I’m a perpetual newbie on guitar. I’m going to be 61 soon and have mucked around on primarily acoustic dreadnought body guitars, learning little bits here and there for 40 years. I sing a bit and play a bit, but not lots—and that may continue to be my general habit. In any case, I do enjoy the little I do. I have also learned enough setup stuff to be able to do minor tweaks, and understand what is going on with the action.
Last summer, I finally traded my mid-90s Guild dreadnought for a new Taylor Academy 12e nylon string. This move has been very helpful. It’s a nylon string experience, but it is a radiused neck with a nut that is similar to my dreadnoughts—1.75” I think. I got it set up quite low, and it is very comfortable. I got the idea to try it when I found I was spending more time with an old Sigma classical guitar—but I’m not disciplined player and have no formal training, and the flat-neck, wide-nut classical style is not up my alley. The Taylor Acad. 12 nylon is a nice hybrid for me. In any case, I am playing more as a result—and I’d like to add a bit more blues learning—I think!
Here is my blasphemous blues question: Can anyone direct me to a few ‘light-hearted’ blues tunes that I might spend some time with? What I mean is—one or two or a few songs that aren’t too dark in tone or lyric. So maybe with more of a major tone feel rather than a minor feel, and maybe not too dirty or tragic? (Has my account registration been withdrawn yet? :-)
If I give examples of what I am after, it would be Sonny & Brownie’s You Bring Out the Boogie In Me, or Doc Watson’s Deep River Blues. I know fun and funny isn’t generally associated with blues as a whole, but if you can spare a couple of 'light-hearted' blues ideas for an old nerd, I will keep learning.
By the way, I am loving 12bar's light-hearted writing in the learning sections of this site.
Cheers!
Drew (9lives…I needed an easy registration name and I like cats).
