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If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Cat Stevens) - 4 string Cigar Box Mandolin cover

Posted by Richey Kay on June 25, 2014 at 3:05pm

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acoustic, "cat stevens", "4 string", mandolin

A song that always makes me smile. Apologies for the shaky playing - this is a very new tuning for me. 4 string Cigar Box Mandolin, Nylgut Ukelele strings tuned FCGD...probably the least badass song you'll hear on CBN today :-)

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Richey Kay June 28, 2014 at 2:27am

:-) Thanks Matt and Nancy!
Nancy kat June 26, 2014 at 2:40pm

I do remember this one I always liked the old Cat Stevens~Nice one Richey~K OMG I am on your wall!!!! lol ( Laura is a good artist) Meeeowwwwwww^^
Uncle John June 26, 2014 at 6:29am

Thanks, Richey. Laura's art makes a good music backdrop.
Matt Bruce June 26, 2014 at 6:01am

Wow nice singing n lovely little Mandolin Richey...it could be the Cat himself!
Richey Kay June 26, 2014 at 3:40am

Also - I was introduced to this song by the movie Harold and Maude. If you haven't seen it, you should.
Richey Kay June 26, 2014 at 3:38am

Thanks for the comments folks!

John, Laura is the artist. This is our summer house which is both my workshop and Laura's studio. The pictures you can see are just some sketches from a life drawing class but she specialises in oils and watercolour. I can send you some pics if you're interested?
The Capo Kid June 26, 2014 at 3:33am

Great singing and playing Richey .
Uncle John June 25, 2014 at 7:45pm

Wonderful. I like this better than Cat's version. Just super on vocals and playing. What a happy sound and great lyrics.

Who is the artist? I like the art work too.
Clock The Wolf June 25, 2014 at 5:40pm

There you go! Liked. Yup!
Jim Morris June 25, 2014 at 3:19pm

I was looking forward to hearing this instrument. Sounds fantastic! Now I'm gonna go tune one of mine down a step.