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6 thumb Duke robillard left a comment on: How Long Blues Lesson 5
Hi guys, Don't hesitate to post more videos. I am happy to comment on them and my style is all positive encouragement, nothing negative. Glad it is helping out. Watching yourself...
7 thumb Corey harris left a comment on: Catfish Blues Lesson 3
@Jason...glad you dig the choke.  Yes it is funny how the little things make all the difference.  I think it's all about putting dynamics into your playing, using language when we...
7 thumb Corey harris left a comment on: Catfish Blues Lesson 3
@Mike...you are getting it.  Try a lighter touch on the bass E string.  Sounds like you are getting the choke to me.  Keep on with it....
83 thumb Jasonbarker5 left a comment on: Catfish Blues Lesson 3
Oh man...I have known the basics of this song, but before going through these lessons tonight never played the hit that first D note on the B string in the main lick that Corey...
83 thumb Jasonbarker5 added to a forum topic: Catfish Blues ... Robert...
This video is my good friend Tad Walters playing Rolling Stone with Muddy's son, Big Bill Morganfield.  Muddy Waters used this structure on a couple of different songs. Still a...
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: How Long Blues Lesson 5
@Jason .. funny, same thing with me when I recorded myself playing .. I heard some things too in my playing and re-recorded a couple times .. and got better!
409 thumb Mike caren added to a forum topic: Tab corrections?
Hi Catya .. thanks again for finding the tab error.  All fixed now!
7 thumb Corey harris left a comment on: C C Pill Blues Run-Through, Bass and Chords
@ Mars...thanks for posting the video.  Glad to know that you dig the lesson.  I don't have any offers right now in your area...stay tuned!    Thanks    
83 thumb Jasonbarker5 left a comment on: Suggestions
Hi Corey- I intend to follow the CC Pill series closely. I really enjoy the music of Blind Blake and Blind Boy Fuller, and can fake my way around some of their stuff, but honestly...
83 thumb Jasonbarker5 left a comment on: How Long Blues Lesson 5
Hi Mike- Thanks! On that first chorus, I started out trying to play the melody using harmonized sixth-interval doublestops. I can have a tendency of dropping into pentatonic...
83 thumb Jasonbarker5 left a comment on: How Long Blues Lesson 5
Hi Duke Thanks for the feedback and kind words on my video. I just ran through the backing a couple of times focusing on playing the slow lines slowly, and I was very happy with...
1804 thumb Slim added to a forum topic: Duke Live!
     I had the pleasure of seeing Duke live over the weekend (at the Turning Point in Piermont NY), and it was a great show, as usual.  One thing I came away with was:  does anyone...
87 thumb Tim at mars5 left a comment on: Suggestions
Corey, Yes, please. . .a slowed down look at the single note fills around the chords. thanks, Tim.
87 thumb Tim at mars5 left a comment on: C C Pill Blues Run-Through, Bass and Chords
Corey This tune is great.  It reminds me of tunes that I learned in Woody Mann seminars by Rev. Gary Davis and others.  First position chords.  It's the bass, licks and "feel"...
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7 thumb Corey harris added to a forum topic: Why I chose the guitar?
I chose the guitar because its portable, and also because you can play it and sing at the same time.  Before guitar I played trumpet (can't sing while you play) and piano (not...
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: C C Pill Blues Run-Through, Bass and Chords
Here's a nice image of Blind Blake.  His guitar looks a bit like the parlor guitar Corey plays.
6 thumb Duke robillard added to a forum topic: B.B. King .. Worry Worry
Mike, And waitin on you intro is the all time BB classic! Duke
7 thumb Corey harris left a comment on: C C Pill Blues Run-Through, Bass and Chords
@ Mike...ok thanks for the feedback.    
7 thumb Corey harris left a comment on: Catfish Blues Lesson 4
@Mike...it is good to find your own method, as you have done.  I think that the so called classical method causes many problems when playing this style of music.  Many of the...
409 thumb Mike caren added to a forum topic: Guitar Groove A Rama Guitars
Hi Duke .. I'm curious .. how many of these guitars do you still have? .. I think I recognized the Gretch from one of your lessons.   I would mind hearing the red guitar on the...
409 thumb Mike caren added to a forum topic: B.B. King .. Worry Worry
I think the first lick of Worry, Worry is
409 thumb Mike caren added to a forum topic: B.B. King .. Worry Worry
Hi Duke .. thanks for the recommendation!  Just picked it up.  I think Buzz Me is going to go on my request list.  I love the way he punchs the chords in the beginning and in the...
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: C C Pill Blues Run-Through, Bass and Chords
Hi Corey .. really like this tune .. it's all to true!  I'm enjoying getting the chords down .. and have tried to start learning that first lick.   What would be a great second...
409 thumb Mike caren added to a forum topic: Trouble Posting a Video
Hi Jason .. great video!  I think your suggestion on how to upload a video and other key tasks like this in a FAQ is a great idea.  I will put it on my list. Thanks!  
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: How Long Blues Lesson 5
Hi Jason .. Great video!  It's cool seeing what you have done with the solo.  I'm going to have to learn some of those chords you are playing at the beginning .. and I really like...
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: Catfish Blues Lesson 4
Hi Corey .. thanks again for the lesson.  Like you pointed out .. I really find that I can play some of these licks much better using my thumb and middle finger .. as opposed to...
87 thumb Tim at mars5 added to a forum topic: That's The Blues/Rubberlegs...
Clyde Hart's All Stars, featuring scorching vocals by Henry "Rubberlegs" Williams.    A true blues "shouter", Henry's real claim to fame was as a dancer of many styles that made...
6 thumb Duke robillard left a comment on: How Long Blues Lesson 5
Hi Jason, Very good! I like what you are playing and I like that you are using your thumb instead of a pick. My only critique is that when you play the slower lines you should try...
6 thumb Duke robillard added to a forum topic: tunes
Hello Jason, I will do a few lessons on the styles of Charlie Christion, Tiny Grimes and Oscar Moore. Definately 3 of my favorite guitarists in this vein. Also a decade or so...
 
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