As my friends and family know, I am a guitar player / song writer. They also know that I have not been playing much for 4-5 years now. Recently, I revisited something I recorded quite some time ago. Something I really likes a lot. When I played it, it spoke to me. It said … “Gileeeeee … it’s time to start playing again”. I thought I would share the song with you and what I had originally written about it. I hope you enjoy it!
Years ago, I wrote a chord progression inspired by the theme song for Hill Street Blues written by Mike Post and Larry Carlton (one of my favourite guitar players). Anytime I tried out a new guitar, I would play it. Often people would come over and tell me what a great groove it is. I had always thought it would be fun to solo over but never got around to it. A few years ago, I decided to record it with Bruce Davies playing bass. A simple recording with no edits. I practised over it a bit, hit the record button and then just improvised. I then handed the recording over to my friend and engineer Eric Brad who did a nice mix for me.
Here is the result. It’s called ..
Promenade © 1995, Gil Namur
Click play to listen!
Photo Credit
Microsoft Office Clip Art Collection
First published at gilnamur.com
Martha says
Hey Gil…..that is so great that you are thinking of going back to playing guitar! I hope you enjoy it as much as those songs enjoy you playing them!!
Gil Namur says
Thank you Martha!
Darrell Smith says
I like, a lot.
Gil Namur says
Thank you Darrell!
Appreciate your words. You might enjoy my CD Old Dog New Tricks. 4 full free tracks here.
Cheers,
Gil