I assume Ricky is just sitting in Jerry's video set, and I can understand that, but it would be nice if the camera could pull back and show his guitar.  I'd like to see what he's...

@Corey...for sure it would be...one colour, one tone, one opinion....it's not only boring...it's the portrait of totalitarism... :))) I was speaking with Gordon in Olmedo and I was...

Jerry, I've heard some guys say that they play, exclusively with tongue blocking, while they hit single notes, and also, while they bend single notes, what is your take on this?...

 I would like to say, I've been a Jerry Portnoy fan since I was about 15 years old, when I bought my first blues albums. One of the first albums I bought was, King Bee, I...

'Yellow Bee'. Charley Patton and Bertha Lee (1934) Delta Blues has to be my favorite version of Bumble Bee Blues.  I like the  riff that consists of a 5th string slide to E (an...

I don't mind you going, ain't going to stay so longDon't mind you going, don't be gone so longYou's my bumble bee and you're needed here at home

I can't stand to hear him buzz, buzz, buzzCome in, bumble bee, want you to stop your fussYou're my bumble bee and you know your stuffOh, sting me, bumble bee, until I get...

Bumble bee, bumble bee, please come back to meBumble bee, bumble bee, please come back to meHe got the best old stinger any bumble bee that I ever seenHe stung me this morning, I...

@Alex...I meant 'one tone', not 'boring'.  But if everything in the world was one tone it would be boring, wouldn't it? I think we should be trying to put various tones and vibes...

@alex - just wanted to chime in and say you're sounding great! Way to go!

@corey....in italian the word "monotono" (maybe also in French) has two meaning depending where the accent falls...if it's in the third O it means  1 tone....while if it's in the...

  @ Alex...yes its is a matter of making the guitar have different volumes throughout the song, just like when we are talking we sometimes say the words a little louder to...

@Corey thanks...sure it's like you say...It's all about right hand, isn't it? Touch the strings at different points of the guitar, with one finger or two fingers, muting them or...

@Mike...thanks.  I look forward to seeing your video post of the song.

@Alex...sounds good.  I would suggest trying to use more dynamics in the song.  For example, you could dig in more with your thumb at different points in the song.  Contrast this...

@Slughead...thanks a lot.  I look forward to seeing you here on the site.  Please post a video when you are ready.  Thanks!

Love this tune Corey!  I'm getting the first line down now.  The run is next which is going to be a little rough Alex, you sound great as usual! Slughead ... I totally agree, when...

Awesome

Hi Duke .. I love the right hand technique part of the lesson.  I was noticing the rake in your backing track and things like this really make the tune.  I appreciate you teaching...

Thanks Jerry! Big Walter is my favorite of the pioneering harp blowers. I especially love his first position playing like on Hard Hearted Woman, and Trouble In Mind.  My best...

I have only tongue blocked my entire life, have trouble bending though and my draw notes sometimes stick, so I should learn lip pursing as an addition to, not a replaceent to...

Great!!!!   Merci

Thanks real nice

@Corey...I'm startin workin on it...

This is awesome. Thank you for sharing with your fans. This is a dream come true, to learn from thr best of the best.

wow that was amazing, was that the same chord progression at the end from "Fishnet"?  I gotta ask Jimmie about this one when I see him in a couple weeks, my band Idle Hands opens...

that's one of my favorite Duke songs, I had this dream the other night of you playing an instrumental version of "Stella Blue," the old Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter bluesy...

This week Rick plays the backing track for Mystery Train so you can play along. You may want to use the slow down feature to play this at a slower speed until you know it well...

Thanks for the kind words Mike.  Of course like most of us, I've played along with Duke many times, his recordings that is (including that particular song,) but it's fun to have a...