If you look at the era that's from, so much improvement has been made since then. Still, I think the ladies did a fine job when we consider their skill levels at the time.
It's also one of my favorite songs. I do a neat piece where I basically play all of it at once, with just one guitar, and Biff's a pretty big fan of that. I should record that version sometime. I pretty much play all of it, with two capos on the guitar at once. The D and G are on the 2nd fret and the E and A are on the 4th fret. I pick the notes while laying down the bass and rhythm at the same time. It's a lovely bit of complexity that only works if you've put a ton of hours into it.
Maybe I'll do a recording at some point. We shall see! Biff kinda thinks of it as 'her song', but it took years to master.
Yeah, I remember when she was talking about that version you play. Figured it was a fingerstyle version. Had no idea you capoed two pair of strings. I'll bet it's real hard to play. I've seen a few fingerstyle versions of that song. They all sound so good.
It's a pain in the ass to play it like that, but it sounds alright. I'll try to get it recorded one of these weeks. It's not easy to play flawlessly. Even I still screw it up from time to time.
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