"She Moved Through the Fair" by Davey Graham

My new Patreon site focuses on group access virtual lessons. My September 1 post centers on Davey Graham's "She Moved Through the Fair," Tier 2 subscribers get access to my instructional video and transcription. Come join us! / andrewlardnerguitar

[@dominicswords3293]

Hey. That is seriously well played. I love how Davey spotted links between Celtic and Indian melodies. Sublimely executed by you. 🙏

[@andrewlardner]

Thank you Dominic. To me, an important and iconic historical piece in fingerstyle repertoire.

[@josefinagarza241]

❤

[@moodswingy1973]

This song was my first love and got me interested in solo acoustic guitar when I was in high school. It was coupled with Black Waterside and performed by the greatest song thief of all time 😝 under the title “White Summer/Black Mountainside.” It was my favorite song for a decade (before discovering Fahey) and one of my top five favorite songs of all time. Sandy Denny and Fairport Convention do a fantastic rendition as well. You’re the man Andrew.

[@sco7642]

Davy Graham was undoubtedly one of the most innovative folk guitarists Britain ever produced. Great playing here ^_^

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

Wow! Excellent rendition…truly!

[@Fishsticks187]

Yours is a superb rendition. Davy Graham is one of the forgotten geniuses of the acoustic guitar. The man could play everything from The Beatles to Tarrega.

[@vance7274]

By God! How can I have missed this? Stunning!!!!!

[@mikemcgee3493]

Very...Very well done! Sounds just like Davey Graham. Excellent playing!

[@mattstephens6137]

I heard of Davey through Zeppelin. When I was younger I was OBSESSED with Page's "White Summer". Then one day someone told me to listen to this, and I couldn't believe how similar they sounded. Still blows my mind to this day. There's influence, and then there's copyright infringement lol. Nonetheless, I was bummed. But, you killed it my friend. Beautiful work.

[@MIKE-TYTHON]

Jimmy page is renowned for stealing. Tbf, you should listen to black waterside by Bert Jansch if you haven’t already, Jimmy stole that note for note and called it his own and Bert didn’t make a penny. There’s countless others too

[@stevenmurphy9225]

Friends by zeppelin is very similar to anji by Graham.??

[@josefinagarza241]

​@@MIKE-TYTHONi read it's an old Irish folklore song❤

[@ConcreteJungleSickness]

Man, you're such a great player. My car just got totaled and listening to this certainly helps.

[@CONNORMcCLOUD163]

You’re my friend. You have no choice,thank you for showing playing this, I always watched the original of Daveys now I can watch how you play it and learn. Thank you

[@DJustice91]

love this one, great playing Andy!

[@ScottyGMusic]

Excellent playing; very faithfully done!

[@Chrisjwhit]

I love that guitar! Great performance

[@Keepthelidon]

Wonderful playing! Wonderful guitar!

[@LAURIELARDNER]

I really enjoyed that. You make it look and sound so easy.

[@MrJameswingham]

Great rendition... beautiful, clean playing. Lovely

[@justinmayhomes]

Very Nice! Thanks Andy!

[@seppescrayen2438]

oh man you''re ahead of me you and some other channels convinced me to start making my own transcription videos channel and almost finished this one. But job well done, keep up the great work! all the best

[@stefanoragni6972]

A great soft touch.

[@ricciardinicolas5887]

So good ! This is the perfect cover of the song.

[@Nick051967]

Blown away by that. Suddenly remembered Davey Graham after a couple of glasses of wine and can;t access the formats of his albums that I have. Spotify was useless so came looking on KZbin and happened upon this gem. And so glad that a talented musician would produce a version of this song in 2020

[@andrewlardner]

Thank you Nick, glad you found the channel.

[@sheepdog_ptirlc9439]

You've absolutely nailed that, sir 👏🏽 This is the best guitar cover ever captured on film. Get yourself a brew 🤌🏽💪🏽

[@johngeddes7894]

Nice performance, and extry nice guitar. I really dig lots of Davy Graham’s compositions and arrangements. It’s great to revisit here on youtube. I really enjoy your channel, Andrew!

[@andrewlardner]

Thanks John!

