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Silly Moustache
United Kingdom
Registrace 26. 01. 2009
My name is Andy. I'm a British singer, songwriter, guitarist, and online teacher. My passion is for American acoustic music.
I was a drummer in blues, R&B, soul, and rock bands in the '60s and '70s. (I am that old!)
From the early '70s I played guitar, Dobro and mandolin bluegrass bands, and later formed my own trios, and run an Acoustic Music club.
Before "Covid" I had taught when asked, but come "lockdown" I have been increasingly asked to teach/mentor help people world wide, via "ZOOM" - I love to help people become more proficient, and to increase their enjoyment of playing acoustic guitars.
If YOU are interested in one to one Zoom lessons, please contact me on the email address below.
I hope you enjoy my songs - and I hope that you find my "chatty" videos both informative and entertaining. I'm always looking for new subjects - so comments, queries and questions are welcomed.
NOTE: This channel is NOT monetised, and I don't beg for subscribers or "likes"
HERE & GONE (my father's ghost)
I wrote this maybe 20 years ago. It's about being haunted, but, in a nice way. He was known to all as Wally, being a contraction of his original Swedish Surname,
These are the lyrics, and my words, as true now as when I wrote it, maybe 25 years ago:.
There’s a ghost that haunts my days - in a look, a gesture - oh - a hundred ways
A brooding soul who dogs me still - from the pool of despair to the high of the hill
This was the man - when I was a child - with his piercing blue eyes - accusing and wild & strong brown hands - missing two fingers
Oh good lord - how his memory lingers
Here and Gone, Here and gone - Wally's still here 'though he's long gone
Let him go, or let him stay - It doesn't matter anytime or - anyway
Each day was a battle, every one - for that jealous man - who wouldn't call me son
to get his approval - I'd work and I'd fight - and he'd say not a word - but he'd cry in the night
(He said) "Faith, hope and charity: they're the needs of the weak - and love is a weakness so don’t ever speak”
“Never say sorry - it's shame, it's a crime” - and a child never cries, or needs help..... or time"
So let him go, let him stay - It prob'ly doesn't matter anyway
Who's to say, who's to tell - Wally's gone to heaven, or to hell
But the man grew old - and his body grew frail - his mind was confused, and his memory fail
And came there a time when he needed the hand - of the foolish child who'd become a man
And a bond it grew after stretching for years - between two men’s hearts both salted with tears
The old man died - but I'll never forget - he called for his “son” - it was ...the best ..... gift ...... yet
So who’s to say, who's to tell - Wally's gone to heaven, or to hell
Let him go, or let him stay - It doesn't matter anytime or anyway
The old man now is many years gone - but the son still feels him and the feeling’s so strong
The fears, and anger - the jealous rage - and the painful secrets - of another age
He did his best the only way he knew - knowing all who you love will be taken from you
He’s gone and dead but lives on in the head, and the heart of the son who carries his thread .......
And the ache in his back, the pain in his hands, his laugh, his words and his fears and plans
They belong to his father - but now -------------- he understands
Here and Gone, Here and gone - Wally's still here 'though he's long gone
Let him go, or let him stay - It doesn't matter anytime or - anyway.
These are the lyrics, and my words, as true now as when I wrote it, maybe 25 years ago:.
There’s a ghost that haunts my days - in a look, a gesture - oh - a hundred ways
A brooding soul who dogs me still - from the pool of despair to the high of the hill
This was the man - when I was a child - with his piercing blue eyes - accusing and wild & strong brown hands - missing two fingers
Oh good lord - how his memory lingers
Here and Gone, Here and gone - Wally's still here 'though he's long gone
Let him go, or let him stay - It doesn't matter anytime or - anyway
Each day was a battle, every one - for that jealous man - who wouldn't call me son
to get his approval - I'd work and I'd fight - and he'd say not a word - but he'd cry in the night
(He said) "Faith, hope and charity: they're the needs of the weak - and love is a weakness so don’t ever speak”
“Never say sorry - it's shame, it's a crime” - and a child never cries, or needs help..... or time"
So let him go, let him stay - It prob'ly doesn't matter anyway
Who's to say, who's to tell - Wally's gone to heaven, or to hell
But the man grew old - and his body grew frail - his mind was confused, and his memory fail
And came there a time when he needed the hand - of the foolish child who'd become a man
And a bond it grew after stretching for years - between two men’s hearts both salted with tears
The old man died - but I'll never forget - he called for his “son” - it was ...the best ..... gift ...... yet
So who’s to say, who's to tell - Wally's gone to heaven, or to hell
Let him go, or let him stay - It doesn't matter anytime or anyway
The old man now is many years gone - but the son still feels him and the feeling’s so strong
The fears, and anger - the jealous rage - and the painful secrets - of another age
He did his best the only way he knew - knowing all who you love will be taken from you
He’s gone and dead but lives on in the head, and the heart of the son who carries his thread .......
