Norwegian Wood – The Beatles

Norwegian Wood is a song by The Beatles that dates from about 1965. Norwegian Wood was written by Jhon Lennon and Paul McCartney.  It was originally played with Sitar and has been versioned into different rhythms and genres since then.

We’ll drop two videos for you to enjoy.  The original one with Sitar, and a second one where the group C4 Trio plays this song with 3 cuatros and a bass.

First enjoy the original song

Now listen to this cover and enjoy these three cuatro soloist:

 

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