Scott Joplin's ragtime piano classic arranged for the six string piano.The Capo Song - Bob EvansBob Evans2020-05-08 | From the slightly askew mind of my friend Wendell Ferguson comes this musical advice for everyone who has suffered through learning to play the (dreaded) F chord on the guitar. Come on, admit it, we've all been there. (http://www.bobevansguitar.com)
As well as being an award winning guitarist, Wendell writes some of the cleverest and funniest songs you are bound to hear. Be sure to check him out here on Youtube or at http://www.wendellferguson.comBob Evans - Khamenkule ( homage to J.D. Loudermilks Windy and Warm)Bob Evans2019-07-07 | Khamenkule (Calm and Cool) is my tribute to J.D. Loudermilk's Windy and Warm popularized by Chet Atkins. More of the story, along with a transcription and video lesson, is available at http://www.bobevansguitar.com/from-windy-and-warm-to-khamenkuleYou Cant Do That - Bob EvansBob Evans2019-01-18 | Complete transcription and more info about the song and this arrangement is at bobevansguitar.com/the-beatles-you-cant-do-that
Another one for the Beatles afficiandos. Compress the drums, bass, guitars and vocals (and throw away the cowbell) to a solo instrumental arrangement. Voila!
And for the keeners, there’s also a transcription available through the above link.The Slippery Slope - Bob EvansBob Evans2017-08-05 | Transcription and video lesson available at http://www.bobevansguitar.com/acoustic-tonic-music-store The Slippery Slope, a bit of fun slippin' and a slidin' on the fretboard.Christmas Time is Here - Bob EvansBob Evans2015-12-23 | A transcription and video lesson is now available for this arrangement of Christmas Time is Here at http://www.bobevansguitar.com/transcriptions-2
Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson put this piece together for the first Charlie Brown holiday special in 1965. At the time they could have hardly imagined that half a century later it would still be a standard in the holiday season songbook.
And here's an interview with Lee Mendelson mentioning the writing of Christmas Time is Here. youtu.be/SkZu5H4Wb_MClassical Ragtime Medley - Bob EvansBob Evans2015-07-06 | A medley of classical piano rags arranged by Bob Evans for guitar. Sensation - A Rag (Joesph Lamb); Fig Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin); Certainly Living a Ragtime Life (Charles Templeton); Bethen (Joplin) ; Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin)
Transcriptions are available for "Sensation - A Rag" at http://www.BobEvansGuitar.com/transcriptions-2/#sensation and "Maple Leaf Rag" at http://www.BobEvansGuitar.com/transcriptions-2/#mapleleafragRichland Woman Blues - Bob EvansBob Evans2015-03-21 | Featured on the album Dr. Bob's Acoustic Tonic - Available at http://www.bobevansguitar.com/dr-bobs-acoustic-tonic
This is my take on Mississippi John Hurt's standard Richland Woman Blues. As I mention in the introduction, this interpretation is more inspired by the Jim Kweskin and the Jug Band arrangement than MJH's original.Good King Wenceslas - Bob EvansBob Evans2014-12-12 | Happy holidays, everyone. Here's another chestnut from the Christmas carol repertoire.
A transcription and rumination about the song are available at http://www.BobEvansGuitar.com/good-king-wenceslas-or-is-itBlackbird - Bob EvansBob Evans2014-06-30 | A transcription and video lesson for this arrangement is available at http://www.BobEvansGuitar.com/blackbird .
From the album "4 on 6 - The Beatles for Solo Guitar" available at http://www.BobEvansGuitar.com/cds .Hark! Its Harolds Angels! Oh Joy! - Bob EvansBob Evans2013-12-06 | A medley of two of the big guns in the Christmas carol canon, Hark The Herald Angels and Joy to the World, presented with a bit of tongue in cheek - instrumentally, of course, because it's hard to sing with your tongue in your cheek.
