This new rendition, actually entitled New Bumble Bee Blues, is much more accessible and interesting from a lick-learning point of view. Maybe, check it out if you're looking for some simple but catchy single note blues lines to learn.
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Another Memphis Minnie Lesson...New Bumble Bee Blues
Here's a tutorial on a different rendition of Bumble Bee Blues, recorded by the great Memphis Minnie (one of the few female pre-war blues artists similar to Geeshie Wiley & her haunting Last Kind Words). I made one a while back (about a month ago) that is slightly unlearnable just because of the awkwardness of the positions and therefore LH/RH demands...that first version is more of an exercise to test your ability to play fingerstyle.
This new rendition, actually entitled New Bumble Bee Blues, is much more accessible and interesting from a lick-learning point of view. Maybe, check it out if you're looking for some simple but catchy single note blues lines to learn.
This new rendition, actually entitled New Bumble Bee Blues, is much more accessible and interesting from a lick-learning point of view. Maybe, check it out if you're looking for some simple but catchy single note blues lines to learn.
Monday, 11 February 2013
Memphis Minnie Lesson
For those of you who haven't seen this lesson yet, it's on a Memphis Minnie tune entitled Bumble Bee Blues. She recorded several different versions...the version I used isn't the best version, unfortunately.
In any case, maybe take a peek at it and see if it might interest you. What I will say is that, if you can tackle the guitar part on this tune (treating it as somewhat of an exercise), almost everything else that you attempt afterwards will come easy! The reason being that, most likely, there are two guitarists playing on the recording - or, she's playing in a really bizarre tuning...anyways, good luck!
In any case, maybe take a peek at it and see if it might interest you. What I will say is that, if you can tackle the guitar part on this tune (treating it as somewhat of an exercise), almost everything else that you attempt afterwards will come easy! The reason being that, most likely, there are two guitarists playing on the recording - or, she's playing in a really bizarre tuning...anyways, good luck!
Sunday, 13 January 2013
Some BWM...
It's probably been a long day...even if chance might have it that you're reading this when you wake up.
In any case, chill out and dig some Blind Willie McTell...I love this recording...
Fred McDowell Slide Gweetar Lesson
Apart from Blind Willie Johnson and Son House, Fred McDowell, I'd say, is the man when it comes to raw, gritty bottleneck slide tones that ooze straight from the soul. Here's a tutorial on a tune that sounds like what you'd hear if you walked into a time machine and visited the Mississippi around 1925...
Goin' Down to the River:
Goin' Down to the River:
Big Bill Broonzy Lessons!
Hey folks,
Here are a couple Big Bill lessons that I posted on Youtube a short while ago. Hopefully, you guys will compensate for my ineptness and do the tunes a better justice than I can!
How You Want It Done:
C and A Blues:
Here are a couple Big Bill lessons that I posted on Youtube a short while ago. Hopefully, you guys will compensate for my ineptness and do the tunes a better justice than I can!
How You Want It Done:
C and A Blues:
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