The last time John Smith swung through Seattle, while he was on tour opening for Patty Griffin, after he performed a lovely version of his song "Hummingbird" we kept him cornered for a quick chat about everyone's favorite alternate tuning: DADGAD. "Hummingbird," you see, is the title track from John's recent album of "folk songs" — mostly covers from deep in the canon, plus a few originals (we spoke at length about the record This article is only available to Fretboard Journal Subscribers.
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