Hey My friends Here a new song not planned hope you like it

Greetz Rico

Very well played.
I liked the nice laid back feeling.
Thanks
Eric

A new song for me, though one I think I will have to learn to sing. Absolutely beautiful, haunting melody and you performed it with an incredible degree of musicianship, my friend.

Many years ago, when I was a young man in the US Navy, I had the opportunity to visit Portofino, Italy, a stunningly beautiful fishing village situated just east of Genoa. You could easily fall in love with that part of the world, the waters of the Mediterranean Sea were crystal clear back then, the rocky beaches were adorned with young, beautiful, Italian ladies and the people were wonderful. I was just 18 years old and falling in love there was a daily occurrence.

All the best,

Gary

Great job Rico.... Super song well done.
I love Andrea Bocelli's version also.

As always, well done Rico!

Listening to your performances during the years, it looks like your taste regarding to musicstyle is quite similar to what I like to listen at.
That said, I hope to hear you use the Genos (and G70) styles some more as well.

Really pretty, nice chords, well done

Those Italian lyrics could be tricky, Gary ...

Very nicely done, Rico ...
Thank you

Very, very nice -Thank you. I do sing this in Italian ...

Yeah, I know,Tony, but I can be a tricky old fart, as you well know. I'll work in this one for a week and post it. Though I may not post it here/

Gary

Jerry, it is a very pretty song ... any chance we might be able to hear your version of it ? ...
On our first trip to Italy in 2006, my wife and I were very fortunate to be able to meet up with our a dear departed SZ friend Andrea (Dreamer) ... While having dinner, the two musicians in the restaurant played a beautiful song and I asked Andrea what the name of it was ... He said "Roma, non fa la stupida stasera" - Rome don't be stupid tonight - ... A week or two later he sent me an Italian lead sheet with the lyrics and it has been part of my repertoire ever since ...

Rico, thank you for introducing "Love in Portofino" to me ...

Beautiful tune, I too love that laid back sound and feeling. Nice job as usual Mr. Rico!

Lovely.

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Tony, I am sincerely sorry to hear that Andrea passed. We became email friends through another forum, the good doctor did note that he had serious medical problems but it is still shocking to hear.
“Roma no fa …“ is also a staple for me … I heard Sergio Franchi sing it back in the ’70’s and loved it.
I don’t record and I know I should, I may record some tunes in the near future.

C'mon, Jerry, join the fray ... get some recordings up here ...

Along with learning the Italian version of "Non fa la stupida" I researched the English translation and wrote a version that tracks the Italian lyrics, rather than sing a different English version ... We were surprised at how popular the song was in Italy ... almost every Italian entertainer we saw during our trip performed it ...

PS: Jerry, you have a PM.

Here is Jerry... I have several on my channel..

My Friends thank you so much for your kind comments

Wow Garry cool to have been there such a breathtaking place !!

I found this song by acident a muscian called on YT
Motti Nottea He wrote the Lyrics

I think they are quit amazing i like this as the best version

Greetings my friends cya next video

I found my love in Portofino
Down in a small Italian Bay
after my daily capuccino
In Portofino, love came my way

She was right there, It was September
I felt the fire in her eyes
that was a moment I'll remember
I fell in love in paradise

There was a place made just for lovers
across the street, a friendly bar
a piano man I loved and others
were singing playing a guitar

Please join me for a drink, I asked her
as she walked along the sand,
"you're good," she said, in Portofino
she looked at me and took my hand

my life changed the day i met her
and since then, when we look above
she'll whisper softly Portofino
in Portofino, we found our love

KeyBTyros a beautiful song beautifully played, thanks for sharing!

travlin'easy thanks for providing a colorful context

Hi Kabinopus,
Thank you very much for your kind comment !

Hope you guys checked out the lyrics i posted and that song


Greetings Rico

Great job Rico! Love that song and the chord progression...you nailed it. Also enjoyed the English language version vocal. It is a great song indeed! Super job!

HI Randy Thank you very much for your kind comment !


Have a nice weekend Greetz Rico