I love how the automated page turning!  Really very nice. I wish you could turn it off, however, when going through the entire lesson. I wanted to reference the other page and it...

I have liked and enjoyed every archtop I have owned by Epiphone. havent tried the one you are speaking of though. duke

From the Mike Bloomfield Facebook page: Today is Robert Nighthawk's 106th birthday. Happy Birthday, Robert Lee McCollum, born this day in 1909. Here's Michael's interview with...

I hear ya Bruce. I bought my 335 back in 1973 for $800 including the case. I have not found an off shore guitar that i am comfortable with. I hear the Epi's built in the Peerless...

I would love to hear about the Epi 175 too. I've had a hankering for a 175 after all these Charlie Christian tunes, but the prices for Gibson 175s (and 335s, which is a guitar that...

Speaking of archtops, i would like to try the Epi es 175 premium but they are hard to come by were i live. Have you tried it?

Hey Marty, Sounds great, you nailed it! Duke  

Hey Keenan, Glad to see you on here! Fine job with the song - it sounds great. I especially appreciated the thoughful phrasing in your solo. Not a lot of people do that. 2 things...

Hey Steve H, Sounds great. You're smokin' the head and rhythm groove! Duke 

 Hey it's Keenan. This isn't the best device for video or audio but I hope you like it and have good critique! 

Great improvement! That sounds really good! My main comment now is make sure you keep the timing steady when you play those bass runs down to the G chord in the B part - they're...

Hey Marty, Sounds great, you nailed it! Duke  

Thanks Bruce, we're all learning here! Steve

Hey Duke Forgot the lights. Thanks again for this lesson. There is a lot here to work with. Looking forward to the next lesson but that by no means I have learned all there is...

Thanks for the feedback on this one Chris (again)! Sounds like I should be working with a metronome or something, if only someone had told me that two or three times before I...

 Hey Chris, thanks for the fast feedback! got some work with the metronome in on this cleaning up that missing drone and getting the meoldy of the b-part sorted out. Let me know...

Hi Duke - can you (or any SJ members) point me where I'd find some more Billy Butler? I have him backing Bill Doggett and Dinah Washington, and I have a live album of his from the...

Very cool playing, Steve! One of the things I admire in your playing is your ability to keep a phrase fluid; not just legato, but the tone and volume match over the course of the...

Thanks Duke. Keep those great tunes coming. I really appreciate them.  Steve

Hey Steve, That's great! You got the feel phrasing and sound. The archtop sounds great too!

Duke. Better late than never. I had to listen very closely to pick this one up. I am taking it slow here. I am hoping to internalizing Bill Jennings solos. I want to get into...

On the topic of tablature, Chris affirms its usefulness as a tool but also warns against its negative utility. Tablature invites the learner to engage the music as a sequence of...

Hey Jack, You're playing it well as far as the sound you're getting but there's an issue: you're adding an extra beat into each measure and playing the song in 4/4 (straight time)...

Hey Jack, The A part is really close. I'm just being a stickler here, because what you're playing totally works, but I believe you're leaving out the second "drone" double stop...

Hey Scott, in the three lessons that follow this one I cover rhythm guitar subtleties, bass runs, and playing a solo, all using this song as the template. Cheers, Chris

This week we're going to take a look at playing Soldier's Joy out of open D position. One would usually play out of open D (as opposed to open C with a capo on the second fret, for...

Hey Steve H, Sounds great. You're smokin' the head and rhythm groove! Duke 

cheers mate!!!

It's an Astatic JT-30. Very popular with harmonica players since the 50's.

It's an Astatic JT-30. Very popular with harmonica players since the 50's.