New book! C6th GOLD: 30 Great Songs for C6th Lap Steel

[Andy Volk]

My new book: C6th GOLD: 30 Great Songs Arranged for Lap Steel in C6th Tuning is at the printer now and shipping soon!

To see the cover, list of song titles and hear a computer-generated MIDI audio track of every arrangement in the book, click on the C6th Gold cover here:

www.volkmediabooks.com

Song List:

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Adventures In Paradise Theme
Be-Bop-A-Lula
Caravan
Crazy
Deep River Blues
Estrelitta (Little Star)
Hula Blues
It Might as Well Be Spring
Jamaica Farewell
Jitterbug Waltz
Misty
Moanin'
Night Life
No Woman No Cry
Norwegian Wood
Pâ`au`au Waltz
Poor Side of Town
Remington Ride
Rosemary (Herb Alpert)
Shenandoah
South of Honolulu
Star of the County Down (Traditional)
Sunrise (Chet Atkins)
Surf Medley: Walk Don’t Run, Pipeline, Baja, Latinia
Sweet Corn (Jerry Byrd)
The Warmth of the Sun (Beach Boys)
Waikiki (Andy Cummings)
Watch What Happens
Witchcraft

[Andy Volk]

And in case you're unfamiliar with any of the songs, here are links to various performances ...

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square:
Nat Cole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyofs0mreCc
Manhattan Transfer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcYAqfH38kc
Brian Setzer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKuadWSeK4M

Adventures In Paradise:
Jerry Byrd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRddyc5GQwE
Roy Smeck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgYDzoSgRXY

Be-Bop-A-Lula:
Gene Vincent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGI4PgAHxtg
Brian Setzer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmamii2lS2s

Caravan:
Duke Ellington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r95flkZciJE
Thelonious Monk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CttuY2L7bSU
Deke Dickerson & Scotty Broyles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l5z-xhpay4

Crazy:
Patsy Cline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QEDb3xzdec
Willie Nelson & Susan Tedeschi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbTnNBxF2JE

Deep River Blues:
Doc Watson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VAbrnjdtYw
Tim O’Brian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igdUPEHm5wk

Estrelitta (Little Star):
Jascha Heiftiz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctu0OwMWAVw
Jerry Byrd Studio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM7Vx2fm_Ig
Jerry Byrd Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIj5lU3AIG8

Hula Blues:
Danny Stewart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYXANzxYgZY
Bobby Ingano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4F4vRmZa-M
Sol Hoopii: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4joMQhdzSc8

It Might as Well Be Spring:
Ella Fitzgerald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1VEifmf9Uw
Astrid Gilberto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMZ_RzvddD8
Shirley Jones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvVX2yZiZN4

Jamaica Farewell:
Harry Belafonte: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFFlWtlDRqk
Don Williams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdvdoXqmSdY

Jitterbug Waltz:
Chet Atkins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LHneXVMnmk
Frank Morocco & Ray Pizzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFbxeOOL8fk
Miles Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fySu1CeEwjc

Misty:
Johnny Mathis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JwhJMFDybQ
Julie London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPnh2sa4Fek
Johnny Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-JwpEhvvKE

Moanin:
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv9NSR-2DwM
Rhoda Scott: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIB2ywz3S9o

Night Life:
Ray Price: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjvV37t5UIU
BB King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0gm9fxOOk

No Woman No Cry:
Bob Marley: No Woman No Cry
Arlen Roth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j452i1DayUw

Norwegian Wood:
Beatles rare version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl2xQAeCvOc
Herbie Hancock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9SkS3yU704

Pâ`au`au Waltz:
Jerry Byrd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfeJJ895F0
Tony Ku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg03ne17qVg

Poor Side of Town:
Johnny Rivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnxDnVe27cA
Johnny A.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sg-zfYr5iA

Remington Ride:
Herb Remington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZevE6eZJ98
Cindy Cashdollar & Red Volkert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnvKW7_eXuk

Rosemary (Herb Alpert):
https://soundcloud.com/aev/rosemary-tjb

Shenandoah:
Jo Stafford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XDwbZqJKbE
Johnny Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KX76zF39eM
Johnny Bellar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4yHqH1hRSc

South of Honolulu:
Mike Fried: http://www.hsga.org/MikeFried.htm

Star of the County Down (Traditional):
The High Kings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF6MTwACKZk
David Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f13dGzjgbPk

Sunrise (Chet Atkins):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGId_SDkKtE

Surf Medley:
Walk Don’t Run: Ventures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW21rcHiVU0
Pipeline:Chanteys - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omG-hZfN6zk
Baja:Astronauts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHbcU5ArqBQ
Latin: Sentinels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at7N2jIvTnE

Sweet Corn (Jerry Byrd): http://jerrybyrd-fanclub.com/music/Sweet_Corn.mp3

The Warmth of the Sun:
Beach Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvzr2IT_AiQ
Hollyridge Strings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vex7Pywstg

Waikiki:
Andy Cummings:, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtMpAHBDwOU
Brothers Cazimero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p52jV3QvS4I

Watch What Happens:
Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc6kAlMyWdo
Group 3 na Bossa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnuBwNJpqEU
Solomon Morris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXGsrQBS6eg

Witchcraft:
Frank Sinatra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFmNgiEgPoQ
Buddy Emmons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg6UlALA4RQ

[Doug Beaumier]

Wow! You've been busy, Andy! This looks like a great collection of songs. Long live C6!

[Andy Volk]

Thanks, Doug. It certainly was a ton of work to produce but hopefully, it will add to the conversation about how versatile C6th lap steel is for all kinds of music.

It also helped me refine a few arrangements I've been playing for years by ear but never wrote down or played quite the same way twice ... like this version Shenandoah from 2007 which differs slightly from the new one in the book: http://www.reso-nation.org/audio/andy-v ... remastered

[Joe Burke]

Hula Blues! Hula Blues!

I'll take a copy!

[Andy Volk]

Joe, you can pre-order on the website www.volkmediabooks.com at anytime or wait till the books are in hand and ready to ship. I'll post that date as I get it from the printer.

[Mark van Allen]

Thank you for all this effort and thought, Andy. It's very exciting to think about how much new high quality instruction material is available. This will be helping players for a long time!

[Andy Volk]

Thanks, Mark!

[Larry Weaver]

Looks great Andy! Are you sold out for this run? The web site isn't accepting pre-orders.

[Andy Volk]

The first run isn't here yet - probably about 2 weeks till I can ship. I guess I need to fool the site and put in a quantity of books as "in stock" or it automatically reads sold out. Also - added a new Soundcloud link above for the TJB's original version of the song "Rosemary."


ALSO my book of B11th Arrangements is $5 cheaper thru the holidays.

[Nathan Laudenbach]

I think I'm getting this book for Christmas. I haven't been this excited for a present in a long time.

[Andy Volk]

C6th Gold - my new book of 30 C6th lap steel arrangements is now in stock and ready to ship! http://www.volkmediabooks.com

To everyone who pre-ordered: thanks! Your books will ship via Priority Mail on Monday am.

[Nathan Laudenbach]

I had to open some gifts early this year! I love this book!

[Andy Volk]

Glad to hear you're enjoying the book. Happy holidays!

[Larry Lenhart]

Got my copy as a Christmas gift that i requested. I havent worked thru many of the arrangements yet, but there is a lot of great stuff in there ! Will keep me busy for a while...haha...quite a while !

[Andy Volk]

[Andy Volk]

Bump ... check out sound clips and samples on the site