Hey Duke!

I'm looking forward to at some point particularly enjoying lessons on your rockabilly style and Charlie Christian as discussed elsewhere but there's another thing I thought I'd throw into the mix - Louis Jordan. He's got such great songs with fantastic horn parts... I'd love to see how you'd arrange one of his classics onto the guitar :)

Many thanks for the wonderful lessons.

Hi Joe, You are correct, Louis Jordan was fabulous and his small band arrangements were so perfect. I have never tried to adapt them to guitar because I love them so much the way they are. I do love Bill Jennings who was his guitarist in the 50s. BB King told me he was his favorite guitarist when I first met him. He also said I reminded him of Bill which was, of course an unbelievable compliment! Bill Jennings and Billy Butler (of Honky Tonk fame) were 2 of my biggest influences back then. They still are. I have just opened my scope of musical styles over the years to many things. But closest to my heart is the swing blues and classic tin pan alley swing and jazz that I fell in love with when I was young. Blues feeling with jazz improvisation can't be beat in my book!