A guitar instrumental created specially for The Coconut Blues Club Music Challenge January 2014. Guitars used were: Parker Fly (all lead and backwards sections), Yamaha PAC303-12 (rhythm parts), Rickenbacker 4003 bass guitar. Various voice samples.
experimental
guitar instrumental
twangy guitar
Story behind the song
In the down-at-heal, post-war England of the late 1950's, the young mild mannered William escapes his dreary Northern work-a-day existence through his passion for playing 'twangy' guitar tunes.
One eventful rainy November evening, 'hot-wired' to his big red guitar and homemade valve amplifier, his life is quite literally transformed. A freak boost in the power supply and a slightly faulty cable, sends a shockwave of multi-coloured electrical energy through to his fingertips.
At that very moment, he becomes Guitarboy . . . a futuristic Guitar Hero with awesome musical powers. Armed with a shiny new atomic space-age guitar (and a cool hairstyle), his snappy modern guitar music cuts through the dull monochome world to reveal one of sparkling colour and excitement. A 'Brave New World' where almost anything is possible for everyone. A world of 'Ultra-colour' . . .
"Thankyou Guitarboy", the happy population cheer ! "hip, hip, hurrah"
With very special thanks to Bill Nelson for constant inspiration and musical delights.
Lyrics
"They make their own electricity" . . .from the old British B/W ghost story film, 'In The Dead Of Night'.