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Relevant Videos and Repertoire for

Monday 9:30am 30 November 2020

Monday Morning Special at Fly Point (on the stage or nearby)

Everybody’s Talking
Wagon-Wheel-Old-Crow-Medicine-Show
Night Riders Lament
Gold on the Ceiling and John’s first ever riffs he’s written up – Gold on the Ceiling riffs
Angel of the Morning
Wild Thing (no chords or lyrics, we’ll do this by ear)
Perfect Day – Lou Reed
Angel From Montgomery
Michelle The Beatles
C Jam Blues 12 Bar blues pattern
The Good the Bad and the Ugly
In Spite Of Ourselves
Caldonia in tab AND Caldonia in notation AND Caldonia Lyrics
Birthday – The Beatles Don’t forget to download these riffs

Spares

I Can See Clearly Now AND riffs
Sister Golden Hair
Slipping Away
Young at Heart – Frank Sinatra – Doctor Uke
Chocolate Jesus
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Stay With Me (Sam Smith) (on page 7 of a 12 page booklet) or Stay With Me bar chords
And I Love Her
Norwegian Wood
Mr Bojangles – F – Scorpex version

VIDEOS

GOLD ON THE CEILING

Caldonia (or is it Caledonia?) – Louis Jordan

VALE JOHNNY NASH

C-Jam Blues – Oscar Peterson

This is crazy and really distracting, but fabulous. I’ve started the video at the rare bit in the song where the melody (which is very simple), is played. It’s such a great video and performance to watch, but some may find it boring. Notice how he ‘sings’ his improvisational idea. Notice the all white audience!