Hi DaddyRay .. yes, I think there is an issue with the way it is being posted.  Can you email me the video at mike @ sonic-junction.com ... and I will insert it in.  Thanks ps....

Hi DaddyRay .. sorry for the confusion .. it takes a couple minutes for the video to transcode .. so just upload it and come back to the page 5 min later.   Looking forward to...

@ Mike and daddyray...thanks for the correction.  Please post a video and let me know how it is going.  Good luck!

@Alex...I think you are very close to getting it.  Try listening to it again and pay attention to the rhythm of the song.  As always, try playing it very slowly and then bring it...

Hi Friends, Our final lesson on T-Bone Shuffle contains more solo riffs and ideas. We also work on some shout choruses using a diminished chord bent and repeated in different...

Hi Jerry, Here is my attempt at playing the beginning of Junior Parker’s Mother in Law Blues from your first lesson on that song.  I found that singing the parts around the intro...

Here's Rick with the guitar backing track for Kidney Stew.You will be playing a Bb harp in the Key of "F." Get the "head" right and then you can try to copy the fills and solo that...

Hi Jerry and thanks for the reply.  I guess I complicated what I was trying to say Basically, I would like to get a sense of what each key of harp sounds like.  (On each harp do...

Hey B-K If I play the same riff in different key harps they should sound the same except the pitch will be higher or lower depending on the key of the harp. If you're talking...

Hi Bob, Thank you very much, It makes me very pleased to know that my lessons are helping and working for you. Thank YOU! Duke

Duke this another great lesson. In this one solo I hve enogh material to work out [ut my own spin on that I'll surely get a better feel for how to improvise in the style of T-Bone...

@Corey...thanks..I like this one...It sounds like an African traditional Djembe rythm with all the 3 differents sounds...base tom and slap, isn't it? :))

Great tune Corey !!  I'm going to enjoy learning this one.   Hi DaddyRay .. you're right.  The tune was actually kicking around even before then.  Nice article here about the...

this is a Roosevelt Sykes tune in a 27 and a few beats... i play this differently. I will post a vid of it some time

This week we will begin learning .44 Blues, one of my favorite old blues tunes. In this first lesson I demonstrate how I play the song, then I break it down slowly so that you can...

Kidney Stew Duo. We learned the "head" a couple of weeks ago. Here it is in context. Key of "F" with a Bb harp. Next week Rick will give you a backing track without harp so you can...

Hi Friends, this weeks lesson is working on soloing for T-Bone Shuffle. I demonstrate several licks that make up a chorus of solo plus demonstrate more T-Bone licks that are...

yes Mike...It is what I'm tryin to do...I'm really interested in the right hand tech rather then be fast with the left...A lot of people are fascinated by those guys who move fast...

@Alex .. thanks!  Yes, amazing how much we both have learned.  Each song is getting a easier for me.  You're playing has really improved ... especially you right hand technique.  I...

Hello Jerry Would it be possible for you to do a lesson that presents all the different keys (key of the first position), in which you play the same riff, so that we can get a...

@Mike....great video..:)) We have improved a lot since the beginning of our journey...isn't it? :)))) Corey's advice reminded me a lot what my african friends used to tell me when...

Duke First I worked on the rythm, got it for the right hand, but the 1 to 4 with the g7th...I break in my rythm pattern. It took me about 10 minutes, but I finally got the...

nice one..thanks 

Hi Corey .. here's where I am.  Still getting it ... especially going to the E.  The point you mentioned about imagining the vocals is a great piece of advice.  It's funny how just...

@Alex...everything else here sounds good.  All you need is the opening riff and you will be there.  Try going back and listening and then work it out very slowly.  Later you can...

Hi Jerry ... love these head.  They totally get stuck in my head (I had Hot Cha in my head all last week).  These are really great because after they get stuck in my head, I've...

@Alex ... Awesome!  You inpsire me ... I will post a video tomorrow.  

@Corey....here's my attempt :))) Still having problems with the first two licks....  

Hi Rob, Thanks man, unfourtunately it looks like we won't make it to California this year but definately next year. We usually tour there in august or September. All the best, Duke