2$ Shoes
by Jim Bouchard

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	Feter said 161 days ago
	2$ Shoes true grass root soul all through this ...a true master production ..blew me away ..the autnicity all around ..Hats off to you !!!

	MarkHolbrook said 161 days ago
	Jim Jim... Filled to the brim with talent. Everything you do has so much "touch" to it. This is another fine example. Thanks for sharing!

	michael2 said 161 days ago
	excellent sounds so nice, and I am absolutely loving the quiver in your voice. nothing constructive to say, just really like this one.

ledebutant said 161 days ago

I'm Sorry For the 10's. I know you want people to vote to give you "real" feedback, but I really am, honestly. This song just reminds me so well why I admired you so deeply when I first joined here. You seemed like an untouchable superstar to me, but listening to it now, so much of your genuineness and open generosity and sweet nature (even though I know you're probably cursing me for saying it) is apparent in the music and your performance. I'm crazy about this song and have to say I'm especially loving the banjo. You've helped me develop a soft spot for that instrument over the years.

Jim Bouchard said 161 days ago

I guess... I don't really mind the 10s all that much, I guess. I would be surprised if it was to everybody's taste, though. I'm not looking to improve this, it's just something from my history. It was something that I did with my friends one afternoon and my buddy Brian Doser recorded it. I worked a lot with Brian and I learned a lot from him about recording. This is probably a good indication of how well Kris sings, since she sings along with my odd phrasing pretty well here. But....I was thinking of doing a new version of it, but it'll be a whole new recording and probably be totally different. Maybe techno instead of old-time, who knows! BTW, classifying this as Alternative Rock is my idea of a joke!

	Jim Bouchard said 160 days ago
	banjo tuning You can tune a banjo however you like, it really doesn't matter, since you can tuna fish but you can't tuna banjo. ba-dum-bump! On this tune I used a C modal tuning with capo, tuned from low to high C-G-C-D with the fifth string tuned to high G. The most common banjo tuning is open G: D-G-B-D with a high G so this is an easy tuning to drop into. Thanks for the compliment!

	12parsecs said 156 days ago
	you are welcome thanks for the tuning options!

Jim Bouchard said 160 days ago

Kris Is a dear friend, though I haven't seen her much in the past years due to her heavy touring schedule and the fact that she moved out to Western Mass. Do you have her new one, Shotgun Singer? She just keeps getting better and better, but her latest is the best, definitely. If you're as big a fan as me you probably have this page bookmarked: http://krisdelmhorst.com/ but for those that don't, there ya go!

Jim Bouchard said 159 days ago

banjo The hardest part about playing the banjo is being able to stand the cacaphony. The second hardest part is the banjo player jokes: "Know how to tell when the stage is level? When the banjo player drools from both sides of his mouth." No really, it's not too hard. When I recorded this I had been playing maybe 6 months. I got this banjo at a yard sale. I don't know what possessed me, I'd been playing guitar for years and all of a sudden I became known as a banjo player. Thanks for the compliment!