Hi Friends, this weeks lesson is the rest of "Sweet Home Chicago" from the second solo chorus out. This verse is very similar to the open chorus of the song, especially on the one chord. On the 4 the riff is based on part of Billy Butlers Honk Tonk solo. The entire solo second chorus is comprised of familiar lines that should come naturally to those of you who have been following my lessons. The 5 change is also very much like the intro and first solo chorus. After the solo it's back to the figure that goes with the verse before the solo then back to the first vocal verse with a very typical blues outro. Any of my former Chicago Blues lessons should prepare you for this song. Hope you enjoy it and send me some videos.
Thanks, Duke
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
Chicago Blues
Duke Robillard
Magic Sam
Sweet Home Chicago
Background listening Magic Sam: Sweet Home Chicago
loop @ 0:01 run-through
loop @ 1:38 I chord breakdown
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loop @ 4:37 IV chord & back to the I
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loop @ 5:55 V, IV and turnaround
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loop @ 7:12 whole 2nd verse solo
loop @ 9:02 last verse with ending
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Very nice
Thanks Boyd
Alan, that word ing phone seem to have made up was supposed to be "performing"! LOL!
Hi Alan, Good job! Sounds great and I like your interpretation of it. It should sound different every time! That's good improvising and being on the edge is what playing blues or jazz is all about. There is no right or wrong way. You make your statement with what you have. I learn from teaching also. I sometimes find myself being to much of a perfectionist. Playing blues should be a joyride once you learn enough to express yourself. There is alway more to learn but letting loose and having fun is what playing the blues is all about. That's why people still play it and love it! Oh yeah, I'm glad you filmed your whole self. it is good practice for peckrminv and I like to see who I am teaching. not just their hands and guitar! Duke
Hi Peter, Sounds good and raw, very blusey. It's good that you slowed it down. I tried to play at the original Magic Sam tempo. It's actually hard for me to play it at that tempo also and there are no rules saying you have to play it fast. Playing it at the tempo that feels right for you is a good way to do it. Blues is about personal expression, that's why I teach the way I do. I don't want my students to play like me or anyone else. Getting what you can from the lessons and making it your own and playing you own version is what it's all about. Learn what you can and be yourself is what the blues is all about! Duke
well, comes out wacky & different every time - trying to groove along with the zippy backing track (is there a way for us to tweek the speed on those things ?) - sometimes the notes hit just right, other times it's spontaneous improv enroute, but somehow it all just keeps rolling along - one thing I'm working on is playing standing up and not to always be staring at my guitar fretboard - what a fun song to jam on, I learned a lot in this series, and definitely felt that cosmic mathematical connection with Magic Sam - 1 and 1 is 2, 2 and 2 is 4