edmanwalkin is Ed Amann, guitarist, songwriter and folksinger, in Akron Ohio. This site includes rants and links to other sites concerned with life and music on Earth. Welcome to my site. I will try to keep to the description above. I'm mostly into playing and writing music, but once in a while I just have to get up on the soapbox (see the rants page). My all-time favorite activity is getting out and playing for people.
My history: Started with guitar in 1963. Started for the music, but got a lot more interested when I found out musical types were attracting more girls. Started playing in public at The Needle’s Eye in Kent. Started playing with bands while in Army in Texas. Toured with Elmore Brothers Band in mid '70s. Played with a lot of commercial bands around Akron since. Started playing as a single in 2001 in order to get my songs out to the public. I pick music from all times and many genres for my shows. I like to say, "If you don't like what I'm doing, wait 3 minutes, it will change". The songs I write are crafted to fit with this wide range of material and include songs of conscience, railroad songs, blues, alt-country and hilljazz (my countrified take on jazz and pop standards).
A partial list of songs I perform:
Traditional and Folk: "Wild Mountain Thyme"; "John Riley"; "Cotton Fields"; "The Water Is Wide"
Old Favorites: "Big Rock Candy Mountain"; "Ain't Misbehavin'"; "Side By Side"; "God Bless The Child"
Less Old Favorites: "Love Potion Number Nine"; "Chimes Of Freedom"; "Stand By Me"; "Turn The Page"
Railroad Tunes: "City Of New Orleans"; "Railroad Work Song"; "Glendale Train"
Blues: "Built For Comfort"; "Who's Been Talking"; "Key To the Highway"
Hilljazz: "Sunny"; "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"; "Summertime"
Songs of Conscience: "There But For Fortune"; "Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream"
Original Songs: "Heresy"; You Are the Only Rose"; "Lazy Day"; "Fly Away Sometime"; "Life Is Good"; "Just A Little Thing"; "Got To Roll"
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