Like Bruce I've been catching up on SJ lessons from before I joined (got here for the end of the 'Gypsy Woman' series). Spent a great evening following this series.

I have the original Larry Davis record, but like most my generation, I know the tune from Stevie Ray Vaughan. I rarely listen to him these days because there are so many bad SRV impersonists at the jams here in the UK. But I saw someone post a video of him doing this and the emotion/intensity was just astounding. 

Anyway, here's my cut. Not happy with the tone (but I am recording with a two year old asleep in the next room, so this is as much as I dare crank it!) I loved how you talked about the sloppy (but not sloppy) timing; the Buddy Guy style. That's the stuff I love in blues; the tension and release - stretching it to the limit without overkill. I think I've always had that fairly intiutively (i guess if you love it it'll be in you somewhere right?) but I know I need to tighten my technique way more to pull it off.

Thanks for a backlog of awesome lessons. Hope the shoulders getting better!

Duke Robillard is probably the best living blues guitarist today and anybody who knows what he's talking about will tell you that I'm sure.

So... better get that shoulder back in shape soon...!!! Because... this kid in Europe is on the up an' up... y'know...!!! Check it out.

Hi Duke! While you are away resting your shoulder, I'm jumping back into older lessons that I missed. 

You were encouraging us to just "go for it", so that's pretty much what's here. A few moments are sub-optimal, though some of it is not bad. I probably should have learned the words instead of trying to read them, as it kept throwing off the rhythm of my singing. I'll learn 'em before I play it in front of anybody. ;-)

Anyway, hope the recovery is going well! Take care, Duke!

You never know Andre, I am doing a guitar workshop soon in Toronto at Guitar Workshops Plus

Thank you. I also wanted to tell you how much I appreciated your on-line courses, and, do you think, that I have the opportunity to see you one day in show or to attend a Master's class in Montreal?

André

Hello Andre, I may have turned the guitar volume down by mistake making it less distorted but that was not intentional. Cheers, Duke 

Hello Duke,

Why do you change the tonality in this last chorus?

Thank you

André

Hello Wieger, That was actually a mistake. I perform it in F# but thought it too odd a key to teach it in I mistakenly fell back into F# without even realizing I did it. Guess I needed one more cup of coffee before that lesson! Duke 

Hi Duke, No big deal, but I noticed you started the song in G and now you end it in F sharp. For any particular reason? I can't imagine you would ever modulate down in a live performance, would you?

On double stops: you put a lot in your Swinging with Lucy Mae lesson, almost to the point of overdoing it, but very useful for study and excercise.

Can't wait to see what you got cooking for us next week! 

Hi Tom, I enjoyed your video. Love the sound of two guitars together. you guys compliment each other well! Yes a lesson on double stops may be a good idea. I do talk about them in several lessons of mine. they add a nice "spice" to solos and background. Duke

Here's mine...! I'm with the red guitar and the hat.

Hi Duke --- I love that final chorus where you do the quiet singing and play the riffs in between.  It really helps me to get the groove and fills.  It's always great to hear you talk about the artistic approach too.  It's priceless. Thanks.