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- Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Minor Groove Blues + a n other
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11122
Re: Minor Groove Blues + a n other
TW45 Full.JPG The guitar that's new to my collection. In 2007 I bought my first good quality acoustic. A Tanglewood TW45 NS. OM sort of size with a cutaway. Sounded so much better than the others in the shop. 7 years on and i hadn't been using it much - I found it an awkward shape and size with pla...
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 11:05 am
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Minor Groove Blues + a n other
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11122
Minor Groove Blues + a n other
About time I tried something at least slightly blues on a recording. Acoustic guitar - tuned to DADGAD - minor blues. Based on an arrangement by Rob MacKillop. but butchered / arranged by me. :music1: Minor Groove Blues.mp3 If I can just throw in a non-blues recording too. First vocals for a year or...
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:38 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: My new japanese Girl friend!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15653
Re: My new japanese Girl friend!
I can play fingerstyle acoustic with no bends, and altered and open tunings make for less strain on left hand finger joints. The more open string notes the less work for the fingers. I'm very happy with all that - given what happened to my Dad having to give up playing piano due to arthritis I wasn'...
- Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:04 pm
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: My new japanese Girl friend!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15653
Re: My new japanese Girl friend!
I think it's only when I hear / see someone with a Japanese Tokai Les Paul that I'm reminded.
The way my finger joints are these days i couldn't do all those bends needed for electric blues - therefore i couldn't play one fully if i had it - so that eases the pang of regret pretty well.
The way my finger joints are these days i couldn't do all those bends needed for electric blues - therefore i couldn't play one fully if i had it - so that eases the pang of regret pretty well.
- Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:45 pm
- Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
- Topic: RIP Charlie Watts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8559
Re: RIP Charlie Watts
Again. Too many .... too often .... too sad. RIP Charlie.
- Sat Aug 28, 2021 7:44 pm
- Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
- Topic: R.I.P. Dusty Hill
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7819
Re: R.I.P. Dusty Hill
Too many .... too often .... too sad. RIP Dusty.
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:34 am
- Forum: Blues Guitar Playing
- Topic: GREAT lesson
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10714
Re: GREAT lesson
Yes indeed - easy to know the basics, and so very, very tricky to play well.
Thanks for posting the link.
Thanks for posting the link.
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 10:07 am
- Forum: Gear
- Topic: My new japanese Girl friend!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15653
Re: My new japanese Girl friend!
WOW!!! Looks great ...... Sounds great ...... Played great !!!!!!!! :clap: A Japanese built Tokai is an excellent buy. Hope you have a long lasting relationship for years and years. That's an impressive signal chain .... I'd need a notebook to keep a track of all the settings. But I bet I'd make it...
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:33 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Basic 12 Bar Song List
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7970
Re: Basic 12 Bar Song List
Hi Matt, and :welcome: Don't know if this link is any good. It says it's a mixture of traditional type songs commonly performed in the blues idiom, and some are public domain. A fairly long list. Need to download the PDF file to get the full song. https://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/blues-guitar-chor...
- Tue Jun 08, 2021 7:19 pm
- Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
- Topic: World wide colab!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16318
- Mon May 31, 2021 7:53 pm
- Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
- Topic: World wide colab!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16318
Re: World wide colab!
Funny that - I have an acoustic version of this from six and a bit years ago, and I've no idea how I played it / arranged it! :sad: I suspect it was based on a Michael "Hawkeye" Herman lesson. That said, six years + have made the voice even worse. :big_smile: :music1: St James Infirmary Bl...
- Mon May 31, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Back in the crowd, acoustic lead, remix
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8412
Re: Back in the crowd, acoustic lead, remix
That's what I call a classy ringtone! I hope the calls you get are worth listening to as much as the ringtone!
- Mon May 31, 2021 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: the Gretsch plays again
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10485
Re: the Gretsch plays again
More good playing, and I like it that you are exploring different styles!
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:56 pm
- Forum: Guestbook, Site News, Admin Notes, Forum Rules
- Topic: Good Moaning!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11060
Re: Good Moaning!
:welcome: to the forum Miguel. :D I hope you have fun in your journey of learning the blues. A wonderful genre of music where the basic rules are pretty simple but the art in turning the playing into something good is a lifetime work - much of it subtleties in playing that can't be shown in books or...
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:52 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: the Gretsch plays again
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10485
Re: the Gretsch plays again
Aye - can be slow, and i share in the blame for that. My once regular visits here have really tailed off in retirement. I thought I'd have more spare time for things like visiting this forum. Retired people warned me that you end up with less time when you've retired and they were right! I'm finding...
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:41 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Learning the blues continuation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5965
Re: Learning the blues continuation
Well played - nice phrasing, feel and great guitar tone!
The Southern Rock piece worked particularly well I thought.
The Southern Rock piece worked particularly well I thought.
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: 12bar shuffles - learning process
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6878
Re: 12bar shuffles - learning process
Sounds to me like you're getting on real fine!
You're better off exploring the music of experienced bluesman and decent on-line teachers than hear anything I might say!
I think you'd be able to run rings round me given what i hear you playing.
You're better off exploring the music of experienced bluesman and decent on-line teachers than hear anything I might say!
I think you'd be able to run rings round me given what i hear you playing.
- Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:32 pm
- Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
- Topic: A duet, none the worst!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7246
Re: A duet, none the worst!
The older I get the more I seem to appreciate stripped down versions of songs as well as the full blown originals. This is no exception! Thanks for posting this link Fenson - enjoyed it a lot. :clap: I also like the way they show they are enjoying the song and getting into the music. There should be...
- Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:28 pm
- Forum: The Blues Room - Your Songs
- Topic: Sunny Afternoon Blues
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7656
Re: Sunny Afternoon Blues
We could do with many of these sunny April afternoons - nicely delicate, calm and musical.
- Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:26 pm
- Forum: Blues Talk'n Web
- Topic: Great interview
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8167
Re: Great interview
Thanks for the links Fenson - not watched fully yet, but what I've seen is interesting for sure. :thumbsup: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - one great genre-weaver! Sense of humour too. :D Gerd - all the best to you in your recovery from surgery! :fingerscrossed: Take it easy - nice and easy d...