Cool. Love the focus on the basics. I hope I can get this down. Like Vic Wooten says, it all starts with the groove.

Hi Dennis !! i m not sure to understand ... but I  will watch "Buffle off to Shuffalo " ... I think that maybe I will get an answer there ... Thanks again 

Hi - what I meant was talking about practicing rhythm playing. Playing a shuffle rhythm on harmonica to entire jam tracks. Practicing playing rhyhtm harmonica, as one would...

Hi Dennis !! thanks again ... it make sense , but , when you say "the more you practice with a metronome just platying rhythm" ... maybe an akward question but ; what do you mean...

Thanks very much, Duke! That is extremely gratifying to hear. I really appreciate the observations. Thanks for the great lesson! I sure learned a lot! This is a tune that will be...

Boy that's a tough one Steve. A good low carb diet helps and I have a tip Herb Ellis gave me. Put your hands under very warm running water before playing. Maybe 5 minutes or so. It...

Hi Charlie, Well I am using the middle pickup with tone nearly wide open. I set the amp with treble about 5 and bass 3 or 4. Just flat and clean without too much twang. I also have...

Oh man, I have always this! So raw and unique...

Well let's hear you play it Tom! Don't be shy now....  

Great job Bruce! Really with it all the way. When the chord riffing comes in and you play the 6th chord instead of the BB triad it sounds good along with the record. Almost western...

Very nice playing Shorty! I especially like the next to last chorus! Good stuff! Duke 

Great job Stevie! Good feel throughout and goo d execution of riffs and parts. Only one thing I want to point out, on the last two shout choruses you have one wrong note in the the...

     

Do I hear a little pickup note just before the 3-4 draw slide? Sounds like it could be a tongue slap on the three draw or a slight double articulation of the final chord exhale...

Hi Dennis !! thanks again ... it make sense , but , when you say "the more you practice with a metronome just platying rhythm" ... maybe an akward question but ; what do you mean...

Yes!! That is totally the idea. I strongly recommend to practice sometimes counting the beats along to songs WITHOUT playing, just so you can always get the feel of where the beats...

Hi Dennis !! when I watch you play ... you start with counting 1,2,3,and 4 ,like counting the beats ,  and when you play i can see your head and body still counting , are you able...

If you're here I figure you like cool guitars and Chris .... a lot. So, I ran across this today on the Fretbnoard Journal Web Site. The restoration of an old Stella guitar and...

Thanks Marc - I don’t know what I said it was, but thanks for that info. I know about playing blues on the harmonica, but I’m sure it’s apparent I‘m not that knowledgeable in the...

This seems like as good a place as any!

If you're here I figure you like cool guitars and Chris .... a lot. So, I ran across this today on the Fretbnoard Journal Web Site. The restoration of an old Stella guitar and...

Thank you very much, Rick. This series has been fantastic. I hear what you're saying about too many guys focusing on licks and never really saying anything. I'm probably one of...

If you're here I figure you like cool guitars and Chris .... a lot. So, I ran across this today on the Fretbnoard Journal Web Site. The restoration of an old Stella guitar and...

Mike and Chris - I think this single note picking advice on a G string is one of the most important lessons I have ever recieved during this journey. I spend at least 5 to 10...

Thanks Chris ... challenging crooked song to play and so far impossible for me to sing. As with most things I'm hoping to solve with time and practice. Great lyric. I had dismissed...

Mike, this looks way better to me! Your hand actually looks a lot like Michael Daves’ now, which is good because Michael’s technique really allows him to leverage the weight of his...

You can take me back to a good old home I love And the people that taught in that Mississippi Valley Even on a Sunday morning you know that I'll be there And we all come back...

Hi Kip, these may not be right because I couldn’t ever find an official lyric sheet. But the first word you’re looking for is Cairo (a town south of St Louis that locals pronounce...

great take.  ps. nice shirt too.  pps.  wow its hard to come up with enough chops for 9 choruses!!

Hi Folks, This week we are playing with the backing track for Texas Hop. It's a jumping shuffle rhythm and an awful lot of fun rhythm to play over. So lets see some videos or even...