And the ache in his back, the pain in his hands, his laugh, his words and his fears and plans
They belong to his father - but now -------------- he understands
Here and Gone, Here and gone - Wally's still here 'though he's long gone
Let him go, or let him stay - It doesn't matter anytime or - anyway.
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Very nice...lots in there I can relate to. Subscribed
Thanks and welcome. Comments and questions always welcomed.
Great! Andy. Thanks for
My pleasure!
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
Great tune and very touching - hope you're well
Hi Peter, thank you for your kind comment.
I was very taken and touched by this song when I heard it in one of your earlier videos, as it conveys so much that I personally can relate to, but never find words for. It's a wonderfully written song and truly insightful. Great to have the lyrics transcript too.
Thank you. I don't get "called" to write songs like I did when I was younger. The notion of a Dad's song was a gift to me, and, yes it did prompt me to revisit my relationship with my Dad, which was not always easy, and he never spoke about his early life, which I heard from distant relations some time after. I think I rewrote it a couple of times, especially the last verse. Thanks for your interest.
Excellent as always, but I hope you will forgive a small piece of pedantry. Martin in fact made dreads from 1916, just not under their own name, but branded for Ditson. So, technically it is true that you couldn't get a dread from Martin till 1931, Ditson could and you could get one from them! 😂 Oh, and by the way the Collings is richer and less bright - mind you, it is a good bit older.
Hi Robert, you are correct of course, and thank you. I think that the first one was for a Hawaiian performer. Ditsons ordered a very small number but they didn't sell and then the company failed in , I think, 1929. I try to make videos of interest, and try to resist retelling the well documented Martin history.
One thing I've noticed is when I play an intro/verse to a song in 2nd or 3rd position (and often with a muted strum or arpeggio) and then switch to the 1st position with louder strumming as I go into the prechorus & chorus, it creates changes to the energy & volume and distinct sections to the song. This keeps the music interesting to the listener and helps prevent me from becoming background music (which is fine for restaurants but not for bars or other gigs where people are there to see the musician).
Intros are very important and useful. it allows you to confirm/adjust tempo, to "think" the key for your vocals and inform the audience to shut up and listen.
WOW! I've never played. Taking my first lesson on 7/18/24. I purchased a Seagull S6 which I think sound very pretty. I'm hopeful of learning to fingerpick. The drednaught you picked was is beautiful.
Hi, I'm not familiar with the Seagull S6. and It seems you are not taking lessons with me, but fine, I hope that all goes well.
Hi ..cannot see yr mail adsress..plse send me thks
Well done dude,really good to hear the storyteller like you 🥂
Thank you Mazz
Your voice reminds me quite a bit of my dad's singing voice when he plays the guitar. And you look a bit like him too. You just popped on my feed out of now where. I take that as a sign to call my dad. From, Montana
Thank you. I hope that your father won't be dissapointed by my humble efforts.
Beautiful song and fine playing. Understated in the “less is more” style that expresses so much. I’d say that you’ve re-lit your passion.
Thank you Ken, your comments are much appreciated.
I just bought a Fender Villager but I should have bought a Guild, the Fender isn't quite right.
We all eventually learn the guitars that work best for us by buying the wrong ones first. I certainly did!
Hi andy, i own a guitar built by a luthier who hasn't made many and its got a less than ideal gloss finish. Sort of like orange peel but not really, sort of patchy. Sounds fine but does annoy me when light catches a certain way. A guitar tech I spoke to said use ultra fine wire wool then some polish like you would use. Good advice?
Hi, the only time I have used anything abrasive was to use a scotchbrite pad to take the goss off the necks on my two Eastmans. The Regency Gold works well on all my guitars but it isn't abrasive.
@@SillyMoustache really appreciate quick response and on a Sunday morning 👍
Nice "noodling" on the Smeck. WonderingwhyIdidn't get this earlier.
As an tiny elderly lady who climbed down from her F150 in the backwoods of Texas once said to me when I asked for directions " Good lord , you ain't from round here are ya, but bless your heart, ya got here as soon as you could!"
@@SillyMoustache LOL! Of course she did! Was that anywhere near Tyler, or Lufkin, or or Jasper, or the East Texas piney woods? Longview? Did directions start with "ya go down the road for a piece until you pass the persimmon tree on the right, then take the next left and...
