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Saturday, March 5, 2016

DOUG AND THE SLUGS
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

In 1980 Vancouver band Doug and The Slugs released their debut album Cognac and Bologna. The album's first single was the Top 20 hit "Too Bad". (The Intro of that song was the Riff-In-A-Jiff entry for May 21, 2012.) The follow-up single was "Chinatown Calculation", the Intro of which is tabbed here.

DOUG AND THE SLUGS - "Chinatown Calculation" (D. Bennett)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt

Audio (studio version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCkHUp0qPCo

Live (good camera shot of guitar riff being played at beginning):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEziXvnzXHo

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, March 5, 2016 11:07 PM EST
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Friday, January 1, 2016

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Topic: General

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Friday, January 1, 2016 2:54 AM EST
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Friday, December 25, 2015

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Topic: General

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Friday, December 25, 2015 3:01 AM EST
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Saturday, December 5, 2015

THE TREWS - "COMING HOME"
Topic: New Tab Postings

A Trew Holiday Gift is a four song digital EP that was released in 2011. It was included as a free bonus for anyone buying The Trews' Hope and Ruin album from the band's online store. The EP featured the Christmas song "Coming Home". Lead singer/rhythm guitarist Colin MacDonald spoke about the song in a December 2011 interview with The Casket, a weekly newspaper published in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (The Trews' hometown):

"It is a song for people working away, whether it is people who work up in Fort McMurray for months at a time and only get to come home on holidays and stuff. Or even guys like us who are touring 250 days out of the year. (The song is about) coming back to what's important at Christmas time." (http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/14795)

Having enjoyed two great live shows by The Trews this past summer, I decided to tab their Christmas song this holiday season. With this posting, the Canadian Tabs page of the site has also hit the century mark, with "Coming Home" being the 100th tablature added to that page.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/trews-cominghome.txt

Audio (studio version):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmoA5635zuk

Live (Hamilton, Ontario, December 2012):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUVvFyr8IM

(click on images to enlarge)

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, December 5, 2015 4:17 AM EST
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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

THE GRAPES OF WRATH - "PEACE OF MIND"
Topic: New Tab Postings

"Peace Of Mind" was the first single drawn from The Grapes Of Wrath's second album, Treehouse (1987). It was also the first single to chart for the Kelowna, BC band, peaking at #56 on the Canadian RPM chart.

The tab:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/cantab/grapesofwrath-peaceofmind.txt

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW1w5bewMH8

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EST
Updated: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 4:17 AM EST
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Monday, October 12, 2015

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Topic: General

Posted by planet/zerofret at 3:08 AM EDT
Updated: Monday, October 12, 2015 3:08 AM EDT
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Friday, October 2, 2015

TORONTO BLUE JAYS A.L. EAST CHAMPS
Topic: General

Yeahhh, Blue Jays!! First A.L. East Division title since 1993! On to the playoffs!

Posted by planet/zerofret at 10:01 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, October 2, 2015 10:12 PM EDT
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

SPOONS
Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff

I originally wanted to do a full tab of the Spoons' "Arias & Symphonies", but I'm in the middle of doing a tab and I'm already committed to the next one, so rather than have the part I've done so far sit around gathering dust, I figure I'll post it to the riff section. Maybe I'll get a tab of the whole song done sometime. It's my favourite Spoons song.

"Arias" was, of course, a big hit for the band in 1982, the highest charting single of their career (#18). It was the title track of their second album, also released in 1982. Tabbed here is the Intro.

SPOONS - "Arias & Symphonies" (G. Deppe)

https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/annesblog/canriffs.txt

Audio (studio recording): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc7UHuXAXno (song begins at 19:02 mark)

Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbxstCc-FME

(In the live video linked to above the band is playing the song 1 tone lower than the original recording.)

Posted by planet/zerofret at 12:01 AM EDT
Updated: Sunday, July 5, 2015 9:41 PM EDT
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Friday, March 20, 2015

NATIONAL VELVET - "68 HOURS"
Topic: New Chords Postings

The song "68 Hours" appears on National Velvet's 1988 self-titled debut album. Released as a single/video in 1989, the track earned the band a CASBY award ("Canadian Artists Selected By You") from Toronto alt-rock radio station CFNY.

The chord chart:
https://www.angelfire.com/planet/zerofret/crd/nationalvelvet-68hours.txt

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU7HilsZK7Q

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:22 AM EDT
Updated: Friday, March 20, 2015 3:16 AM EDT
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Thursday, December 25, 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Topic: General

Posted by planet/zerofret at 2:45 AM EST
Updated: Thursday, December 25, 2014 2:45 AM EST
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