When I first heard this song, I almost gave up guitar playing. It seemed to always defy my transcription techniques. Then I turned 50. My birthday present to myself was a month devoted to cracking this thing! I tried to frame it for guitarists and you should know it's DADGAD tuning.
I don't like posting obvious 3-star videos, but I want you to know how much I miss Frank Zappa and how I want to honor him forever here on my YouTube channel.
I still have many Jethro Tull songs left, I just keep screwing them up because I have no time to practice. Maybe I'll set up a separate user account for outtakes! I have a new account, by the way, with the user name "jackhicko". I am going to post my audio recordings there, because I am primarily a recording musician and not a performing one.
I knew I could kind of do the constricted throat vocal, so I quickly put together this little tuning and arrangement. It started as comedy, but now I kind of like it!
You probably heard how my Canon camera squeaks... this is me plugging straight in using this highly compressed voiceover booth! Take my word for it, it's better!
Every Sunday, I wake up and go through my music books and I try to play every song... even the completely electric ones! I just keep forcing it until it works. This is one of those songs. It's not really entertaining, I'm just bringing my hobby to "show & tell"!