Hello friends! Here’s an exciting new recording for you, and it includes some saw playing by yours truly. The song is “Country Rose” by the wonderful John Palme. He has a new cd coming out soon, entitled Before I Die, available on streaming services soon. John has been a songwriter since he was a boy, playing in church, talent shows, the Herb Mashing Memorial Freak Band, then carrying his guitar across Europe and Nepal in the Peace Corps. One of his songs. “Winnebagos On The Rampage,” was recorded by Jane Voss and Hoyle Osborne. He has played bass and guitar in bands around the Bay Area and is currently playing in a local band known for sea shanties, The Shipwrecked Shanty. He can do it all.
This song is a haunting dark ballad. John’s deep voice is perfect for the subject matter, an ironic matter-of-fact tale of ill-fated love. The arrangement is simple, just voice and guitar and the musical saw. Listen!