MOUNTAINS OF ILLINOIS - Clive Carroll

Filmed on an old beat-up iPhone SE in, Ιερός Ναός, Nr. Triopetra, Crete
May 2023. This beautiful old 'Holy Temple' was in my sights everyday on the journey to and from the 'John Renbourn Guitar Workshop' and on the last day of the course I decided to strike for the hills with guitar, phone, & audio recording box in hand. I stayed up there for about half an hour and filmed a bunch of tunes that I thought worked well in that acoustic. 'The Mountains of Illinois' is a favourite of mine which I first heard on tour with Tommy Emmanuel many moons ago. It was written by Chet Atkins and Pat Bergeson.
The guitar here is a 2023 Ralph Bown OMX. It's only a few weeks old in this video.