All Winter Long

This is one of my favorite recordings with the Wetband.  It is played with chords high up the neck and you can get some harmonics ringing as well.  I use a brush strum with my fingernails and add some bass with the thumb pick.   Here is a solo version with just vocal and guitar and no overdubbing:



Here are the high chords.  Note:  for the Am/E and D/E  I do a bit of alternating bass on the open E and A bass strings.

Here are the lyrics and chords.   Note:  the [E] that appears is the bass E string played with the thumb pick to add some rhythm.

Here is the song played with the Wetband. Eric Dennis added some of his fine mandolin style lead guitar as well as harmony vocals. Ted Burton did some great bass. Wayne Burton added some excellent guitar playing and rhythm slapping.

 

Shelter of Song

This is another simple picking song in D played in standard tuning with a strong bass line in the verses.  It uses standard chords except for the D/F# which is a standard D with F# added on the low E string, and the Asus2:

Here is a version with just guitar and vocal:

 

And here is the picking tablature and music:

  Here is the recording was done with The Wetband on our album Sheltersongs:  Eric Dennis added some great harmonica and lead guitar, Ted Burton played bass and Wayne Burton played guitar. Everyone joined in on the harmony vocals: