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	Bruce dumes added to a forum topic: Future Lessons Hi Duke. Here's a Pee Wee Crayton song that I think is just great from start to finish, his song "Do Unto Others" written and apparently produced by Dave Bartholomew. If I had to...
	Jed added to a forum topic: Chris "Critter" Eldridge I had not yet encountered sonicjunction until the google tube dropped me here. I was poking around the ethernets for some more Chris Eldridge and Julian Lange music. Now I'm a...
	Jd krooks crouhy left a comment on: Fundamentals The Pick on the String Hello Chris, could you please give me the blue chips model that you used ? Because there's too many choice... And wich primetone do you use the 2mm ? Thanks for your help and...
	Dennis gruenling liked a forum post: Ray, We will do a Tiny Grimes tune soon. Thanks, Duke
	Dennis gruenling liked a forum post: Hello Duke. How about a lesson on something by Tiny Grimes like Call of the Wild?
	Dennis gruenling liked a forum post: Duke, I hope you'll consider doing a lesson series on Willie Johnson. The stuff he played on Wolf's first recordings can be pretty wild. I'd especially appreciate you working up...
	Mike caren left a comment on: Don't Get Around Much Anymore Performance Hi Daniel --- Jerry doesn't have tab for his lessons by design. He wants you to learn it by ear using his breakdown lessons and the slow downer / looper. You can find the...
	Daniel freimar left a comment on: Don't Get Around Much Anymore Performance I keep trying to print the tab but it only prints the "Loops" as follows: Bb Harmonica in the Key of F. Don't Get Around Much Anymore background listening: Big Walter Hornton...
	Steve lauder liked a forum post: Hello Duke. How about a lesson on something by Tiny Grimes like Call of the Wild?
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Fundamentals The Pick on the String Hi Nick, if you'll permit it, I've copied and pasted my response to a similar question from last week: Yes, it's very important to use a thick pick when playing bluegrass....
	Jacob clay left a comment on: Lookin' Sharp Second and Third Chorus Breakdown Great advice, thanks! Learning solos from the greats note for note (including a couple of your own, naturally) happens to be the approach I started taking a couple of years ago,...
	Dennis gruenling left a comment on: Lookin' Sharp Second and Third Chorus Breakdown Thanks a lot!! In my experience (and with others I know), that is totally normal. It may be in every player's best interest to use what you are familiar with and what you KNOW...
	Dennis gruenling liked a comment: Dennis, First of all loving these Looking Sharp lessons, my first time making the most of that 3 blow. Although I've been playing blues harp for 5 years now, I often find I'm...
	Jacob clay left a comment on: Lookin' Sharp Second and Third Chorus Breakdown Dennis, First of all loving these Looking Sharp lessons, my first time making the most of that 3 blow. Although I've been playing blues harp for 5 years now, I often find I'm...
	Dennis gruenling left a comment on: Lookin' Sharp Introduction and Performance The main way that most people usually refer to creating and releaasing tension in blues music (and perhaps the way Portnoy is referring to, I'm not sure) is melodic. With flatted...
	Dennis gruenling liked a comment: I definitely recognize it in the 8th chorus. I'll focus in on the other spots you've highlighted. Pointing out how this builds tension and release is really helpful. At some...
	Corey harris wrote a post: Inspiration Try and remember the first time that you knew that you wanted to play music. Perhaps this realization came upon you many years ago in childhood. Or maybe you have been recently...
	Bill blatner left a comment on: Lookin' Sharp Introduction and Performance I definitely recognize it in the 8th chorus. I'll focus in on the other spots you've highlighted. Pointing out how this builds tension and release is really helpful. At some...
	Dennis gruenling left a comment on: Lookin' Sharp Introduction and Performance Hi - thanks, I love perfoming at the Towne Crier!! For some playing/phrasing a little behind the beat, look at my third chorus here starting around 5:23. Most of that chorus has...
	Dennis gruenling liked a comment: HI Dennis, Met you briefly at the Town crier last month (terrific show!) I wonder if you could comment more on the idea of playing behind and ahead of the beat. I have a sense...
	Bill blatner left a comment on: Lookin' Sharp Introduction and Performance HI Dennis, Met you briefly at the Town crier last month (terrific show!) I wonder if you could comment more on the idea of playing behind and ahead of the beat. I have a sense...
	Chris eldridge left a comment on: Fundamentals The Pick on the String Bruce and Mike, Glad you got something out of this lesson! I think it's really worth understanding the mechanism of how sound is produced on an acoustic guitar. It's not something...
	Mike caren left a comment on: Fundamentals The Pick on the String Hi Chris --- I second Bruce's comment --- great lesson. For me, rotating the pick around the long axis and picking a bit into the guitar (so the string vibrates in and out) was...
	Bruce dumes left a comment on: Fundamentals The Pick on the String Wow, Chris, that's an amazing lesson. I had never considered how much something like the angle of the pick would affect tone and also the physical way one would phrase differently...
	Mike caren added to a forum topic: 57' tweed deluxe FYI that Duke used a stock 65 deluxe reverb reissue for the Blues A Rama and Swingin the Blues series of lessons.
	Chris eldridge published a lesson: Fundamentals The Pick on the String Given that this whole sub-genre of guitar music is called "flatpicking," I feel that for this week we should spend some time discussing how the flatpick actually is interacting...
	Tom k. left a comment on: Grand Slam Solo - First Chorus Nice !!!!! Thanks guys !!
	Bruce dumes left a comment on: Grand Slam Solo - First Chorus Hello Paul and Duke -- I started working on this solo last week, though it turns out to be easier than I thought (now that I've watched this lesson) because I was trying to avoid...
	Duke robillard published a lesson: Grand Slam Solo - First Chorus Hello Folks, This week Paul teaches the entire first Charlie Christian solo chorus of Grand Slam. It's a perfect music chorus and not extremely difficult to execute but the timing...
	Steve lauder left a comment on: Grand Slam Chords and Intro Looking forward to this series after I clear Gate's Okie Dokie Stomp from the to do list. Good thing youtube has a 50% speed option. :)