Christopher Schlegel Update 07-19-2010

Hoagy Carmichael’s “Georgia On My Mind” is the eighth tune on my Solo Jazz Guitar Standards, Vol. 1 disc.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/schlegel8

This is typically a big crowd pleaser.  Even for an obtuse live performer such as myself.  Everyone has heard Ray Charles do this tune.  But even without the lyrics (that most people don’t know past the first two lines anyway; which is even more than I know) people will listen the whole way through.  I’ve got a couple live performances of this one on vid.

From the Paris Arts Fest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POeD8a-j9Og

From my DixiePAC performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4zB6N90weI

Interested musicians or jazz-lovers can compare the two performances and see how I use the same basic arrangement but change the details on the fly each time I perform it.  Or they can complain about how badly I mangle it.  That seems to be popular sport also.  Either way I have a lot of fun playing this tune.  Lots of opportunities for grandstanding.

Enjoy!