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Ronnie D'Addario's avatar

My fave! Open D tuning that you taught me because I said I couldn't figure out the guitar part. That was at Folk City. I still have the signed Close To the Bone LP. Beautiful version. Love it. I often play it.

Robbie O'Connell Songbook's avatar

Thanks Ronnie. I have to say that, over the years, Open D tuning, and variants of it, were my preferred tunings for most of the songs I sang. It is only one half tone down, on the G string, from DADGAD but, to my ears, it has an earthier feel, specially when you use modal chords. It fitted the traditional songs so well because of the drone effect of those modal chords. Strangely, it is a tuning frequently used by traditional blues players.

Wendy McCarthy's avatar

Love the beautiful harmony!

David Mcdonough's avatar

Great job on the blending of two great voices. And thanks for explaining how the "dear" got in there.