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"Blackbird"-Live cover version of The Beatles' song off the White Album-by John Mascaro, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Dec. 1995

Musician: John Mascaro (On electric guitar and vocal)

Note: Due to speed problem with an old 4-Track Tascam recorder I used, the song came out in G# instead of the original key of G. As a result, the song also sounds faster than the original.
I believe it was my first attempt at recording, performing Beatles songs after viewing The Beatles Anthology TV special in Nov. 1995. I first tried using an acoustic guitar but each time I listened to the playback it seemed my voice was always coming out much louder than the guitar volume. With the electric (I used a 1969 Les Paul Custom), the EQ I did now made the guitar sound louder than my voice! (It sounds a bit better if you don't have the volume too loud.)
I was just spending way too much time just on this one song, so, it is what it is. I hope to re-do it someday the way it should be done-on acoustic guitar.

Photo: John in La Plata Canyon-Durango, Colorado-Sept. 2006. Photo by Lisa Cate