THE USE OF ANY COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF "FAIR USE" IN TITLE 17 & 107 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. SUCH MATERIAL REMAINS THE COPYRIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL HOLDER AND IS USED HERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION,COMPARISON,AND CRITICISM ONLY. NO INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT IS INTENDED. This is an acousticstring redition of Soundgardens "Been Away Too Long", off of their newest album "King Animal". Knowing Soundgardens style all too well, I knew my first challenge to covering this song was to determine the tuning of the song. The cool thing about Soundgarden is that they play by their own rules. This song happens to use the "EEBBBB" tuning, which basically gives you an open E power chord. I have never in my life played with such a unique tuning. After getting the tuning down, and listening to it a few times, it seemed to fall into place pretty well. Aside from a few spots with some syncopated rhythms, it was pretty straight forward. The next thing to tackle was the vocal line. Come on… Its Chris Cornell for cryin out loud! Im not the best singer in the world, but after a number of passes, I was able to land something that I could live with. I want to give a huge thanks to the drummer on this track… Mario Telaro who hales from Montreal, Quebec Canada. He is a great drummer and I hope to work with him again in the near future. If you wish to visit Marios channel: www.youtube.com I will be coming out with more covers so if you want to know when they <b>…<b>