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Post by eggy on Dec 19, 2012 19:58:19 GMT
Hi Pete, Henry Townsend isn`t playing quills.The musician you are thinking of is Henry Thomas i think?.I have studied Henry Thomas guitar but never approached his quills. Henry Townsend is a wonderful St.Louis bluesman who does play mostly in"crossnote"tuning.In his prewar records he has just one song played in "spanish" the rest in"crossnote". I truly would not know where to start with quills .It would sound wonderful though Pete. Thanks Eggy.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2012 20:06:57 GMT
Just for laughs and money, we reformed this band a few weeks ago after over 20 yeard for a new years eve gig. £100 each! Some of it has me drumming, and Steve is a fantastic harp player too. Anyhoo, this is what I got to re learn. Quick... TT Attachments:
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Post by General Savage on Dec 22, 2012 17:03:33 GMT
. C C Rider is another Fun One to play around with. Anyone familiar with the Old Crow Medicine Show's version? Good stuff. Yes, OCMS did a great version of CC Rider, influenced by Leadbelly I think . Which reminds me I almost had Wagon Wheel down in open G once upon a time. I'll have another go at it.
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Post by bod on Jan 5, 2013 11:42:18 GMT
'Done Got Old'
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Post by pete1951 on Jan 5, 2013 14:34:29 GMT
Inspired by that line from the Buddy Guy (?) song I have done a long (comic?) song of the same title
"I`ve got a Marshall amp, I use it now and then, But I can only hear it, with the volume up to 10."
and on a more hopeful note
"We used to make love all day, Man,that was so,so nice, But now I get out of breath, If we do it more than twice." And so on PT
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Post by bod on Jan 5, 2013 15:11:10 GMT
Inspired by that line from the Buddy Guy (?) song I have done a long (comic?) song of the same title "I`ve got a Marshall amp, I use it now and then, But I can only hear it, with the volume up to 10." and on a more hopeful note "We used to make love all day, Man,that was so,so nice, But now I get out of breath, If we do it more than twice." And so on PT ;D Buddy Guy used it to open Sweet Tea (a particular favourite of mine), but Robert Belfour also did it and - I think - Kimbrough wrote it (?) I do like Guy's version, but if you don't know the others you might want to check em out as they're quite different ( ; )
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Post by slide496 on Jan 5, 2013 21:55:22 GMT
I'm working on a Blind Willie McTell piece in open G as arranged and taught by Tom Feldmann called "Love Changing Blues" which has a variety of fingered runs all over the fretboard and different breaks between the 4 slide verses so it is helping learn how to do that and be comfortable with the slide on my pinky, usually wear it ring finger.
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Post by gaucho on Jan 6, 2013 0:42:16 GMT
Funny, I've been playing with a version of "Love Changing Blues" myself. Furry Lewis also does a couple songs that are very similar (maybe Furry's Blues and Falling down Blues?). Have you seen John Hammond's version?
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Post by slide496 on Jan 6, 2013 1:53:01 GMT
Hi Gaucho,
Thanks I loved his arrangement ! - real interesting what he's done. He's taking lyrics from both "Love Changing Blues" and "Tain't Long for Day "and adding/rearranging the lyrics, to make it a a new story along with his arrangement.
And I don't know if you read McTell's explanation of how he constructed his "Dying Crapshooter's Blues", but taking from here and there is how McTell said he did it which makes Hammonds version more complex and haunting to my mind, gives it special meaning.
Peace, Harriet
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Post by pete1951 on Jan 6, 2013 10:46:12 GMT
At last I have something to play on my 12string tuned down to E (Spanish) I too like the John H arrangement, with his economical use of the top string he could be in Spanish tuned to E! Also years of playing in bands mean I do 12bars on autopilot, so Blind Willie Mcs extended 12s gets me in a muddle
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Post by gall55 on Jan 9, 2013 16:46:29 GMT
Steve Howe's clap, Rory Gallagher's version of pistol slapper blues, a lot of Hot tuna stuff ( I really like Jorma Kaukonen's arrangements of hesitation blues, winin' boy blues, keep your lamps trimmed and burning, death don't have no mercy etc. On my new nrp tricone I love to play Blind Blake's police dog blues in open D, which sounds extremey fine on a resonator.
Michael
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Post by slide496 on Jan 10, 2013 1:07:39 GMT
Besides the McTell piece, working on studying Fred McDowell pieces - Lay My Burden Down, Schoolgirl, Jesus on the Mainline, You Got to Move, Someday Baby, The Girl I Love, Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning - referencing his original recordings - I do a little on each one every day.
(I also run through the two Blind Willie Johnson pieces I know the notes to.)
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 10, 2013 14:19:26 GMT
Hi Harriet,
I haven't seen Tom Feldmann's Blind Willie McTell DVD, but I have put a lot of of time into learning to play McTell's slide repertoire, including Love Changing Blues, which I have got pretty much note for note with the slide on my ring finger. Of all McTell's virtuoso slide guitar blues pieces, this is the one that for me is unsurpassable.......it is an incredible piece of music. McTell plays it in Spanish tuning down to the key of E. (BEBEG#B). I can play it in Spanish G tuning, but the slack strings when it is down to E do make the fingered runs easier and makes the whole thing sound very close to Willie's playing.
I have worked on and worked out pretty much note for note the following Willie McTell slide guitar songs; Three Women Blues, Mama t'ain't long 'fo' Day, Savannah Mama, Love Changing Blues, God Don't Like It, Don't You See How This World Made A Change, Ain't It Grand To Be A Christian and Dying Gambler.
I must have a look at Tom's DVD, I am interested to see if our McTell decoding is on the same page.
Shine On Michael
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 10, 2013 14:42:12 GMT
The Fred McDowell pieces are all great too. Over the years I have got a lot of Fred's repertoire worked out. I have recently been working on his repertoire again. I know the tunes, but I have been focusing in on the subtleties that makes his playing sound so much like Fred McDowell. His rhythmic right and left hand approach, his vibrato with the slide and his anticipation of the beat, and the opposite to that, his laying right back on the beat. I also love the way he merges his voice with his slide guitar runs, one taking over from the other in the middle of a phrase.....beautiful stuff!
Shine On Michael
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Post by slide496 on Jan 10, 2013 15:04:41 GMT
Hi Michael, I for one would be interested in your covers on both! The first thing that struck me on your tuition DVD, where all I had heard before was the North Hill taught to almost a metronome type beat with an alternating bass. I was pretty relieved at that section and there is a North Hill loop at the dvd closing that I left on for hours on end as background music for a week or so On Mctell CommentsI would love to hear your version and will check out those songs you've worked that I haven't heard. Although Tom plays a 12 string, his teaching version of Love Changing is on his Bottleneck Masters and I believe you can get it as a single download for about $10.00 U.S. with tab. He teaches a version of it in open G on a 6 string wood resonator with 4 separate breaks and its much slower so I don't know it compares. On McDowell CommentsYour approach provides some guidance for me and insight as to how you study him, so thank you! One thing I've noticed lately and am paying attention to is the balance between repetition of guitar phrasing and his singing and how he accents slide notes when he does that. I am not sure if that's what you mean by intertwining. Peace, Harriet
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