost about a fiver from Maplins) stuffed into an old Wasabi Peanut tin.
On the pedal board I've got, left to right - Boss RC-20XL Loop Station, Boss GE-7 Equaliser, Boss Overdrive/Distortion OS-2, electro-harmonix octave multiplexer, Boss chromatic tuner TU-3.
At the back is a Morley A B switch and an Eneloop pedal juice which powers it all.
For pics and more details about the Diddley Bow and Bob Harrison pick up go here http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/didley-bow-with-bob-harrison-lone-star-pick-up

More Diddley Bow fun : -)

2011-08-14T08:48:25.298Z

Seems to sound a bit like the Mission Impossible theme tune in places??!

For more details and to see the Diddley Bow better, check out these photos:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/didley-bow-with-bob-harrison-lone-star-pick-up
The handwound pick up is made by Bob Harrison http://www.harrisonguitarpickups.com/

Broom Handle Diddley Bow with Bob Harrison Lonestar pick up - demo

2011-08-11T16:55:10.990Z

A bit of a random jam with my latest Diddley Bow, that I finished making recently : -)
Love the pick up, both the sound and look..pure quality!!!
Take a look at Bob's website :

http://www.harrisonguitarpickups.com/

For more details and to see the Diddley Bow better, check out these photos:
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/albums/didley-bow-with-bob-harrison-lone-star-pick-up