"WAVES OF THE DANUBE"

Dave Seddon · Post by **Dave Seddon** » 2 Jan 2010 12:31 am

My wife thought this would sound nice on steel, so here it is. Also known as "Oh how we Danced" by Al Jolson. No I shall not be following it up with "Sonny Boy." Cheers Dave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmk6wIqTg_4

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 2 Jan 2010 1:26 am

Superb performance as always Dave. AND the tone of that NEW guitar you have is Par excellence'..
A little bit of plagiarism (not by you I may add but by the lyricists) is apparent if one researches the credits:- The TUNE was NOT Written by S. Chaplin/A. Jolson It's listed with the publishers (© Shapiro Bernstein / Mood Music Div ) as "Anniversary Song" But as you correct pointed out, as an instrumental it's actually "The Waves of the Danube" (Valurile Dunării;) by Jovan Ivanović Probably the MOST famous of the Romanian waltzes.
My mom played it on the Accordian.

Dave Seddon · Post by **Dave Seddon** » 2 Jan 2010 2:07 am

Basil, Yes I did a bit of searching to see what I could find, and according to the site I found, the melody was apparently inspired by an old Romanian folk song, then according to this particular website the lyrics were written by Al Jolson/Saul Chaplin. A lovely number to play all the same.
I hope You and Pat have a very Happy New Year.
Cheers Dave.

Roger Kelly · Post by **Roger Kelly** » 2 Jan 2010 6:18 am

Your wife is right...it does sound good on steel. Great job!
Was the key Am? Thanks for posting it.
Happy New Year to you too.

Dave Seddon · Post by **Dave Seddon** » 2 Jan 2010 6:34 am

Thank you Roger, yes it is A minor. My wife is not particularly a Steel fan, she just likes nice songs.
Having said that she will listen to Pete Haywood's CD all day long. Dave.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 2 Jan 2010 10:42 am

Very nice. I particularly like the way the harmonies on the lower strings fit in perfectly with the lead on the upper strings.

Uffe Edefuhr · Post by **Uffe Edefuhr** » 2 Jan 2010 3:02 pm

Dave, that was very nice playing. Nice tone!
Love it!
Uffe

Bent Romnes · Post by **Bent Romnes** » 3 Jan 2010 5:59 pm

basilh wrote:Superb performance as always Dave. AND the tone of that NEW guitar you have is Par excellence'..

I agree, Basil. Dave sounds great no matter what song he lays his hands on.

Thanks for your nice remarks about the guitar as well.
It means a lot for me to read that.

Jim Lindsey (Louisiana) · Post by **Jim Lindsey (Louisiana)** » 3 Jan 2010 7:13 pm

Thank you, Dave, for playing and posting that song .... it was very nice and I enjoyed it very much.

Your wife was very correct ... it is a very nice song on steel.

James Kerr · Post by **James Kerr** » 4 Jan 2010 11:18 am

Dave,
I enjoyed that very much, I like it when players venture outside the country standards we hear so often.

If not Sonny Boy, how about Mammy.

James.