[@jlegault92]

Really enjoyed this piece Andy. Bravo 👏

[@andrewlardner]

Thanks Jake! It was so great seeing all of you a few weeks ago

[@jlegault92]

@@andrewlardner you're welcome! I agree, that was great!

[@nashwilliams5852]

Beautiful.

[@mikerood3544]

Brilliant!

[@calvincooper2669]

Does this remind anyone else of “Over the Hills and Far Away?” Great work sir. Looks like lots of fun to play. Thanks for sharing.

[@vincenzodellama7158]

Search "white summer jimmy page". It was directly influenced by this song. All the "alternate" tunings used by Page are an influence of Davy Graham works.

[@danielstoddart]

Jimmy Page's "White Summer" and "Over the Hills and Far Away" are both improvisations based on this old Irish folk song.

[@paulwells7567]

And in longer versions of White Summer (live Zeppelin and solo), Page borrows extensively from another Graham tune, 'Mustafa.'

[@liteninkiran]

@@paulwells7567 Wow. Thanks for that. I had no idea. Mustapha and White Summer sound virtually identical in parts.

[@codyleegeorge8237]

Wow! Beautiful, Andy! One of my favourite guitarists... 👍👍

[@andrewlardner]

Thanks Cody. I seem to remember watching a video of you yesterday!

[@codyleegeorge8237]

@@andrewlardner haha thanks for taking a peek at my modest attempts!

[@d10k4n3]

Amazing.

[@yassinechfiri7156]

Truly exquisite 👍🏻

[@sdriza]

i will say, "beautiful" - which is not a word I throw around much

[@kookaburra1345]

Bravo! Incredible! Pretty much as Davey would have played it. You've got a new subscriber. Thanks mate!

[@kookaburra1345]

BTW, Love the old OOO.

[@RemoSforza]

Amazing 👏

[@andrewlardner]

Thanks dude!

[@bccamden]

Awesome

[@starry.niiight__]

You did a great job! I don't think you remember me but I was one your students in class! ☺

[@ansgarness]

Great rendition, as usual, and majestic tone of the Larson. What mics are you using here?

[@andrewlardner]

Thank you! Rode NT5

[@dynjarren8355]

Yes, she moved through the Fair and made it onto the debut Led Zeppelin album. Isn’t that great? It’s a old folk song in the public domain.

[@albertromiel]

Dude! where have you been?! You do this song great justice! im sitting with my guitar playing along haha! Also, what kind of guitar is that? :)

[@andrewlardner]

Thanks Albert. This is a Prairie State, 000 size built in 1934

[@albertromiel]

@@andrewlardner beautiful! looks great for its age! do you mind if i ask what kind of strings you use?

[@andrewlardner]

I use daddario PB on all my guitars. The strings are super dead in this video

[@raykoffman8279]

Great cover. Something I’ve wanted to learn for many years Is there a tab for it?

[@andrewlardner]

I teach this on my Patreon account

[@miketownsend927]

Hi, I'm curious how you set about learning this tune, maybe you could enlighten us

[@nelsonreymusico5635]

I like that song and the sound of the guitar! What tuning do you use!

[@andrewlardner]

DADGAD but tuned down

[@nelsonreymusico5635]

@@andrewlardner thank you!

[@citybuddha]

Fabulous rendition! Open D tuning?

[@andrewlardner]

DADGAD

[@ryansagadore4067]

What tuning is this in?

[@AnAllAroundPlayerMaker]

I am confused here. Did you tune it to CGCFGC and put a capo on the 2nd fret to make it DADGAD?

[@algreen1231]

I'd like to know the Mr.J.Page opinion about this tune...

[@miketownsend927]

Why?

[@algreen1231]

@@miketownsend927 Just plagiarism matter...

[@miketownsend927]

@@algreen1231 This has been discussed previously on youtube, depends who you like I guess, similar with blackwaterside and black mountainside

[@AnAllAroundPlayerMaker]

Are you playing half step lower

[@andrewlardner]

Possibly, I tune relative and where the guitar feels good mostly. It's possible I'm tuned to how he was in the video of him playing.

[@liteninkiran]

He is. The first note is C#3, then D#3, then F3. This is done by playing string 4 open, then fret 2, then fret 4.