StuartEstell Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (edited) While rummaging through my hard drive, I found this recording from 2007 - a version of "Sister Ray" by The Velvet Underground, reimagined for duet concertina, acoustic guitar, and acoustic bass guitar. In the interests of being "family-friendly" I should say that if you're not familiar with the song, it's a particularly sordid Lou Reed paean to, amongst other things, drugs, prostitution and murder - it's basically an urban folk ballad, really, but not for the queasy of stomach. Anyway, it rolls along quite nicely, I think - I was pleasantly surprised when I heard it again after all this time. https://soundcloud.com/5357311/sister-ray-velvet-underground-cover-acoustic-w-concertina Edited October 22, 2014 by StuartEstell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven r. arntson Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 This is great! Thanks for posting it. I'm always on the lookout for people playing pop tunes on concertina. You do an excellent job here---the song works really well. And you kind of sound like Lou Reed, IMO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartEstell Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thanks Steven - much appreciated. Being a Seattle-ite, are you familiar with the 'cellist Lori Goldston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven r. arntson Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Definitely! Yes, she is a local treasure. I've seen her play many times. The wonderful video on the main page of her website right now was recorded about 1/2 mile from my abode: http://www.lorigoldston.com/ best, steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maki Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Drugs, prostitution, and murder? I'm in!!! Seriously, great take. I've always wondered how a concertina would work with rock n roll. Very nicely, it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Dudgeon Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Very well done! Thank you for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansiRowe Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Sister Ray is one of my all time favourite VU tracks… and this acoustic version with a concertina is great! I get a real kick out of listening to instruments that were originally intended for a certain style of music, playing something quite the opposite. Really enjoyed this… thanks Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartEstell Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Definitely! Yes, she is a local treasure. I've seen her play many times. The wonderful video on the main page of her website right now was recorded about 1/2 mile from my abode: http://www.lorigoldston.com/ best, steven Tremendous - I was sad to miss her on her recent European tour. I've seen her live with Earth and solo a number of times. Superb musician - and a lovely lady to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Thanks for posting Stuart, well worth it (commented on SC)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Barker Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 I love the concertina in this song. You manage to play it so that the concertina is playing both an organ part and replacing the viola. Very versatile playing. More, more, more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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