Welcome to your Friday Musical Moment! As we prepare for our performance of Philidor's The Blacksmith we'd like to introduce you to Adam Gardino, our guitarist for the production.
"This is called 'Bartender's Special', and I wrote it over the quarantine for my brother. He's a bartender down in Savannah, Georgia - and a good one from all reports. Last time we visited him, he made us a few drinks and when we asked the name of this one in particular it was a 'Bartender's Special'.
The tune is played on a Rocky Mountain Guitar Company guitar (in Drop D tuning) in the stylistic vein of Jerry Reed and Jim Hurst (which funny enough, are both from Georgia)
The first few notes are reminiscent of when folks walk in the door to the bar; the bell rings, the bartender asks 'What'll it be?', to which the person responds 'What would you recommend?'." - Adam Gardino
