Heading somewhere?
Take me along!
Ben Bolt on Spotify
They left a couple microphones out, and let me hit the Record button when no one was looking.
It’s my pleasure to share my solo acoustic arrangements of these great songs on Spotify (and other streaming platforms)!
A collection of Lennon/McCartney.
Solo James Taylor — my favorite version of James Taylor — the way I first heard him on 1970’s BBC In Concert program. The bootleg recording of that show taught me how to play guitar.
Selections from Elton John and the early Bee Gees.
Paul Simon, with and without Art Garfunkel.
Gordon Lightfoot, who played nonstop on Canadian Radio when I was a boy.
Billy Joel, with guitar for piano.
Jim Croce, whose collected commercial recordings spanned nineteen incredible months.
A grab-bag of songs I like from the 50s and early 60s.
I’m a city boy, but I sing Country music now and then. Mostly then.
Collections of smaller, more intimate songs from the 60s, 70s, and 80s.
A few rock demos I made with good friends during a snatched morning of studio time. It was first-take, best-take, only-take!
I held a few rock songs from the ankles and shook them; these arrangements fell to the floor.
Christmas to me is a day when the stores are closed; but I like the music. I’ll be adding more to this one.
A couple ragtime blues numbers I vaguely remember from my teenage obsession; and a few ragged minutes of my trying to remember how to play bluegrass banjo. I need to pick up that great instrument again.