New Video... El Condor Pasa

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Oct 2020 7:15 am

C6 tuning with string 6 tuned down to A to play the low part. I'm using a guitar pick for this one. Also using delay, which I seldom use but it seems to work well for this song. Thanks for listening!

----> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUPtT-fVtVQ

Nicholas Cox · Post by **Nicholas Cox** » 17 Oct 2020 7:22 am

Very nice!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Oct 2020 7:28 am

Thanks Nicholas!

David Rattray · Post by **David Rattray** » 17 Oct 2020 10:10 am

Wow simply put you are amazing ...thank you Doug...

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Oct 2020 11:07 am

Thanks David, much appreciated!

Eric Dahlhoff · Post by **Eric Dahlhoff** » 17 Oct 2020 11:22 am

Sweet - sweet !!!
Thanks for that Doug. I love your vids... very inspiring.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Oct 2020 11:38 am

Glad you like it, Eric.

Carl Williams · Post by **Carl Williams** » 17 Oct 2020 12:16 pm

Haven’t heard this tune in a long time...thanks for reminding me Doug...a beautifully played version for sure! I live in the Cherokee Nation’s capitol of Tahlequah, Oklahoma and this song to me has a Native American melody. Thanks, Carl

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Oct 2020 1:40 pm

Thanks Carl, I too hear a Native American vibe in this song. As I was recording it I noticed that it has the same three chords as "Ghost Riders in the Sky"! ...Am, C, F.

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 17 Oct 2020 2:37 pm

Very cool Doug! On lap steel it has sort of a spaghetti western/surf feel

I remember when the Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Troubled Water" album came out with their version on it - all of the cool kids had it!

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Oct 2020 2:52 pm

On lap steel it has sort of a spaghetti western/surf feel

Yeah, I agree with that. I have to say though, I never liked Simon and Garfunkel's version of the song, for some reason. Maybe it's just the phase I was in, in 1970.

Jeff Garden · Post by **Jeff Garden** » 17 Oct 2020 4:01 pm

Doug Beaumier wrote:
I have to say though, I never liked Simon and Garfunkel's version of the song, for some reason. Maybe it's just the phase I was in, in 1970.

I was into the Allman Brothers back then but girls loved the Bridge Over Troubled Water album so we had to at least pretend to be sensitive and like it, right?

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 17 Oct 2020 4:22 pm

Yep, I did my share of pretending back then!

manny escobar · Post by **manny escobar** » 18 Oct 2020 5:15 am

Every time you present a nice creation I think of having played gigs with Rachel Landry where you played a fine lead guitar and had to endure me on steel. El Condor Pasa is another pleasing notch on your belt.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 18 Oct 2020 5:28 am

Manny, we had a lot of fun playing with Rachel. I hope we get back to playing gigs again soon. I played about a dozen outdoor gigs this summer but it’s going to be a while before we do any indoor gigs.

Joe Krumel · Post by **Joe Krumel** » 18 Oct 2020 5:50 am

As usual, Top of the shelf artistry. great melody.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 18 Oct 2020 5:58 am

Thanks Joe

Chuck S. Lettes · Post by **Chuck S. Lettes** » 18 Oct 2020 6:10 am

Nice job, Doug. Sweet tone as always. I read some where that the tune is a traditional Peruvian folk song.
Chuck

Don Poland · Post by **Don Poland** » 18 Oct 2020 7:34 am

I'm an old Simon and Garfunkel fan and this is by far the best version of this song I have heard. Thanks for sharing it.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 18 Oct 2020 1:49 pm

Thanks Chuck and Don, yes, it’s an old Peruvian tune, written in 1913. I read that when Paul Simon added lyrics and S & G recorded it, Paul was made aware that the song was under copyright and he agreed to pay the licensing fees on the song.

Larry Dering · Post by **Larry Dering** » 18 Oct 2020 7:07 pm

Downright cool. Loved the tone and the playing. Thanks Doug.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 18 Oct 2020 7:20 pm

Much appreciated, Larry.

Larry Jamieson · Post by **Larry Jamieson** » 19 Oct 2020 12:34 pm

Very nice, Doug! You got that 6 string thing all figured out...

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 19 Oct 2020 1:07 pm

Thanks Larry, I do enjoy playing the lap steel and experimenting with the different tunings. On my gigs however, I always play the pedal steel. Old habits are hard to break!

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