Interesting. I just bought an Eastman E20P upon your recommendations. Bought it sight unseen, as there ware no local music stores that carry Eastman. Well it was beautiful but lord, it was incredibly boxy. Sounded nothing like yours. Hated it. Returned it. Now I am still searching for a parlor that sounds more balanced. The search continues. Nonetheless, I do love your channel!
Boxy ? Compared to what ? What strings did you put on it ? How did you play it in to open it up?
@@SillyMoustache The Eastman was preowned, 10 years old and well played, so it was assumed to be opened up. Compared to a CA Cargo (composite) travel guitar and a boutique Zeiler parlor with the same dimensions. Came with D’Addario 12’s. Tried Straight Up strings 12’s, and Heritage and Martins.
I prefer 45 mm or 46 mm nut width. HOWEVER, until you get to the boutique guitar market, almost ALL guitars of ALL types ALL have either a 43 mm or even a 42 mm nut width. This is INCREDIBLY frustrating, because almost ALL guitar makers have a 'ONE SIZE FITS ALL' strategy. Just imagine if you went into a shoeshop, only to be told: *'Sorry, sir, but we ONLY sell size 8 shoes. If you HAVE to have another size, then you'll have to get a shoemaker to make you a CUSTOM MADE PAIR OF SHOES. And then - and ONLY then - will you be able to buy shoes in your size.'* And yet our hands - just like our feet - come in different sizes. So much for the 'market' ensuring competition and diversity...
All true of course. great comparison. Fortunately I do take a size 8 -but then not all size 8s are the same!
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Mighty fine. And so it goes.
thank you Ben,
Beautiful song!
Thank you.
Beautiful song. Thank you.
Thanks for listening
amazing video, muchas gracias.
Gracias por mirar, espero que te haya resultado útil.
I like your style, sounds great, folk vocals, and a story to tell. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you kindly! Glad you liked it.
Well-written lyrics and guitar notes. Very real. Thank you. Tony - Denver, CO
It is very heartening to learn that you, and some others have "got it" Thanks Tony.
WOW. this song make me miss my dad really. He gone because Septicemia in 2021, It's so many word I want to talk with him but now he already gone. Thank for the song from phetchabun thailand.
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Andy, I really liked and enjoyed that song, well done!!! Cheers from Sherman, Texas.
Glad you enjoyed it, Are you familiar with the Coyote ridge Ranch in/near Tom Bean? I played there in 2004.
@@SillyMoustache I wasn't familiar with Coyote Ridge Ranch, but have friends in Tom Bean. I looked up the venue and found some information from 2006 concert, called the Beanstock Music Festival. I would have liked to have been there, that is neat. There was even a comment in the article I found quoting Vince Pawless endorsing the venue. 🤠
@@mojo6778 Yes Vince Pawless was a friend of mine, we dined at his parent's ranch, and I have pics somewhere of us posing together. Vince brought Vince Bell's D28 for me to play but sadly arrived as I finished my spot. We stayed with Vince Bell and Sarah In Santa Fe in 2005. I know that Sarah has died, but don't know what Vince Bell is doing now.
I used to use Elixir nanoweb, esp. on a Taylor 714, which I have since given to my niece. I recently found a Martin ooo28 that I love, and I too am now using D’Addario xs, and loving the sound, feel, and the slight coating- they last for months and do not squeak”. I am a happy camper” who still plays out 3 times a month at age 77. 😎🎶🎩
three times a month ? Good for you!
What a touching, beautiful song Andy. Thank you 🙏 Steve in Austin Texas 😂
Thank you Steve,
Lovely song. Well Done. George in Montana
thanks George
Very good point, I have cutaways and don’t go up the neck,, just a waste
Yup, and thanks for watching.
Hi Andy! Love the post on Parlor... Off topic for a moment; have you ever played a Ralph Bown guitar? I heard one the other day and absolutely fell in love with it. They're hard to find used I'm seeing plus I live in Texas (as you know) . I just recently discovered Bown guitars. I've always been a Martin, Collings, Santa Cruz player, but of course love all "good" guitars. I'm curious if you've ever played a Bown? Take care 🙏 Clive Carroll plays Bown. Of course he's an incredible guitarist as well.
I have, yes. I "think" I've played, or at least sat with Clive when he played his OM/000, and knew a young man who had a fine 0 or 00 Bown. And yes, they are very good.
Can the desiccant pouch reduce the humidity within the case too much?
No, they are intended to absorb humidity to a point where the environment is comfortable for humans, which is about the same as guitars are built for.
I really enjoy your relaxed way of teaching,,
Thank you David, Would one-to-one sessions via Zoom interest you?
@@SillyMoustache possibly,, but I’m a slow learner,, haha. I’m in USA east coast. Where are you located. I’m thinking the UK so your hours are 6 ahead of me,, also what are your rates …I’m on the fence about zoom lessons right now
@@SillyMoustache I read some reviews of your one on one and yes I would be interested,,problem is I can’t be available until 5pm east coast USA time which would be 11pm your time I think,,would this work for you?
