New Tune - September In The Rain - Gerald Ross

[Gerald Ross]

The weather service tried to scare us today.

BIG STORM they said! Stay home! 8 inches of snow in a 10 hour period! If you have to travel take food, a cell phone and a flashlight!!!

I stayed home and recorded today. The "big storm" turned out to be 2" of snow. No big deal. Here's my storm song. Every song about snow is a Christmas song. Nobody wants that now. This one is close enough.

I recorded this with my:
2006 Talsma Tenor Ukulele
1954 Fender Champion Lap Steel
1993 Heritage Johnny Smith Archtop Guitar
Band In Box Bass

September In The Rain

I learned this one at the Augusta Heritage Festival where I will be back again (my third year!) at Swing Week July 26-31, 2009 teaching swing ukulele and beginning C6 steel guitar.

[Billy Gilbert]

That sounds great Gerald.

[Jerry Gleason]

That's nice, Gerald. Good song. I'm learning ukulele now, and I'm getting a good appreciation of how hard it is to find chord voicings on four strings when you're used to six....

[Gerald Ross]

Thanks guys!

I remixed it this morning with fresh ears. I got rid of some of the spikey-nees of the uke and warmed up the EQ on both the steel and uke.

[Bill Leff]

Very sweet!

[Rick Collins]

...like the sound Gerald.
I wish I had your versatility.

[James Kerr]

Very nice indeed, no harm meant, but I hope it snows for a while yet up your way.

James,

[Papa Joe Pollick]

That was a little bit of allright Gerald.Ya done good..One of my favorite tunes,been doin it for years..PJ...

[Gerald Ross]

...like the sound Gerald.
I wish I had your versatility.

It's not versatility. I just have a short attention span and a large record collection.

[Terry P. Miller]

Nice going Gerald! Very tasty playing, and a good arrangement too. How about doing some more good tunes from your "standards" library?
Terry Miller

[Don Kona Woods]

BIG STORM they said! Stay home! 8 inches of snow in a 10 hour period! If you have to travel take food, a cell phone and a flashlight!!!

I thought for a moment that you were going to do Stormy Weather!

September in the Rain was a nice and enjoyable selection however.

Aloha,
Don

[Rick Alexander]

Hey Gerald, that's beautiful!
It's definitely a keeper - I downloaded it to my Steel Tracks folder, where only the coolest tunage resides . .

[Andy Volk]

Very nice, gentle reading of a great standard, Gerald. The George Shearing Quintet, Tal Farlow, and Curly Chalker all did great versions of that tune.

[Kay Das]

Great laid back rendition! Don't know why it reminded me of Jack de Mello's " Steel Guitar Magic" album (Billy Hew Len and Barney Isaacs).

But then again, Gerald, you are an institution on your own!

Kay

[Tom Pettingill]

Loved it ... thanks for the listen

[Gerald Ross]

Thanks guys,

I've received a bunch of emails requesting the chord chart for the tune.

Here's my bare-bones chart in pdf format - enjoy!

September In The Rain - Chord Chart

[Stephan Miller]

Listened to this again today (it's snowing here).Very nice arrangement & feel to the tune, and your Lollar-ized Fender sounds really good. Enjoyed the lead and backup steelin'...