My arrangement of one of my favourite seasonal tunes. The title says it all, although the original lyrics were a bit more ambiguous.Dune - Bob EvansBob Evans2012-11-02 | Filmed at the Great Sandhills in Saskatchewan. Just an hour and a half northwest of Swift Current and the Trans-Canada highway, but in all the years we've travelled this highway this was our first time ever visiting the area.
You'll have to excuse the wind rumble and audio quality. This is a field recording in the truest sense. You can't see it (although you can hear it) but the wind was blowing at about 50km/h. There is a very fine sand that gets blown around in the air and gets into cameras and phones, not to mention every bodily crevice. So we only took one shot at this.
The audio was recorded on my iPhone, which you can see in a couple of spots strapped to my thigh (whew! There's a phrase I never thought I would utter in public) and my wife filmed it on her little point and shoot Lumix. The Lumix appears to have taken a big bullet with all that sand permanently jamming the zoom and shutter mechanism.
I was considering sweetening the audio a bit by adding some reverb. But then I realized if there ever was a time when it was appropriate to just leave the audio dry, this was it.
A free transcription is available at http://www.BobEvansGuitar.com/dune for the guitar geeks.
Thanks for watching.The Noodle Kitchen - Bob EvansBob Evans2012-11-01 | Hi folks. This is an original called "The Noodle Kitchen". It grew out of some noodling I was doing based on a combination of wanting to do something with a steady 8th note bass line and some melody ideas using sliding 5ths. It eventually evolved into this piece.
For the guitar geeks, a transcription is available at http://www.BobEvansGuitar.com/the-noodle-kitchen
This is Scott Joplin's classic Maple Leaf Rag. It was published in 1899 and became THE hit that put ragtime music at the forefront of American Popular music for the next ten years or so.
I arranged this for guitar waaaay back in 1973 (gack!). I'm surprised I can still remember it.
EnjoySanta Claus is Coming to Town - Bob EvansBob Evans2010-12-13 | Transcription available at www.BobEvansGuitar.com
Perhaps the creepiest of the standard holiday songs. This Orwellian view of a Christmasy Big Brother monitoring and keeping notes on us asks the question "What are we thinking?".
Fortunately, this is an instrumental version, so there's no need to succumb to the seasonal paranoia that usually accompanies hearing the lyrics to this song.Silent Night - Bob EvansBob Evans2010-12-13 | One of the grand-daddies of the Christmas Carol canon. What more can be said, other than "be vewwy vewwy quiet"?
A transcription is available at www.BobEvansGuitar.comTake 3 (A Twist on We Three Kings) - Bob EvansBob Evans2009-11-23 | My imagining of what We Three Kings might have sounded like at Christmas time around the household of the great jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. For guitarists, a transcription of this arrangement is available at my website, www.BobEvansGuitar.comDeep River Blues - Bob EvansBob Evans2009-02-04 | This is my take on the old tune by the Delmore Brothers, which was popularized and made a standard by Doc Watson.Peter Gunn Theme - Part 2: the Tune - Bob EvansBob Evans2008-10-25 | Part 2 of a special anniversary edition of The Peter Gunn Theme. This time it's the full tune.
www.BobEvansGuitar.comPeter Gunn Theme - Part 1 the Introduction - Bob EvansBob Evans2008-10-25 | Part 1 of a special anniversary edition of the The Peter Gunn Theme. Part 1: The Introduction
www.BobEvansGuitar.comThings We Said Today - Bob EvansBob Evans2008-09-28 | This is one of the lesser known Beatles' classics that I've arranged as a slower blues shuffle.On the Tip of the Tongue - Bob EvansBob Evans2008-09-25 | www.BobEvansGuitar.com This is a piece I wrote for my mom when she was diagnosed with Alzheimers. I was originally trying to put in to song the many issues you try to deal with when coming to terms with something like that. In the end words failed me, but this melody came out of it.
For guitarists who are interested, there is a transcription of this piece at my website, www.BobEvansGuitar.com