Rather unexpectedly, I’ve recently got hold of some spare boxes of a CD I recorded a couple of years ago when playing in an acoustic folk/roots duo. I doubt I can sell the CD any more so I thought it was much better to get them ‘out there’ rather than leave them mouldering away under the bed for another 10 years!
Entitled ‘G-Force Trousers’ (don’t ask, it’s a long story!) the CD is a combination of both original and traditional tunes, written for guitar and mandolin. It went down very well at the time – we got a few good gigs out of it, got it on the radio, and also received this very favourable review from FRoots Magazine:
‘Very nice set of tunes on guitars, mandolin and banjo, plus assorted pig and cat friends. The duo switch from fast bluegrass picking to gentle Irish airs, with the virtuosity element strongly to the fore, but not overwhelming the tunes. Bet they’re blinding live.’
FRoots Magazine, December 2006
So, I’ve got 100 copies here, free to anyone in the Blogosphere who fancies one! Simply send me an email to freecd@cbatkin.plus.com with your name and address and I’ll bung one in the post to you (first come, first served). In return, I’d love to know what you think of it so please add a comment to this site (or email me, or visit my guitar site at www.cbatkin.plus.com) – you can hear some snippets of the tracks on the CD at this page >>.
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I appreciate the offer of a CD, and will seriously review it once received….
Long winter coming here in Winnipeg, CANADA.
[…] November 21, 2008 by clivebatkin I sent a copy of the ‘G Force Trousers’ CD to a guy called Jim in Canada a little while ago, in response to my blog posting re the free cds. […]