What was a song, that when you heard it for the first time, totally blew you away.
Hey Now Baby ... Professor Longhair.
The rhythm totally infected me ... in a good way! I love the way he moves around the beat. I believe it's Clarence Gatemouth Brown on guitar.
"Diddy Wah Diddy" by Blind Blake, "I Want to Hold Your Hand"-Beatles, "One O'Clock Jump"-Basie, "Midnight Rambler"-Stones, "Sweet Sixteen"-B.B. King, "Hideaway"-Freddy King, "Dyin' Crapshooter Blues"-Blind Willie McTell, "Candyman"-Mississppi John Hurt, everything by Rev. Gary Davis....I could go on.
BTW-Mike, find the version of "Hey Now Baby" from the Atlantic comp "New Orleans Piano", I think it's funkier. Also, dig "She Walks Right In".
Slim
this song does it for me. It is the song that stopped me in my tracks, and still does to this day. I found this song in a used record store in the mid 80's. I think it was on a compilation called Atlanta Honkers. This is Willis Jackson doing Gator's Groove. The intro drums and horn riffs I could play over and over, and wish I was there for it live. Reminds me of an old New Orleans funeral style march, like in one of those James Bond movies...but the real deal. Too bad this isn't hi fi. Try to find this song and get a better version, well worth it, but not easy to find.
@Steve Love the Gator's Groove. Would be great to see it live.
@Slim Thanks for the heads up on the other version of Hey Now Baby. I will check it out. I just love his playing. Henry Butler too!
Howling Wolf is the man. This song like ot put me in a trance when I first head it.
All of your choices are on my list of great tunes, all those great blues and also 'I want to hold your hand" John Lennon's rhythm guitar was inspiring to me as a kid and I still use the way he pounds out the accented rhythms on the 5 chord. Bill Dogett's" Honky Tonk" did it for me from day 1. I started playing just to learn that solo! It's still the best ever!
I heard this song the first time by my uncle playin his classical guitar
I love this album....for many many reasons :))
but this one too :))...he had the blues :))
Can I add also this one? Playin for Change I think is one of the best musical project ever made...Don't know if you guys have ever heard about this incredible mixture of genres,artists,cultures and above all positive vibrations for all of us :))
Hi Alex, That was really beautiful! And I love the no changes thing and all the different players and genres. Verry Cool!
Of course this is all great music and great performances. Music truly is the universal language
Hy Duke...nice to talk to you...sorry for not being very present at your lessons but at the moment I'm really focused on acoustic blues. I don't even have an electric guitar but as soon as possible I'd like to fill this gap that I have...At the moment I'd prefer, as we say in Italy, to not put too much meat on fire!!! :)))
Playing for change is an incredible music project...the thing that I like is that you can hear really good music by musicians that nobady knew before this project was implemented...Take Roberto Luti as an example..He used to play his resonator guitar in New Orleans. It's incredible what nowdays is possible thanks to technology...people from everywhere playin the same song. And Sonic Junction is a great project too. I think it's really innovative expecially for what economist call as knowledge spillovers...all this knowledge shared by experienced musicians to let's say normal people like us to create a really added value thanks again to technology and Mike and all you teachers!!! :))
But to remain on topic I'd like to share with you all another genre of music that first time I heard I remained with no words...It's called pizzica (actually is a dance) and it's from Salento whic is part of Puglia, a region here in Italy....This music, in the past, was also used to cure people from the byte of the spider tarantula :)...So here music is used like a medicine..There's something similar also in Senegal as far as I know...It's called ndeup!!! Power of music!!! :)))
Hello Alex, That is very cool music using the 1 and the 5 to create a spellbinding effect. Between the hypnotic effect of the music and the woman dancing, I believe it could cure a tarantula bite! thanks for sharing, Duke
You're welcome Duke :)) I'm not very expert with music theory but about woman body language...well this is something that is international!!! :)) I only share another video because I'm monopolizing this 3d but I'd glad if you listen this song of an estimated italian songwriter..His name was Fabrizio De Andrè..I don't know if you ever heard of him before. Some people say that he's the italian Bob Dylan, others, me included, say that Bob Dylan, with all my respect for him, is the american Fabrizio De Andrè..This song is called Dolcenera and first time I've heard it.....no words!!! The young man playin behind him is his son, Cristiano De Andrè :))
