Tag: slide guitar

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On second thought at Blackbird Marsh

“Red-winged blackbird” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in Huntington, Vermont on April 25, 2025
“On second thought at Blackbird Marsh” composed and performed with guitar, slide guitar, and concertina by Sanford Ross Bender on April 30, 2025.
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Why not?

“Swinging Manhattan” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender in the Autumn of 2024.
“Why not” composed and performed with guitar and slide guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on February 16, 2025.

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Take your time and tell the truth

“Take your time and tell the truth” composed and performed with guitar, slide guitar, and harmonica by Sanford Ross Bender on November 10, 2024.

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A chance encounter

“View from Owls Head Lighthouse, Maine” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on August 24, 2024.
“A chance encounter ” composed and performed with guitar and slide guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on August 25, 2024
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Music, raise my spirits

“Charging moose” drawn with colored pencil by Sanford Ross Bender in June 2024.
“Music, raise my spirits” composed and performed with guitar and slide guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on July 28, 2024.

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A sturdy heart

“Chair Pond Head, Petit Manan Wildlife Refuge – Hollingsworth Trail, Maine” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on July 7, 2024.
“A sturdy heart” composed and performed with harmonica, guitar, and slide guitar by Sanford Ross Bender on July 9, 2024.
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Serendipity

“Marshall Point Lighthouse” photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on June 28, 2024.

“Saturday morning skies” composed and performed with guitar and slide by Sanford Ross Bender on June 29, 2024.
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Island of promise

“Island of Promise” (Island passed on ferry from harbor in Stonington, Maine) photographed by Sanford Ross Bender on May 26, 2024.
“Island of Promise” composed and performed with guitar and slide by Sanford Ross Bender on May 24, 2024.
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Long snowy walk home under a crescent moon

“Snowy forest” drawn with pen and ink on paper by Sandy Bender in 1981.
“Winter Spruce in snow beyond” drawn with pen and ink by Sandy Bender on January 23, 1995
“Snowy hills” drawn with pen and ink by Sandy Bender in April, 1996.
“Long snowy walk home under a crescent moon” composed. performed and recorded with acoustic guitar (with and without metal tube slide on separate tracks) by Sanford R. Bender on September 12, 2021.
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Moon Cats outside my Window

“Moon Cats from outside my Window” was painted by Sanford Bender with acrylic paint and colored pencil on canvas board on May 29, 2021.

I awoke just after midnight to a most supernatural music outside my window as cats appeared singing under a full moon. That is what I imagined when I listened back to the music I was composing with tracks of guitar, slide guitar and harmonica. The painting of the nocturnal scene was finally realized two and a half months later from drawings in my sketch book. Whereas an irate neighbor may react to this lunar concert by lunging for a garden hose to spray amidst a torrent of profanities, I was drawn deeply into this feline world of sensory agility and mindfulness for which the music was my portal.

“Moon Cats from outside my Window” – Music by Sanford Bender composed on March 13, 2021.

“Moon Cats from outside my Window” is composed and performed in three tracks for acoustic guitar, acoustic slide guitar, and harmonica by Sanford Bender.