Ira Gitlin

Music Samples

• Rosewood And Pearl
  • by Ira Gitlin; from the Urban Legends, Why Get Up, 1995
  • A graceful waltz on the banjo? Why not?
• Guitar Queen
  • by Karen Collins; from Karen Collins and the Backroads Band, Tail Light Blues, 2007
  • Here I am on lead guitar, in postmodern retro-country mode.
• The First In Line
  • by Paul Kennerley; from Karen Collins, Backroads & Bayous, 2004
  • I arranged and played all the instruments on this selection.
• Half Moon Shuffle
  • by Ira Gitlin; from Karen Collins and the Backroads Band, Tail Light Blues, 2007
  • I’m on lead guitar here.
• Late Harvest
  • by Ira Gitlin, 1996
  • An autumnal tune with some “ancient tones”; I’m playing banjo and lead guitar.

And you can see me on YouTube, playing live with the Blue Moon Cowgirls and with Karen Collins and the Backroads Band .