You know how a Jazz musician will often take a blues tune and turn it into a nice jazz song? I take a nice jazz tune and turn it into a blues jam.
https://youtu.be/kV7GXUZZwog
Trying to tone down the SG (it likes to yell) and get some sounds that aren't so over the top.
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- Thu Feb 16, 2017 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Trying to tame the SG
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5509
- Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:12 am
- Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
- Topic: Update - offline - online
- Replies: 15
- Views: 33536
Re: Update - offline - online
I sure appreciate your efforts on our behalf!
- Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: No Blues, but...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9924
Re: No Blues, but...
That was lovely! The music matched the imagery very nicely.
There seem to be quite a few waterways for you to explore where you live. I have never been any kind of boater, but while in the Bahamas last year, my wife and I did some sea kayaking and had a blast.
There seem to be quite a few waterways for you to explore where you live. I have never been any kind of boater, but while in the Bahamas last year, my wife and I did some sea kayaking and had a blast.
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:08 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Still playing DADGAD
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8838
Re: Still playing DADGAD
Wow! :pray: That is some lovely music! Drowsy Maggie was beautiful and I liked your "Fridge" tune as well. I can really hear the darkness of that mode. I have enough trouble keeping track of standard tuning, let alone the open G and D tunings I use for slide. Some years ago, I went to a gu...
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 9:40 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Playing in a three piece band
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9270
Re: Playing in a three piece band
Thank you, gentlemen. Glad you enjoyed it.
I do like playing three piece for a bit of a change. We don't get to practice it much, but it is fun when we do.
I do like playing three piece for a bit of a change. We don't get to practice it much, but it is fun when we do.
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Playing in a three piece band
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9270
Playing in a three piece band
Man, the political situation in my country is giving me the Blues, big time. :tears: Here's a rare thee piece version of the Trainwreck Blues Band. Our keyboard player was out of town for a couple of weeks. This is a cover of the Elmore James tune, filtered through SRV. I'm using the Strat, through ...
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:34 am
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: New blues song from Blues Bar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4608
Re: New blues song from Blues Bar
Nice!
Ya gotta love Otis Rush. I've posted up a couple of versions of this tune. I really like playing it.
Ya gotta love Otis Rush. I've posted up a couple of versions of this tune. I really like playing it.
- Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Fingerpickin'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4220
Fingerpickin'
This video shows the difference in tone and response between the Strat and the SG, used in my previous vid. All amp settings were the same, no pedals were used, both played with fingers rather than a pick. Neither one of these videos have very good sound (the mix was much better in person), but mayb...
- Thu Jan 19, 2017 7:06 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: The old Gibson SG...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5579
Re: The old Gibson SG...
Thanks guys... I'm having fun trying to tame this beast. :music2: The different neck and very different tone and response are a bit of a challenge. Lately, I haven't been all that happy with my playing, perhaps this challenge will help me get over the "slump". For a bit of contrast, I'll p...
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: The old Gibson SG...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5579
The old Gibson SG...
... gets a new lease on life. My buddy did a stellar job refurbishing my 1969 SG. This is the second time I have used it, and I'm starting to get a feel for it. It plays very differently from my Strat; the neck is narrower but fatter and it feels longer because of where the neck joins the body. I ha...
- Tue Jan 17, 2017 5:56 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Awesome news from the Halfblind one
- Replies: 14
- Views: 28749
Re: Awesome news from the Halfblind one
Congratulations!
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:22 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Restoring the SG
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15251
Re: Restoring the SG
100_2751.JPG Ok, I finally got my 1969 Gibson SG Pro back from my buddy. He put a pair of Gibson 490 humbuckers in it, recut the nut and flipped and recut some saddles and got it to intonate without replacing any bridge peices. The reason it took so long to get it back was that it apparently desper...
- Sun Jan 08, 2017 11:11 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: New Guitar
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13624
Re: New Guitar
It looks nice. I love P-90's. Do you like it?
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:55 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: Newbie to the site saying hi and my new guitar. . . .
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11658
Re: Newbie to the site saying hi and my new guitar. . . .
Very nice job!
My father was a luthier and made one of those once. It sounded neat, but I could never get used to playing on my lap. (that's the reason I got rid of my old lap steel years ago)
My father was a luthier and made one of those once. It sounded neat, but I could never get used to playing on my lap. (that's the reason I got rid of my old lap steel years ago)
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:23 am
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Another Trainwreck vid...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4382
Another Trainwreck vid...
Here is another vid from last Monday night. We start off three piece, then our friend Joe Green shows up on trumpet, so I give him the nod. This is one our drummer likes a lot (he is a big Chris Layton fan). The dogs name is Blue. For some reason, the bass isn't picking up on the cellphone vid. :sad...
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 8:18 am
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Trainwreck Stomp
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5016
Re: Trainwreck Stomp
Thank you, gentlemen. Is this the same Okie Stomp that I recall in a stripped down version of you on acoustic guitar in a duo with - was it your brother? Good ear. Yes, this is the same tune, just with drums, bass (which is hard to hear in this recording), and a trumpet. I like what Rob, our durmmer...
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:37 am
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Trainwreck Stomp
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5016
Trainwreck Stomp
Here is a rough cellphone vid from Monday night, the day after Christmas. Our keyboard player is out of town so we're playing three piece. Our good friend Joe Green sat in on trumpet, making it a four piece. Again, the sound quality was much better in person. :roll: One can also hear the effects of ...
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:17 am
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Tribute to my Father
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6061
Re: Tribute to my Father
Unfortunatley, my internet connection won't let me listen to the song.
I, too lost my father less than a year ago, and was fortunate enough to have a band and a venue that let me play my heart out on the night that I found out. As John Lee Hooker put it: The Blues is the Healer.
I, too lost my father less than a year ago, and was fortunate enough to have a band and a venue that let me play my heart out on the night that I found out. As John Lee Hooker put it: The Blues is the Healer.
- Sun Dec 25, 2016 6:40 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Merry Christmas
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9916
Re: Merry Christmas
Amen, VB!
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas to all!
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:38 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Aching Pinkie Blues in C
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6184
Re: Aching Pinkie Blues in C
It's nice to hear some electric VB! :thumbsup: I was only able to listen to about half of the song, due to my sloooow internet connection, but I enjoyed the tasty playing and sweet tones. I can't remember the last time I played along with a backing track. I still have no way to play into the compute...