In my online “travels,” I have made a number of truly good friends. I can name many, both by their handles and by their real names. Some prefer to remain anonymous, which I can understand, but sort of chuckle at the notion that anyone seeking to protect their identities online could even dream of being successful at this. Some give their full names, like me, because they know that if someone really wanted to find out their names, or even where they lived, they could, so why hide.
One of these friends is a guy named Mark Galloway. He’s a golf pro from Oklahoma, who also happens to be, as he puts it, a semi-retired professional guitarist. He has a Youtube channel, much like I do. He shares his skills and his passion with anyone who happens to happen by, and gets out of it what he does, much like I do.
Recently, he posted a video of “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” an epic Allman Brothers Band song, using his looper pedal. I bought one last week, and spent a good deal of time today fiddling with this particular song, and though I think I’ve got it, for the most part, I’m still going to work on it a bit before recording and posting a video of my own effort at this awesome Dickey Betts tune.
This is a very, very short bit of Mark’s take on “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.” Please see the full video to appreciate his skills.