@Alex...thanks.  Yes I think he is hammering on with the slide.  This works really good with a lap slide and high action (strings high from the neck) so that there is little fret...

Hi Slim, My jazz trio CD 'Wobble Walkin'" is available now and detail are available at www.blueduchessrecords.com thanks, Duke 

@Corey...my girlfriend here is saying that you're really a good teacher....she's not referring only to the tecnichal advices ;) I didn't know he used to play lap slide!!! I was...

Duke,      What is the status of the jazz trio record?  Is there a release date, etc?  Can you give us any details-tunes covered, gear used, anything? Slim

Hi Duke .. just have to say .. I still LOVE this album!  Sounds like you and the band are sitting right in the room and tearing it up.   Would be great to learn some of these licks...

Mike      To be specific:  I watch the whole video, then I go back and watch again, stopping at whatever sounds interesting.  Sometimes it not the example Duke is highlighting....

Slim/Mike, Certain types of music works better in my opinion for learning note for note solos. Certainly uptempo swinging stuff with several choruses of solos you want to be able...

Hi Corey .. that makes a lot of sense.  It's like having a good conversation or any other mutual endeavor ... you have to understand the person you're working with and what you...

@Alex...nice song at the end.

@Alex...yes I see you are making progress.  I can see that your touch is lighter and that you are brushing the strings more with your thumb.  I would only say to keep practicing...

Mike      Simply, the learning is more active, less passive.  In other words, instead of learning a solo note for note, you're given "road signs"; building blocks for creating...

@Slim .. Glad you like the approach on this one.  Can you tell me a bit more about how you learn / practice from a lesson like this.  I want to make sure I understand so we build...

Hi Jerry, Love this tune, Bonnie and your solo!  What's the story behind this performance?

@Steve   Love the Gator's Groove.  Would be great to see it live @Slim  Thanks for the heads up on the other version of Hey Now Baby.  I will check it out.  I just love his...

Hi Steve .. great thoughts, thank you!  I agree that seeing how a master uses chords, voicings ... and how they phrase the music is priceless Quick question with respect to...

@Corey....welcome back from Romania but we're still waiting for you here in Italy!!! There's always some good ingera and zighny prepared by my African Queen ready for you and Mike...

Duke,   What size and flavor srings are you partial to on your electric and acoustic archtops?  Thanks for all the work and travel you have done over the years.....

Thanks Slim, I prefer to provide starting points to jump off from with examples of what you "Could" play rather than copy mine or someone elses solo.

Duke,      Thanks so much for that lesson.  I think this approach to soloing is more useful than the "note for note".  There is alot there to dig in and chew on.  Love it. Slim

Hy Mike I'm positive about this....Che domande!!! "What questions!!!!" :DDDD how we say in Italian...Whatever is acoustic blues for me is fine...I've asked to Corey if it was...

@Mike.....Di niente Mike, figurati!!!! :))) It's a pleasure to share the same passion!!! :)))

Hi Corey, If you and others are up for it, it would be fun to do Key to the Highway.  I've always loved the tune and it would be a great one to explore.  It would be cool if you...

@ Corey .. thanks.  Great feedback.  Will do.  I'm now getting comfortable with the melody and bass together so I can really start focusing on the melody, vibrato and touch.  Yes...

oops. I meant to say "It has so much to do with things you CANT buy or learn..."

Iterenzi, yes alot of that is true for sure. I would love for you to post a vidio for me to check out!

I love the bit you talk about with the old fellas fighting thier guitars, strings, the sloppiness that comes form all that (which I love) I always say "All us young guns and modern...