Keener Music

Setting around bored, I decided to record and upload a couple of tunes:

• Old Fashioned Love Song, the classic Three Dog Night song.
• Practice, so named because, even though it’s one of mine, the more I practiced it today the harder it got to play … so, I said to heck with it and uploaded it anyway.

Enjoy.

Since I am taking the weekend off, I decided to upload a few tunes for your entertainment:

• Nine Pound Hammer, written and originally recorded by the great Merle Travis. I hope he and Chet Atkins do not turn in their graves with my rendition of it: I stole a couple of licks from one of Chet’s recordings of it and added a twist or two of my own. This was one of my Dad’s favorite tunes, and I believe he would have liked this rendition.
• Mr Reed, a little ditty I put together as a tribute to the creative genius of Jerry Reed.
• Medley: Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory and Precious Memories (one verse of each), a medley my Dad would have liked.
• Who Knows, possibly an original of mine, possibly a variation on a tune someone else made up. I do not know which. A lot of music runs through my mind. Some of it is original and some of it is not and some of it fits the category of “I just don’t know,” like this one does.

Enjoy.

While I hadn’t planned on posting anything on Good Friday, I got to thinking that an Easter tune or two (like Were You There and Amazing Grace) might be a good thing to post. Then, I figured I’d go ahead and record a few other tunes while I was at it. Here they are:

• Amazing Grace, no doubt one of the most beautiful songs ever written. It’s hard to listen to it (or play it) without being thankful for all we have.
• Walking With Vickie, a tune I wrote and am dedicating to my late wife, Vickie. It reminds me of her and I walking around at flea markets and shops and on mountain sides, and generally being happy and delighted with the world. This will no doubt remain one of my favorite tunes.
• Putzin Around, another Keener original. I hope you enjoy it.
• Were You There, a classic song.
• Don’t Know What To Call It, a short tune I made up.
• The Coca Cola Tune. Many years ago, a Coca Cola commercial made this song popular for a while. I’ve always called it the “Coca Cola Tune,” but I think it’s real name is “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing.”

I hope you enjoy.