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by MikeL
Fri Aug 21, 2015 12:28 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Checking in from SF Bay
Replies: 10
Views: 11380

Re: Checking in from SF Bay

FWIW, the song is Black Peter (lyrics by Robert Hunter and music by Jerry Garcia). As VB guessed above, the 12/8 time signature is listed in a song book. Then I saw the time listed as 4/4 in another fairly reliable source. To my ears 4/4 doesn't seem to work and my count gets mixed up with all the t...
by MikeL
Sat Aug 15, 2015 2:51 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Checking in from SF Bay
Replies: 10
Views: 11380

Re: Checking in from SF Bay

Thanks for the tips guys. I think I'm timing things okay for the sections of the song where there are lyrics but the parts without lyrics leave me wondering if I'm counting correctly. I suspect I'm not. C'est la vie. :away:
by MikeL
Wed Aug 05, 2015 3:34 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Checking in from SF Bay
Replies: 10
Views: 11380

Checking in from SF Bay

Hi all, It's been several months since I checked in on the forum but it's good to see the same cool vibes that I remember so well. I hadn't played in maybe 8 months but restarted over the weekend. Calluses are long gone so it's going to be a little bit of a journey back. I was pleasantly surprised t...
by MikeL
Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:20 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Chitlin Crew Stormey Monday 1e raw recording
Replies: 9
Views: 8954

Re: Chitlin Crew Stormey Monday 1e raw recording

Very professional sounding. :clap: :thumbsup: :banana: I give props to the drummer for nice subdued playing. The vocalist has a nice voice. He could use a bit more dirt for this tune, or maybe just a tad higher volume in the mix, but it's good nonetheless. Let me know when your tour hits Southern Ca...
by MikeL
Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:38 pm
Forum: Gear
Topic: Psychedelic gMajor
Replies: 1
Views: 3630

Re: Psychedelic gMajor

Nice. I really enjoy that kind of "noodling." And the tone is very satisfying. But that cut at the end....ouch!
by MikeL
Sat Mar 07, 2015 2:50 am
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: Moving, moving moving...?
Replies: 31
Views: 26420

Re: Moving, moving moving...?

Oh, that explains why things look different. I thought it was the latest iteration of Windoze Internet Exploder on my machine but now I see the changes came from your end of the wire. Whatever you're doing Gerd, thanks and keep up the good work. :clap:

Cheers!
Mike
by MikeL
Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:40 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: One For MR
Replies: 3
Views: 4504

Re: One For MR

Oh my, that does sound good. Bravo! :clap:
by MikeL
Wed Dec 03, 2014 11:19 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Another ad new
Replies: 1
Views: 4528

Re: Another ad new

Absolutely loved his playing on "Can't You Hear Me Knocking". RIP.
by MikeL
Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:04 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Rookie question
Replies: 5
Views: 8435

Re: Rookie question

I found a few tabs for the song on the web. One is a booklet with 14 of Rev. Gary Davis songs as taught by Ernie Hawkins. The others are various Hot Tuna versions (I guess Jorma played it several different ways). The problems with these are, 1) they're a little too challenging for my skill level and...
by MikeL
Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:51 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Rookie question
Replies: 5
Views: 8435

Re: Rookie question

Thanks Gerd. Em pentatonic is what I've been working on in walk-up or walk-down transitions between Em->Am->Em or Em->B7->Em chord changes but I haven't found any equally pleasing transition for the G/A7/D7 sequence. Are you suggesting the same scale using G as the root? Apologies for my musical ign...
by MikeL
Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:45 am
Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
Topic: Rookie question
Replies: 5
Views: 8435

Rookie question

Hi all, I've been fiddling around with strumming the chords for Reverend Gary Davis' "Death Don't Have No Mercy" and wanted to try to throw in a few lead lines but don't really know where to start. The song is in Em (Em, Am, B7, with G, A7, D7 and C). What would be the likely scale to use ...
by MikeL
Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:12 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Pleas Help
Replies: 5
Views: 6983

Re: Pleas Help

12bar wrote:
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.
Guess who said this a while ago... :snacks:
I'll bet Lao Tzu said something similar a few millenia ago. :big_smile:
by MikeL
Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:46 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Right, here's another vid...
Replies: 5
Views: 6188

Re: Right, here's another vid...

Blindboy wrote:Hope y'all like it.
I do; but then again, I'm an old Deadhead accustomed to enjoying the ride while the band takes a wandering exploration of the musical landscape.
Blindboy wrote:Not that hard to play along with, just use the C minor blues scale, and some kind of minor modal scale.
Say what? :think:
by MikeL
Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:09 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Horror Holidays
Replies: 9
Views: 10085

Re: Horror Holidays

The only thing that really matters during our brief stint on this spinning blue orb is that we have the opportunity to love and to be loved. I can tell from your words that your mother experienced both of those gifts. My sincere condolences to you and you family.
by MikeL
Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Delta Blues
Replies: 9
Views: 7159

Re: Delta Blues

I downloaded the file and started playing it as I went back to concentrating on other tasks such as answering emails. Even though I wasn't really paying attention to the song I soon realized that my foot was tapping along with the groove. I like the laid back tone to the set up. Nicely done. :thumbs...
by MikeL
Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:50 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Playing around...
Replies: 22
Views: 20443

Re: Playing around...

No worries, my understanding of many of these terms is muddy so I need to test myself sometimes. HOTRS is one of the handful of songs I can play but only the arpeggiated chords; not the melody. Maybe I'll take a stab at the melody part if I stop being so lazy.
by MikeL
Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:25 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Where's that Teaspoon At
Replies: 9
Views: 7020

Re: Where's that Teaspoon At

Ditto what Gerd wrote. I love this style. :clap:
by MikeL
Mon Jun 09, 2014 8:21 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Playing around...
Replies: 22
Views: 20443

Re: Playing around...

Sounds great but aren't you playing the melody, not the harmony? :think:
by MikeL
Fri May 16, 2014 12:35 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Abandoning
Replies: 10
Views: 10143

Re: Abandoning

I appreciate this forum, and appreciate the efforts of 12bar and HBL to provide the forum for us all to take part in. :clap: This place is wonderfully free of trolls and know it all smart asses that infest the internet. Well said VB. As has been noted, this is a fairly low traffic group but the con...
by MikeL
Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:35 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Still No Blues
Replies: 6
Views: 5114

Re: Still No Blues

Both tracks are very enoyable. Very well done VB. :clap:

"Some people call them the reds, the pinks
When ya get through it's the old-fashioned country blues"
Albert King, Blues Power