No life is wasted, especially if you filled it with good music.

@@stephennewcombe976 Well... in that case my life wasn't entirely wasted. Thank you for those kind words! 🙂

@@theseustoo Your post struck a chord with me. (No pun intended). When a sad song reminds you of happier times now gone, it becomes ever more poignant.

@@stephennewcombe976 Very true! Well said! Have a nice day. 🙂

I know very well how you feel ?I understand, friend. I feel the same way sometimes. But you must not allow yourself to continue on that road. That way of thinking is a dead end road. And then I look around at what I do have in this world and the things that I did accomplish in this world. No matter what you have lost there is always something that you can look into your self and say:”I accomplished many things! “. And then I can actually sit down (and I do ),and enumerate the things I have accomplished. I am a musician. At one point in my life I felt the hand of God picking me up and placing me on the streets of Burlington Vermont as a street singer,as we used to call them.Now it is trendy to call them buskers, which is the old name from Olden times.My advice to you,is to gather up the gifts you have been given,dust them off,polish them to an impressive shine ,and go find your dream,which you left behind all those wasted years ago.Make up your own kind of prayer and have a good long talk with whatever force of nature is responsible for your being here and now,on this still mystery laden ball of elements we call earth.Forgive yourself and make amends to those whom you have hurt..Some need the help of religious institutions.Others do it by going to a place of peace and work it out with the gods of nature(Pantheism). It is up to you and no one can do it for you. Be careful not to isolate yourself.Good luck!

Happy Birthday, Richard!

Lol..aint that the truth..there be exceptions..but yeah. Clueless

Happy birthday Richard 🎵🎵💯🏴‍☠️

Plenty of 'young kids' know many things and derserve the benefit of the doubt rather than simply being written off.

robb6624: did she really say "Eric Claption" instead of "Clapton"? That bites even worse than thinking Clapton outclasses Thompson. 😑

YES!

Sure he does!!!

Sooo Heartfelt! Brilliant !!

It literally is, one of the best songs ever written

@@loboblue5441 I cannot argue with this.

Well, we each have our preferences in terms of "greatest decade" for music. I was born in the late '40s and got to hear the big band stuff, then the very start of rock and roll and the doo wop groups, Presley, Beach Boys, Orbison, all the girl groups, The Beatles and British Invasion, ad infinitum; and yes ... the WONDERFUL Sandy Denny with Richard's great guitar work on the original recording of this song, as well as those fabulous bass lines. Lots of great music out there, including classical and New Orleans Jazz and bluegrass and Blues. Plenty to enjoy. The best, however, is music that glorifies God, especially Christmas music to the glory of Jesus Christ, Lord of all the universe and Heaven.

You’re absolutely right, Johan, the 70s has the best music. Simply timeless!

@@Tonetwisters Very fitting username name although the irony is probably lost considering you chose it. I despair

It was the 60s. Probably 67/68. The 70's were great but the 60's were better

@@Tonetwisters Then you will like the original Purple Hulls incl. Ben - and Orthodox Russian Hallelujah,....more later ...must get tobed.

Miss her too Kerry broke my heart. Big love from hoghead x

Saw Richard in Galway 25 or more years ago most sound artist genius just loves the music no ego trip nice one Kerry Evans fellow Dub

My bet is that the thumbs-downs are people whose eyes are so misty with tears that they tap the wrong icon by accident.

One of my top ten for sure. I can never settle on just one. He is Unique in voice lyrics- & guitar power. I heard him play solo as an opening act in front of a 23K crowd- he had them enthralled half way in.

He looks like he is about to break down in tears.

I concur ☝️😊…tho it would have been sufficient to say ‘there is a poignancy in an old man singing a song written by a friend…’ 🤔 🎸

Yes there certainly is.

CGDGBE same as Vincent BL

Here, here. Sandy & Richard xxx Swarb, Simon Nicol too.

Nothing can touch Sandy Denny, but this is a fine rendition.

Saw him 9/3 22 . indescribable

Bob Leroe - agreed - I love the way Richard does Sandy's wonderful song. Can't wait to see him in October when he will be up the road from me in Brighton UK!!!!! However, he is doing all acoustic - I also love his electric guitar work - but there's always another year for that!

I haven't tried playing the song yet but the chord voicings are in an open tuning. This looks like open G. You can get the same sounds in open D or E.

taylor8492 - open tunings are really useful for folk music - especially if you finger pick. I play the ukulele and try doing my own versions of trad. folk songs - the uke's tuning is actually Am7 (G C E A). Also, I often find that proper chords just won't work owing to the use of modes (such as Dorian) rather than actual keys, in folk songs. I end up devising my own chords/partial chords - whatever works really.

Modes and guitars cook my brain, but they do sound good.

Bob Ler

Try to do the same Howard, it's just practice, you'll make it ! PS search clawhammer technique on you tube....................

That is because Richard is not a show-off...he inspires you to do the same.

Just play it for the sheer joy everyone feels like that even heard that Neil Young said the same. Keep chugging along

the best guitars made in this era

Oh.....this song makes me cry in that not bad but maudlin way u do when things are so good, so sweet, and your memories are so fond.....

More likely CGDGBE, as on Vincent Black Lightning, Poor Ditching Boy, and others.