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by VikingBlues
Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:56 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: R.I.P. Jeff
Replies: 8
Views: 10768

Re: R.I.P. Jeff

Thanks for posting that link Fenson. :thumbsup: It shows that a good song / tune can be played in a lot of different arrangements. By a coincidence I was just watching the Jeff Beck version of this at Ronnie Scotts with Tal Wilkenfeld (then just 21) on bass. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC02wGj5g...
by VikingBlues
Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:49 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Just a little song
Replies: 15
Views: 14879

Re: Just a little song

Nearly a month since I last wrote on this thread :icon_whoknows: .... been very distracted with non guitar stuff I'm afraid. But probably more of that later and elsewhere on the forum threads. Sorry you had so much troubles with getting recording up and running again Gerd. :sad: I hadn't heard that ...
by VikingBlues
Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:14 am
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: R.I.P. Jeff
Replies: 8
Views: 10768

Re: R.I.P. Jeff

A huge shock - especially because he looked in good fettle on his recent tour.
A unique player who followed his own unique path. RIP.
by VikingBlues
Sat Jan 07, 2023 12:02 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: Just a little song
Replies: 15
Views: 14879

Re: Just a little song

I love that Eastman number fenson!!! :clap:
Great phrasing and the quality of tone is perfect.

Interesting sounding Swampy Thang too - intriguing!
by VikingBlues
Sat Jan 07, 2023 11:59 am
Forum: Gear
Topic: A sound test you've got to listen to...
Replies: 3
Views: 4643

Re: A sound test you've got to listen to...

I'll have to admit a bias straight away. I don't really like the sound of steel string acoustic guitars with Spruce tops (particularly Sitka) - however high quality the guitar is. Just something in the tonal quality that jars in my ears sadly - I say sadly because it has hugely restricted my guitar ...
by VikingBlues
Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:23 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: The Glass Half Empty Sadly
Replies: 2
Views: 3065

Re: The Glass Half Empty Sadly

Thanks Gerd. :D The Focusrite is a bit more demanding on resources than my old, cheap and now ailing USB interface. So I need to remember to restart the PC, turn off the antivirus, and maybe remove a background program or two. And make sure no Win 10 updates are pending, which always cause programs ...
by VikingBlues
Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:17 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2561439

Re: Currently listening to...

Every so often I can't help going back to this guy and his band!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZfUbYu ... S2_KXFHP0M

and who needs the band every song? :big_smile:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxux5LdmjQU
by VikingBlues
Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:09 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2561439

Re: Currently listening to...

Inventive, varied and in the groove! You are right in your assessment Angelo. :thumbsup:
by VikingBlues
Wed Dec 21, 2022 8:05 pm
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: Howdy!
Replies: 6
Views: 4670

Re: Howdy!

:welcome: to the forum Angelo. :D I'm afraid I'm a bit of a lapsed blues player - age and arthritic fingers don;t make for comfort playing a genre that needs a lot of bends to the notes!! Blues is trickier than it would appear I agree. Easy to understand the basics and the basis of it and the blues ...
by VikingBlues
Wed Dec 21, 2022 7:59 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: My 1st 12 bar blues!
Replies: 8
Views: 4602

Re: My 1st 12 bar blues!

Very good playing Angelo!! :thumbsup: I found myself undecided on which version I preferred. But when I started playing short clips of each version at at the same parts of the music I felt I was more often included to go for the first version, particularly when chords were being played. BUT, it's no...
by VikingBlues
Sun Dec 18, 2022 12:02 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: The Glass Half Empty Sadly
Replies: 2
Views: 3065

The Glass Half Empty Sadly

Take a good tune - Welcome Whisky Back Again. Use it as a rough blueprint and make major changes to butcher and ruin it. Add some hopefully suitable synth drone to suit the DADGADesqueness. A lament for the Glass Half Empty. :tears: :music1: The Glass Half Empty Sadly.mp3 Tanglewood TW45 acoustic an...
by VikingBlues
Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:54 pm
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: Update - offline - online
Replies: 15
Views: 32252

Re: Update - offline - online

Playing for your own pleasure ticks a lot of boxes - enjoy! :D

And yes, go with priorities. Good that you can leave things open for just occasional posts - you're a good man. :thumbsup:
by VikingBlues
Sat Dec 17, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: EC welcoming Roben Ford
Replies: 3
Views: 3966

Re: EC welcoming Roben Ford

I listened ... I enjoyed! Thanks for posting Fenson. :thumbsup: Shame that the YouTube comments inevitably disintegrated into warring factions liking one guitarist and not the other, or trying to turn it into a competition. Very tedious. Musicians get together to collaborate and work together - YouT...
by VikingBlues
Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:11 pm
Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
Topic: Update - offline - online
Replies: 15
Views: 32252

Re: Update - offline - online

It's a real shame about the lack of traffic - with the effort and work and money you put into the site. :sad: Sorry - I'm as much to blame as any for that lack. Which is at least in part due to my having a bit of an all things guitar hiatus. Playing, recording, composing, online presence ... all in ...
by VikingBlues
Wed Aug 03, 2022 7:36 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Latest Kirk Fletcher Reecord
Replies: 5
Views: 5829

Re: Latest Kirk Fletcher Reecord

Enjoy the break - a lovely part of the world to relax in that picture! :D
by VikingBlues
Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:45 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Currently listening to...
Replies: 114
Views: 2561439

Re: Currently listening to...

Normally I run a mile from the growling / screaming vocals. Many a song I've heard the instrumental start and liked it only to hastily reach for the off button when the devil-voice vocals kick in. For some reason I can cope with (some of) Epica, if it's just occasional. Guess it's the beauty and bea...
by VikingBlues
Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:35 pm
Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
Topic: Latest Kirk Fletcher Reecord
Replies: 5
Views: 5829

Re: Latest Kirk Fletcher Reecord

Possibly a record slow respond here! Where do the weeks go??? :icon_whoknows:

Thanks for posting Fenson - I certainly enjoyed it.
Lovely blues playing and a lot of the more lyrical and melodic aspects sprinkled in there. Nice!!!! :clap:
by VikingBlues
Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:12 am
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: New Guitsr & New Scots Tune
Replies: 6
Views: 5088

Re: New Guitsr & New Scots Tune

Thanks! Glad to see your "movie" remark, as that's what i was hoping to achieve. :D Once I'd remembered how to plug everything in and how to dial in the settings on the Vox Tonelab LE. :aha: I think I still had the atmosphere of the 'Dead Man' film in my head, with it's twisted and surreal...
by VikingBlues
Thu Jun 09, 2022 8:26 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: New Guitsr & New Scots Tune
Replies: 6
Views: 5088

Re: New Guitsr & New Scots Tune

Thanks for listening and commenting guys! :thumbsup: Good to hear that you've all passed the Covid experience OK. Gerd - Good quality guitar that Taylor 214CE. Taylor's so often sound very good when other people play them, but oddly enough when i try and play them it all goes wrong. I suppose my pla...
by VikingBlues
Sun May 29, 2022 8:20 pm
Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
Topic: New Guitsr & New Scots Tune
Replies: 6
Views: 5088

New Guitsr & New Scots Tune

Hope all is well with everyone. I've been slowed down a bit recently when I god a dose of Covid. But it didn't hit too bad, though the recovery period is one of slow progress. But I'm more than happy that's all it's amounting to. Thinking ahead to when my finger joints get worse :sad: , I've investe...