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Nortune Fried Pickin'

Nortune Fried Pickin' 
Acoustic Guitar Finger Picking

Originally recorded direct to analog master, Nortune Fried Pickin' has been digitally remastered and is now available on CD and Mp3 direct from Nortunes.

Click here for song list.

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Cover art  by Henry Wynn.

Recording Notes

These songs were first recorded direct to analog master in 1991 and digitally remastered  in September 1999. 
"Sugar Cat Rag" is in standard tuning. 
"Rachel Ann", "Honey Bit", "Harrisburg Shoe Full", and "Snowbugs" are in open "D" (DADF#AD).
The rest are in open "G" tuning (DGDGBD) at capo 2.
All songs were written by Norton Wade.
Three different hand-made Lo Prinzi guitars were used: each its own key. 
A Shure SM-81 condenser mic was used in 12" proximity.
A Roland DEP-5 effects processor and an Alesis Microverb were used with Roland mostly set on a slight stereo delay. 
Two other effects were used for some variation. 
You may wish to listen with headphones to hear the effects best. 
Please enjoy!
Special thanks for the cover art taken from a detail drawing by Henry Wynn a fine artist as well as a fine picker and friend.

 

Nortune Fried Pickin' Song List

1. Rachel Ann Open D Melodic thump
2. Tenderly Open G Soft and dreamy
3. Snowbugs Open D We used to go over to the Getzen's Pond across the river and go swimming. Looking out over the pond you could see these long legged bugs skating like they were on ice. So... on this song the fingerpicks have to skate along the tops of the strings to get the speed and the effect of Snowbugs. Back to the pond, the owners were the Mealing's and our families went back a long way. I googled "getzen's pond" and came up with this bit of history. Its more interesting than the song. Getzen's Pond.
4. Ole Frog Hollar Open G Medium tempo. This song is named after another old time section of Augusta. When I was growing up it had a negative connotation to most folks. But sometimes good things can come out of row houses like one of my best friends of all time.
5. Honey Bit Open D Up tempo
6. Peace Open G Mellow
7. Sugar Cat Rag Standard Finger thump in "F". In the recording notes above Henry Wynn is mentioned as the person who did the cover art. Much more importantly to me is that he is a finger picker extraordinaire. Along with Gove Scrivenor Henry is one of the main reason's for my early interest in finger picking. Not too long ago Henry invited me to his studio and he proceeded to play "Sugar Cat Rag" in his interpretation and style. You can't imagine the great feeling I got when I heard one of my inspirations playing a Nortune.
8. I Wonder Why Open G Mellow with interesting chords
9. On The Pike Open G Bluesy but fast
10. Harrisburg Shoe Full Open D Melodic
11. Go Ahead And Dream Open G More dreamy
12. Beyond The Zone Of Fear Open G The reason for the madness
13. On Wisdom's Goldenrod Open G Written at Lake Seneca
14. Pinch Gut Open G String pinch special which is named for a section of housing in Augusta. Granddaddy used to say he was going fishing with someone from "Pinch Gut". There are also some radical "non octaves" and slap hammers that seem to jazz it up.
15. Jubilation Open G Joyfully... So this is an instrumental Nortune hymn. In most cases I have words flowing through my head for my Nortunes instrumentals. This one's easy:
Jubilation, Sing His praise... etc.
My heart's filled with Jubilation,
My heart is filled with His Love.

 

 

Nortune Fried Pickin'

Mp3's are available for download above.

The CD is available from Nortunes by special request.

nwade@nortunes.com

Nortunes Studio
Evans, GA 30809

 
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