Hi Folks,
This week we get back to the blues with a new song. None other than the Muddy Waters classic, Hoochie Coochie Man in the key of A. This great tune is simple but, as many blues songs are, deceptively simple. This week we start with the basic low string guitar line and I demonstrate how to play it in different positions for different sounds and also show you variations and subilties on the line to spice it up and keep it bluesy and interesting. We also learn the classic Muddy turnaround used in this song.
Enjoy! Duke
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:Chicago Blues
Duke Robillard
Muddy Waters
Hoochie Coochie Man
Print Chords & Tab
Loop 1:29 Breakdown
Loop 6:19 Run-Through
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Loop 7:46 V Chord Variations
Loop 8:14 Closing Thoughts
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Making progress now. Got a camera working finally, though not great quality.
Found a great Muddy Waters album apparently not available in the US on YouTube. This is what I'm practicing from. http://youtu.be/U5QKpsVzndc.
Sounds good Steve!
Sounds good Steve!
Hi Duke
Here i did two versus. The first is as instructed. The second is with a run down from the root on the D string leading to the 4. This is what i hear listening to the track. It may be Jimmy Rodgers on gtr doing the run down that i am hearing.
As you say there are many ways that this has been done but we must keep in mind what was on the track back in 1953 (according to Mike Leadbitter and Neil Slaven's "1943-1966 Blues Records"), upright bass, gtr, harp, drums and pno.
This is an incredibly powerful song.
Cheers
Steve
Hi Steve, Yes, there are many ways people play this riff. I just prefer to teach from the original source. It's always best to start from there anyway. I am not a tab reader so you would have to record a video as an example for me to hear your variations. Thanks, Duke
So many ways guys and gals play this riff. I like to play the lick in measure 1. Also do a octave root variant.
Ex 1
or Ex 1a (with octve)
Most seem to play the following : Ex 2
Always seem to get a look if I play it the Muddy way (lick 1 above) and not the double stop lick (Ex 2)
Especially from harmonica players.... Just sayin...
Super cool axe Duke.