Saturday, 6 April 2013
Warren Haynes' Birthday
One of the great slide guitarists of today is celebrating his 53rd B-Day. Here's a great backstage jam from a few years back of him and D. Trucks tearin' it up!
Crow Jane Lesson.. as played by the great Skip James
Yo y'all,
So there isn't too much information on Youtube about Skip's jewel-of-a-video rendition of Crow Jane that I'm sure we've all seen...in fact, I'm pretty sure that it was the first blues revival video that I'd ever seen 4 or 5 years ago.
It's a fantastic and intricate tune that I cannot come close to properly playing, but at least I can try to help you people get started with it to make up for my shortcomings.
So there isn't too much information on Youtube about Skip's jewel-of-a-video rendition of Crow Jane that I'm sure we've all seen...in fact, I'm pretty sure that it was the first blues revival video that I'd ever seen 4 or 5 years ago.
It's a fantastic and intricate tune that I cannot come close to properly playing, but at least I can try to help you people get started with it to make up for my shortcomings.
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Hellhound On My Trail Lesson
Hi all,
So, school's winding down to a close and I'm finally getting the chances to make some more videos. Here's one that I've been meaning to make for a while. Definitely, it's one of Robert Johnson's finest recordings which almost deems it a must-know for any Delta blues enthusiast. Check it out, if you've got some spare time.
So, school's winding down to a close and I'm finally getting the chances to make some more videos. Here's one that I've been meaning to make for a while. Definitely, it's one of Robert Johnson's finest recordings which almost deems it a must-know for any Delta blues enthusiast. Check it out, if you've got some spare time.
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Jack White's Diddly Bow
Anybody ever played around with one of these? Looks/Sounds like a lot of fun...I might make one this summer.
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!
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