Played on a DGBE tuned antique Ruy Lopez cedar cigar box guitar and an Iowa saxophone.

My theory is that this was a black folk's song (Alberta Alberta) that was 'whited up' for a white folks song.

Songs and music are often appropriated/borrowed/stolen from genre to genre and from usage to usage.

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Comment by Uncle John on August 8, 2019 at 2:27pm

Ha, Nancy!   Thanks, Danny.  We like it here.

Comment by Danny Gordon on August 7, 2019 at 8:15pm

awesome job Unc how's the new residence doin

Comment by Nancy kat on August 6, 2019 at 6:34am

Always liked that song U-John never heard Alberta version.....another one that well suited  your voice enjoyed it! Meeowwww^..^

Comment by Daniel Walter on August 4, 2019 at 9:58am

Cedar, especially old and dry, is the sweetest wood in so many ways.

Comment by Uncle John on August 4, 2019 at 2:11am

Thanks, Richard.  Iowa sex appeals?   Glad you noticed...  Oh.  Did you mean Iowa Saxophone?   Ha.  Well, one leads to the other.

Comment by Richard Sundberg on August 4, 2019 at 1:47am

What they say about cedar is true, great sound and tones from your CBG Uncle! I think you played the perfect fence between the two versions, Alberta and Corina, with style and a bit of Iowa sex appeals. Loved it!

Comment by Daniel Walter on August 2, 2019 at 12:14pm

'nuther git?

Comment by Uncle John on August 2, 2019 at 11:05am

Rambling Dan.   We can have both a Ramblin'  Dave and a Rambin' Dan....  It doe not cost anything more.

Comment by Daniel Walter on August 2, 2019 at 8:14am

...throw you in the mix...........spellcheck. can iI turn it off?

Comment by Daniel Walter on August 2, 2019 at 8:12am

Thanks John. Does the healing power work if I pour it on my scalp, let it run down to my face, and into my mouth? Pretty woman just wanted some, didn't help. History does repeat itself.

It's one of those things that if you're fired up about something your working on, you kinda forget the top of the cement doorway and smack your head on an up-step. Stops me dead in my tracks. Can't do anything but utter improper words. Sometimes it stops me for the day.

All tangental, but thank you for the advice. I love the song, the sax, the guitar, the playing, and I'll have to show you in the mix as well. I have a flat sax, cause it's a photo printed on a piece of flat paper.

Corina, Corina............Nice hat, nice shadow, nice demeanor.............jeez, I really ramble. Gotta get back to my loose screw.

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