This week was a close one... the winner, by one vote, is Cold Rain and Snow. I'm not familiar with the tune. Here's a You Tube Video: For you Dead Heads out there: Here are some lyrics. Here's an old discussion on Mandolin Cafe about this tune. This is all I have found as far as melody. It's banjo tab, but also has standard notation. Maybe ya'll can figure it out from all this!
The Dutch duo Janis McCoury (Liz Meesters & Peter Noorman) played this song with Janos Koolen and Lucas Beukers. I love this version from my musical friends and you have to hear the wonderful mandolinplayer Janos Koolen improvice at 0.44!
I can't believe how hard it is to find informations on this song, other than those about Grateful Dead's interpretation. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of the Grateful Dead, it's just that these different interpretations seem to have almost no relation at first, to me at least. But now I think I'm slowly getting it. Well I'm still searching before posting, and I found more informations here: http://www.deaddisc.com/songs/Cold_Rain_And_Snow.htm Also, here is the version by Chris Thile and Michael Daves:
Here's a version I recorded about two years ago. It's Cold Rain and Snow and I played the guitar, mandolin and 5 string clawhammer banjo. Niavlys: Here's an interesting blog page about the possible origins of this murder ballad! http://mbmonday.blogspot.cz/2012/09/...roduction.html
Great rendition, great video, great vocals! I didn't manage to get to such heights vocally, so I kept my version instrumental. I used this tune to get acquainted with the sawmill tuning on clawhammer banjo, but added some mandolin and electric guitar. I kept the tempo a little slower. There seem to be two different versions of this song, one with a major chord like the Dead's and one in dorian minor like the Rice/Rowan version.
Just found this: As for myself, I think I'm going to go for the Grateful Dead's version, if I have time to do it.
Here I am with my audio-only cover of The Grateful Dead's version. I wanted to use different instruments at first, but I ended up using only my mandolin, multi-tracking it in order to separate rhythm and lead (and second lead in the solo). Hope you'll like it!
Sounds great! The only thing I miss ia Pigpen's cheap organ sound.
Two very cool and unique sounding instrumental versions. I really enjoyed your banjo Criss. Great picking you two! I learned this one a few years ago when Michael first posted his outstanding version above. That one is awesome! Work and a cold got in the way last week, so here's a late runthrough from Jeff and me.
Wonderful singing Marcy. Well worth the wait! And yet another winner from the Nickajack Pickers.
Listening to all of your versions make me glad I didn't choose to cover the traditional version, because I couldn't compete!
Here is a instrumental version in the flavor of the Del McCoury version. No singing because I ain't no Del McCoury & because I wasn't in the mood to be a butcher this morning.
No butcher there. A fine cut. P.S. Haven't seen the mandolin for awhile. How is it coming? Gary
