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103 thumb Jerry portnoy left a comment on: Just Your Fool Backing Track
Hey Thomas Your sound and tone are very good. It's just that your timing is not synched up with the backing track. In those spots where they do line up properly it sounds really...
103 thumb Jerry portnoy left a comment on: Just Your Fool Intro Breakdown
Hey Biscuit Outstanding!! Notes and bends are spot on, lovely vibrato and tone - a really great job. There are a couple of spots where the phrasing is  a tiny bit staccato between...
289 thumb Thomas left a comment on: Just Your Fool Backing Track
 I am seeing a lot of progress in my timing...not there yet but the jam tracks are producing a better feel and helping me to relax a little more better, blueswise, if you know...
289 thumb Thomas left a comment on: Just Your Fool Backing Track
 I played this tune to the best of my ability at an opem mic last week and the crowd went wild!! Thanks Jerry and Rick...Now if we could only get some recordable (Mp3) tracks with...
340 thumb Biscuit mike left a comment on: Just Your Fool Intro Breakdown
I had some trouble keeping up but here's my shot at the intro.
141 thumb Stevieboy left a comment on: That's Alright Intro & First Verse
Alex, I think this style and in particular on acoustic lends itself to just how you approached it.  Soloing is more chord based with a minimum of single note playing, and that even...
509 thumb Alex barbera left a comment on: That's Alright Intro & First Verse
@ray thanks....I really don't have any idea how to approach to this different style...so the sound should be like a kind of up and down putting the accents where I think they...
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: That's Alright Intro & First Verse
@Alex ... you sound great !!  
509 thumb Alex barbera left a comment on: That's Alright Intro & First Verse
@Duke....this is just a general attempt tryin to pay respect to the main theme and throwing in some licks that I learned by Corey...I don't know if it's sound good plus I'm not...
Rick Brian cade left a comment on: Help Me Lesson 1
Wondering whether or not the guitar part of this really is in key of F minor?  At several jams I've attended, a harp player I know will often ask to play Help Me in E minor (but...
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: Good Morning Lesson 2
Hi Robert and Greg ... my apologies.  It's all fixed now.
103 thumb Jerry portnoy published a lesson: Good Morning Lesson 2
John Lee Williamson’s (Sonny Boy I) Good Morning Little Schoolgirl. This was the first hit record for Sonny Boy. In this lesson I slow down his main licks. F harp in the key of...
Rick Brian cade left a comment on: Help Me Jam with Rick
is Help Me really in a minor key?  Some of the harp players at jams I attend want to play it in E minor.   brian
6 thumb Duke robillard left a comment on: That's Alright Intro & First Verse
Daddyray, I never learned it correctly until yesterday! It's about time eh? Duke    
6 thumb Duke robillard published a lesson: That's Alright Intro & First Verse
Hello Friends, Weeks lesson is the intro and first verse for one of Chicago blues most classic songs. Jimmy Rogers "That's alright" we start with the classic intro that is similar...
Corey Prone777 left a comment on: That Will Never Happen No More Variations
Corey Thanks I know i need just more practice, the song is fast but when you break it down its easier to understand. What easier songs do you recommend .thanks going to see if i...
509 thumb Alex barbera left a comment on: Special Rider Blues Run-Through and Main Riff
@Jd...I have the same opinion of Skip James....his style was so unique and sublime...many others musician from Bentonia do play this music really well but the way he interpreted...
509 thumb Alex barbera left a comment on: Special Rider Blues Run-Through and Main Riff
@Corey...here's my feedback...I've been workin on this tune since the last 2 months..When I saw that the new lesson was on special rider I really remained without words...thanks A...
340 thumb Biscuit mike left a comment on: Baby, Scratch My Back Performance
I love Jerry's "Chicken Scratch Lick" at the 3:20 mark on this video.
692 thumb Jd krooks crouhy left a comment on: Boats Up the River Review & Endings
Yes your voice is a muscle ! As singin a lot for 4months i've notice many things change : i'm getting higher and lower register and getting more confident. Like a instrument i...
692 thumb Jd krooks crouhy left a comment on: Bumble Bee Blues First Chorus Breakdown
Thanks for the kind word in french Corey :) I'm now working the singing part as you said and focuses every note and phrases. I've made this video when i had the guitar OK for me...
692 thumb Jd krooks crouhy left a comment on: Special Rider Blues Run-Through and Main Riff
Wow i love this song too ! There a lot of African feeling in it ! I've discovered the great Ali Farka Toure (that you have so much chance to play with him!!) before country blues...
409 thumb Mike caren left a comment on: Special Rider Blues Run-Through and Main Riff
Wow.  This is going to be a great journey.  You're run through totally blew me away ... absolutely beautiful.  
103 thumb Jerry portnoy published a lesson: Baby, Scratch My Back Performance
This week Rick and I play the Slim Harpo classic "Baby, Scratch My Back." This is one in which you can talk the lyrics, so it's a great one to know if, like me, you don't...
465 thumb Craig added to a forum topic: New Guy
I wanted to take a moment to let Jerry know how helpful and inspiring his instruction is.  I think the website concept is great.  I am definately sticking around. I also want to...
509 thumb Alex barbera left a comment on: Kindhearted Woman Blues Endings and Singing
p.s. just seen the answers on the others lessons...no worries Corey! Nice idea to play the guitar imagining to have a piano..I often imagine to play guitar as I have in my hands a...
6 thumb Duke robillard left a comment on: T-Bone Walker Style Shuffle Solo Lesson 2
Hey Matt, Sounds great! Duke
489 thumb Daddyray (robbie) left a comment on: Kindhearted Woman Blues Endings and Singing
happy birthday Corey   (golden rings on ya is an expression I heard Toots H use to tout things. "may you be adorned with golden rings"..a sort of blessing I suppose. I just liked...
6 thumb Duke robillard left a comment on: Chitlins Con Carne Lesson 3
rpurser, Thanks, glad you're enjoying it! Duke
509 thumb Alex barbera left a comment on: Kindhearted Woman Blues Endings and Singing
@Corey...thanks....I often forgot the importance of dynamic...I'm still putting a lot of effort in tryin to balance touch on the strings cause, at the moment, if I lighten you...
 
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