thanks other Bruce D.! Like your playing

thanks other Bruce D.! Like your playing

Hi Bruce D. Cool name! ;-) [ In case anyone is wondering, we aren't the same person! ;-) ]  I use an app called Audio Hijack to record the sound from any app. Works for me!...

Lovely! Thanks Duke, always loved this tune. The versions I'm most familiar with are by Louis Armstrong and Tony Bennett's (also enjoy George Harrison's uke : )

Hello Friends, We have a new song this week that is a popular song from 1932 written by Harold Arlen. It has been recorded by such diverse artists as Helen Humes, George Harrison,...

We're re-issuing one of Jerry's most popular lessons with re-mastered video and updated loop points. From Jerry: Little Walter's My Babe - his best selling record. I'm playing his...

Hi Mike, is it possible to download backing tracks to my machine as mp3’s?  Would really like to use Duke’s latest T-Bone track without having to be online. thanks  Bruce D  

Finally we will talk about alterations, endings and hints on singing. Study these simple alterations and you will add more spice to your playing. Listen to how slight variations on...

Thank you Rick !! understood !! 

Thank you Rick !! understood !! 

Hi Andre, by "worrying" the note, I mean using bends as an effect. The way I'm starting the verse on that third hole and using the bends and "worrying" the note to produce an...

Hi Rick !! sometimes to me it s valuable to understand the meaning of the English ... so , what do you mean when you say that on the 1 ; you worrying the 3 hole bent and you say it...

Hey Duke! Here's my take at this. Please let me know what you think! I'm trying my best to tell a story; not sure if it's working, but I'm trying.  Nice stuff, Charlie! You are...

Thanks as always Duke. I especially appreciated the sermon (your words : ) in one of these lessons, on the importance of LISTENING. That kind of insight is invaluable to me! For...

Thanks as always Duke. I especially appreciated the sermon (your words : ) in one of these lessons, on the importance of LISTENING. That kind of insight is invaluable to me! For...

Thank you Rick !! make sense again .... looking forward to see you !!

The Outskirts Of Town, hopefully reminiscient of Freddy King. 

Hi Robert - Good question. Sliding single notes up, which is my usual way. You CAN slide octaves, but it is almost always cleaner and smoother using single notes for this type of...

Hi Dennis - On the slide up to the 6-10 draw octave near the end of the verse are you running single notes all the way up and then hitting the octave, or sliding the octave...

Thank you Rick !! make sense again .... looking forward to see you !!

Hi Andre - Good ear!  Usually there is a little exhale ghost chord in that spot. 

Hi Rick !! i d like to know ; on the 1 , is there ghost  blow or draw chords between the Bop Bop ?? André

Hi Dennis - On the slide up to the 6-10 draw octave near the end of the verse are you running single notes all the way up and then hitting the octave, or sliding the octave...

Hello Duke - my name is Barry and I am from Texas.  I just joined the site and am looking forward to digging in.  Here is a version of the T-Bone Shuffle I recorded awhile back.  ...

Here we will get into the most challenging part of the tune, the four breakdowns. Take your time with each of these parts. As you listen you will see how they add excitement. Each...

Hi Friends, This week we have a jam track for you of Brad and I supplying a medium tempo shuffle rhythm that works for all four choruses I have demonstrated in the T-Bone shuffle...

Hey Harp Gang - Dennis Gruenling here this week to wrap up my chromatic piece “Two For One”. For this last part we build up the phrasing and move around a little bit more while...

Lovely stuff as always Duke! I must (once again) say a HUGE thanks to you for sharing this hard-earned wisdom. It's done so much for me as a musician. The other night at a gig...

I do occasionally, but it is not necessary.

Are you tongue switching on the 1 hole?