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Post by blueshome on Apr 7, 2021 14:05:47 GMT
Sebastian Muller again.
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Post by blueshome on Apr 5, 2021 16:40:09 GMT
Fred with Eli Green on vocals. Great performance to try to emulate in terms of getting that Hill Country rhythm down.
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Post by blueshome on Mar 31, 2021 11:49:00 GMT
The guys just knew how to swing, one of my all time favourites
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Post by blueshome on Jan 17, 2021 19:06:49 GMT
CczThewonderful Jontavious Willis. The future of the acoustic blues.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 8, 2021 17:07:33 GMT
The unmistakable sound of a Mule. Not for me along with the growl vocal. But taste is individual.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 8, 2021 17:03:49 GMT
Bonzo. You must have missed my comments about Muddy’s playing with Spann when promoted by Chris Barber in the 50’s. Wonderful playing, dodgy recording. You hear Muddy tuning to Spanish on stage and the performances are great. We know what the critics responses were but that’s irrelevant to the current post. The Folk Singer album I’ve always never really got attached to, it just doesn’t feel right to me.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 7, 2021 23:01:12 GMT
Sorry Michael, nothing wrong with Muddy on that album but it was an attempt to jump on the folk ban wagon which didn’t quite come off. Muddy was clearly well in touch with his previous non electric band work, listen to him in the recordings with Spann in England in the late 50’s and at Newport in the 60’s. I feel Guy and Dixon diminish the album rather than enhance it. I bought the album in the late 60’s but was never quite satisfied with it compared the earlier recordings. I remember wearing out my Best of Muddy Waters lp as it was my background to A level revision. Probably why I didn’t do too well in the exams.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 7, 2021 13:35:06 GMT
Richard, I’ve never liked Buddy Guy’s playing on the Folk Singer disc, he doesn’t understand non electric playing is different.. Dixon plays out of tune quite often. BWJ is a great example but there are a lot of places where he doesn’t alternate, I feel that this can illustrate to a beginner that there are no rules and that variations are part of the music
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Post by blueshome on Jan 5, 2021 12:22:47 GMT
To get back to the original post, I’ve made a short video on exercises to get thumb independence which might be helpful:
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Post by blueshome on Jan 4, 2021 16:42:07 GMT
Bit more Ma with Tampa showing all his tricks. Hammers, pulls, flicks.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 4, 2021 14:17:45 GMT
Only ever broken one in 35 years of sliding with glass and that was when someone knocked it of the top of my amp and i watched it roll off the stage and smash. Beware Pyrex (borosilicate), it’s dangerous. I’ve seen on disintegrate just through being slapped against the fretboard. Pyrex goes into hundreds of shards.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 3, 2021 12:51:53 GMT
A bit of Ma Rainey with superb accompaniment from Tampa Red at his best.
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Post by blueshome on Jan 3, 2021 12:48:23 GMT
I recommend open D if you want get that automatic thumb. Use 1st position chords and run through a basic 12 bar sequence alternating 6-4, 5-4, 5-4. This tuning also gets you into Elmore James and most of Fred McDowell. Also Tampa Red but he is more complex although his playing is still based around 1st position chords.
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Post by blueshome on Dec 25, 2020 13:35:05 GMT
Sounds right. congratulations. Hope you enjoy it. PM me and I can recommend someone to make a bridge. He has plenty of experience with old Stellas.
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Post by blueshome on Dec 24, 2020 20:56:26 GMT
Jono, what makes you believe it’s an Oscar Schmidt guitar?
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