I Shall Be Released - for Bob's birthday - Marc Nerenberg 24 May '24

Yesterday, on Bob Dylan's 83rd birthday, Dave Liovski was the first musician to arrive at Montreal's weekly Yellow Door Hootenanny which I host, Dave helped to set up the room, then tuned the house guitar, and finally, sat down to warm up his guitar playing fingers before anyone else would arrive. At that point, listening to him play, I decided to ask him to join me on this, the evening's opening song. It was a felicitous decision!
Atypically, at the very start of this video, I've left the most important bits of what had been my rather long live song introduction that I used to set it up for the audience, So I have nothing much left that needs to be said here (except for the following technical specs).
I'm playing a 1910 Fairbanks Banjo, strung with (period appropriate sounding) synthetic gut strings, tuned eAEAC# here, using mostly old-time thumb-lead two-finger picking, with bits of clawhammer technique woven in in from time to time. This was recorded on 24 May, 2024, in downtown Montréal, Québec.

[@chuckjj5493]

Beautifully Done,you've convinced me that I have to learn that song.

[@marcnerenberg1]

Many thanks! My version of this does take some liberties with the order of the stanzas and details of the lyrics, in keeping with my practice of not doing “cover versions” of songs, but rather, doing “my interpretations” of them.

[@michaelwittman2220]

GOD Bless Marc

[@marcnerenberg1]

Thank you Michael!

[@marclattoni1959]

So nicely done. Touched the history of injustice and then finally justice that my Dad, a criminal defence lawyer in Montreal, and indeed some his clients, encountered over his life. Play on Marc, play on.

[@marcnerenberg1]

Many thanks, Marc!

[@annesmith9642]

I started crying before you were finished with your introduction, Marc. That was a great story and a great song. Thank you and happy Birthday to Bob Dylan! I just recently learned that he won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

[@marcnerenberg1]

Thank you so much, Anne! It’s a strange feeling, making people cry, but without malice.

[@annesmith9642]

@@marcnerenberg1 I think crying is good for me.

[@fuerteybrava]

So moving.

[@marcnerenberg1]

Thanks so much!

[@dougfreeman7641]

I was drinking vodka and singing along, I think my niebor likes it too, he started banging on the walls in 8/4 time 🎉❤😅

[@marcnerenberg1]

Thanks to you, and of course many thanks to the drummer next door!

[@mousiebrown1747]

✊🏻 Julian Assange ✊🏻

[@carlosgaspar8447]

romeo dellaire?