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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2013 20:49:54 GMT
I've just learned a Stefan Grossman version of Someday Baby. Just about got it sounding right.
I like the steady rolling bass Grossman uses; makes it very easy to ground the tune. Playing it with a metronome makes it easier for me to pick up the little rhythmic licks that are put in (I always seem to have more trouble with the easy to 'play' but 'hard to make sound right' passages - just practice and familiarity I suppose)
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Post by blueshome on Mar 2, 2013 20:17:45 GMT
Dollar Bill - Charlie Jordan. 16 bar blues but some very tricky things going on, it's going to take a while.
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Post by Nickel on Feb 13, 2014 8:56:51 GMT
I was fast becoming a firm Freddie Mcdowall fan already, but have gone back and listened to the songs mentioned in the previous posts with a deeper ear and have fallen heavily for these songs and more.
After reading these posts I think I have found a direction to focus on in my slide practice. So thank you guys.
I have been going down the well trodden path I'm guessing of trying to play songs like Rollin and Tumblin, Can't be Satisfied, and Walking Blues and slowly seem to be making some headway.
Was starting to wonder what I should be doing next and now I have something to think about. Immersion into an artists repertoire seems a great idea.
I also find the observation of MM and others in previous posts about the North African sound coming through in his songs very interesting. Instead of certain chord changes, sticking with the singular hypnotic back beat. Love it. Really draws you in I think. Something I will certain to be listening out for and trying to emulate in the future I hope.
I'm thinking You Gotta To Move will be my first effort. An old Stones favourite but let's keep it original a!
In the mean time, ear plugs in and off to bed. I'm also guilty of going to sleep listening to great sounds.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2014 22:18:19 GMT
It appears that I have to do a (electric) Rory Gallagher set in 8 days time with a band I'll have had two rehearsals with. What do you reckon my chances are of pulling it off? TT
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Post by stevie2sticks on Feb 13, 2014 22:37:02 GMT
Hi, I worked ages with Michael's DVD walkin Blues in Open G. I have enjoyed it that much i have not got to the section on Open D yet!
Then i listened to as many versions that I could find on line. Very much liked Eric Clapton's version, then tried Robert Johnson.
This Tuesday I played solo in front of a couple of other students at a guitar group which was a first for me ever.
I have been listening to Mance Lipscombe and a Texas slide version of Jack o'Diamonds, and just started listening to Rolling and Tumbling. I want to develop the next song to practice.
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Post by TN Pat on Feb 14, 2014 1:13:09 GMT
I have been messing with Bonaparte's Retreat, and Just a Closer Walk with Thee (bottleneck) in some sort of C tuning. With bare fingers and a dense glass slide, I am getting some sweeter tones than I expected out of a singlecone!
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Post by Nickel on Feb 14, 2014 7:06:36 GMT
I have been messing with Bonaparte's Retreat, and Just a Closer Walk with Thee (bottleneck) in some sort of C tuning. With bare fingers and a dense glass slide, I am getting some sweeter tones than I expected out of a singlecone! I didn't know what Bonapartes Retreat was so I went searching it, as you do, and it's a lovely composition! Well done for 'messing' with it! Here's what I found, hope you enjoy it on his Tricone. Cheers.
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Post by TN Pat on Feb 14, 2014 22:58:25 GMT
Thanks Nickel. Didn't know it had been done, but not surprised, as sometimes a tuning just calls a melody to mind! I associate the tune with old-time fiddlers and Doc Watson's playing. I was surprised when I found myself playing it, because I hadn't even thought of the tune in ages! Other times, childhood songs pop into my head, like 3 Blind Mice or Freres Jacques. I use simple melodies to learn the fingerboard in a new tuning. Cheers!
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Post by Nickel on Feb 14, 2014 23:57:59 GMT
Thanks Nickel. Didn't know it had been done, but not surprised, as sometimes a tuning just calls a melody to mind! I associate the tune with old-time fiddlers and Doc Watson's playing. I was surprised when I found myself playing it, because I hadn't even thought of the tune in ages! Other times, childhood songs pop into my head, like 3 Blind Mice or Freres Jacques. I use simple melodies to learn the fingerboard in a new tuning. Cheers! So true about childhood songs or nursery rhymes. I find playing Do Re Me very helpful for finding notes and with slide control, to make the notes really sing and ring individually.
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Post by slide496 on Feb 15, 2014 4:20:49 GMT
I have been listening to Mance Lipscombe and a Texas slide version of Jack o'Diamonds I have been working on a version of that as well in open E, it must be in the cards
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Post by blueshome on Feb 15, 2014 20:07:16 GMT
Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here - Tampa Red. A bit of a trite tune but the slide work has all the tricks in the book and is some of his best playing. This is going to take a while to get anywhere near.
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Post by Nickel on Jul 29, 2014 10:27:44 GMT
I wish I was in heaven sitting down. Mississippi Fred Mcdowall
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Post by eggy on Aug 4, 2014 10:47:16 GMT
Relearning Tommy mcclennan for me.Years ago i learn to play his songs now i am revisiting tyhem.Relearn for some and just to brush up on others.The quality of bluebird cd is great and you can hear ever note/clank/bang/creak of Tommy`s forceful picking.I never can tell why many critical reports say Tommy couldn`t play.His playing is even criticised in cd note?!. All i know i feel he plays great guitar and what a voice.I will have much fun with this. eggy Attachments:
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Post by mrpwrslide on Aug 12, 2014 20:15:37 GMT
Hi y´all
i´m tryin´hard to get in some R.L-Burnside tunes and i think it will take me a couple of months. At first glance it looks easy but keepin´the rythm is a hell of a lot of work, especially together with the vocals. Last week i´ve been workin´on Tommy Johnsons Big Road Blues, which i thought not so easy to be hacked and it turned out pretty well after half a week. Not so with R.L.Burnside. Think it will be a great challenge to me for at least throughout this year.And not to forget after putting things technically right i got to work even more to give it the authentic feel and that means to perform live as often i can.
greetz from the rhine-neckar delta
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Post by bod on Aug 15, 2014 13:00:09 GMT
Currently trying to improve my limited grasp of 'Nobody's fault but mine' and recall what I started to learn of 'Louise,' with the aid of a recording of last year's Pocklington classes (thanks to Bob, who had brought a functioning recording device along, unlike me. Listening to the lessons again is certainly making me look forward to this year...).
Like mrpwrslide (above), I'd like to start learning some Burnside, been listening to First Recordings a whole lot of late. Thought I might get a start on his style by having a go at playing one of the great standards the way he plays them on that album - at least that way, I told myself, I'll already know something of the number in question. Started out trying 'Rollin and Tumblin' but haven't managed to catch and match his rhythm - not even close yet, to be honest, but will keep trying...
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