Alvarez MDR70 for a $1000 , on my list
Ok this is unknown to me. what is the fretboard width, radius, and neck profile and the string spacing etc., are they right for you?
I've been playing for around 5 months, and my strumming became much better in 10 minutes after watching this. Subtle differences from the standard advice I've seen from other good teachers, but this way works great for me!
That's really good to hear! Thanks for watching.
Just now got some of the large triangle picks, and it's even easier. Thanks!
@@ryantw19 Great! My work here is done!
Im so glad ive got too see David and Sergio live, a huge loss. His beautiful music lives on, you did a fine job on Women across the river.
Hi, thanks for watching! Best, Andy
Both sound great..!
Thanks Scott, the Collings is quite old ... for a Collings - 1998 build , and I know from experience that Bill worked to improve them year on year. It's fine, but not would I would expect from a later model. The Eastman in comparison is, I think superior which is a wonder considering that even at top Eastman price is less tan half the cost of a Collings. Thanks for watching.
I had a Classical guitar and it was called a 3/4. Much easier to play (for me) than a 4/4 and about the size that they were in the mid-19th century before the need for volume became a big deal. Similarly, steel-string guitars initially had no need to be big & loud, as it was a parlour instrument. Subsequent changes seem to have been largely about volume, hence the dreadnoughts, jumbos, resonators & electrics. The "original" is fine by me.
Hi Mark, I see that you are a well informed guitar as am I , and I agree with what you say. Thanks for watching.
Love my Martin OO-15 Mahogany. No matter how many times I bring out my dreadnought, I find the OO has somehow wandered back to my lap.
Yes, more ... intimate?
Well done!
Thank you Bill!
Andy, please keep up your teaching videos on YT. You have an enormous following between YT and AGF and knowing that must help kindle the passion.
I appreciate that Rick, Thank you!
Well done sir
Thank you David, appreciated.
I got one from thomann.its a parlour rubbish,a wall ornamant.
Not knowing what you bought, difficult for me to comment. Thanks for watching.
There are quite a few builders now making true parlours (i.e. sub size 0) - Santa Cruz, Collings, Froggy Bottom, Bourgeois, Atkin spring immediately to mind. I have the Martin 012-28 Modern Deluxe you mention in the video - it is a lovely guitar. I hadn't seen the Collings 00 in any of your videos before - is it new?
Hi, my Collings 002h was acquired in October but it is a 1998 build. Thanks for asking.
Loved seeing your guitars, Andy.. However, you didn't mention the OM (Orchestra Model), which I believe Martin introduced prior to the Dreadnaught. I have an OM-28, and it's dimensions are definitely different from a OOO.
The OM , intended as a dance band rhythm guitar for tenor banjo players emerged in 1929/30 was essentially the 000 Auditorium with the body shortened to reveal two extra frets and a thinner banjo like neck. (same scale). It was unsurpringly not a success and discontinued in 1933. they then took the 12 fret dreadnought and did the same thing. as of 1934. It also failed to compete with Gibson and Epiphone archtops in dance bands, but the thin necked dread found a home with folk and country players.
Very helpful, thanks
You're welcome!
Wait... I've played dreadnaughts my entire guitar-playing life and I almost always sit to play them. You just turned my life upside down lol
In a good way I hope!
I'm only 48 but my Martin D-18 is causing me nerve pain from my neck to my right shoulder. Whenever I play a thinner acoustic the problem disappears. But I LOVE my D-18! I'm looking at a Martin 000-28. It sounds and plays and feels amazing. Lacks the low end but makes up for it in every other way. Can't afford to drop $2.5K right now. Yikes!
Brian, take a good hard look at your posture and playing position. Contact me if you need one-to-one assistance.
I have a budget Parlour(Cort) and a budget Concert(Fender) but have tended to consider 0 as Parlour and 00 as Concert and 000 as Auditorium models. The Grand Auditorium or 000, as it was also advertised,was almost the same size as a dreadnaught and I quickly moved it on as I am not really confortable with the larger models given I am sitting down player.
Martin specs call the size 0a "concert" and the 00 a Grand Concert. Whilst many/most do, we tend to play dreads seated, but there are often comfort issues for some.
@@SillyMoustache Interesting. Unfortunately it seems those specs have taken on a broad meaning nowadays among other manufacturers and made it difficult to pinpoint a particular size and brand a player would instantly find comfortable.
I wonder if you have any experience with casein picks
Yes. I don't care for them as them bend under hand warmth and wear quite easily.