Nice lick! I was able to get the lick pretty quickly, but tying it to the turnaround and getting the timing right was tricky for me. I found it helped to focus on getting the...

@Roger & @Bruce .. I'm going to have to check out a Joe Pass guitar.  I've always wanted a larger hollow body guitar.  How's the acoustic tone @Corey .. Yeah, that parlor guitar...

Hi Corey .. The groove you have on this song is unbelievable.  I have it totally stuck in my head.  This is going to be a great one to learn.  For me .. the hardest part will...

Here's a video of Cookin' .. Duke Robillard & Jimmie Vaughan .. 1986

HEY GREG, HOW YA DOIN?

My favorite new piece of gear is my new Evans RE200 amplifier. It's small, light and has 200 watts of power. It's solid state but has unusual extra tone controls that give you tube...

Sure cookin is a good one!

Hey Duke! I love a tune from one of your earlier albums called Cookin'. Great song. If you get around to it, how about a lesson on Cookin'?  Thanks

I am in love with my Epiphone Joe Pass. It's only about a year old. I followed Duke's advice and found one that just felt the best  to me and had it professionally set up. I...

Lately my favorit piece of gear is my gernandt parlor guitar that you all have seen me playing in the lessons.  I really dig it.  It is made by Bob Gernandt of Bryson City, NC.  He...

That is a hard question to answer. I have several guitars, and for very different reasons I like them all a lot. Just about the same is true for amplifiers, though I don't have...

My favorite is the Roland Street Cube.  I like the fact that you can get a lot of good tones at room volume .. and switch so easy between them.  The sounds isn't as good as good...

You got it Mike. Thanks C H

I sincerely hope you all enjoy Corey and my lessons her at Sonic-Junction. I am open to all suggestions as to what you would like to learn and I will do my best to give you the...

As we're entering the Holiday season I thought it would be a good time for each of us to share a little about our favorite piece of gear.   It can be an amp, software, effect...

Hi Corey .. I'm enjoying those turnarounds / endings.  Especially the first more harmonic one.  Great series .. will try and post a video in the next couple days for your feedback...

sounds good Mike! It's simple but melodic.....

If you are playing strick 4/4 rhythm, it's best to stick close to the straight 4 beats per measure but you can do some 4/4 and imply passing chords and accents in between the beats...

Also Mike, Everyone has slightly different way of playing these tunes. It sounds like Spoons pianist is doing a slightly different turn around. This kind of thing is good ear...

Good start Mike! Actually Spoon (as he was called) sings further behind the beat than anyone and at extremely slow tempos so you have taken on quite a challenge! Ray Charles is the...

Hi Duke .. any feedback on the video below?  I'm starting to get the fingering .. but need work on really falling into the groove.   I'm tempted to play more, slide into the...

Thank you Bruce, The 3 and 4 note chords are best in this context leaving plenty of room for the bass. The less added on notes from the 7th chords when playing a swing tune the...

I check out Lester Leaps in a couple of weeks ago, but then realized it was part of the swinging the blues series, so I headed for Lesson 1. The 3 and 4 note chords shown here make...

@MikeCaren: It sounds to me like you got it.  I would only suggest picking out the triad (1-2-3, 1-2-3), each string.  You could resolve on the 5 and it would make a good intro for...

Hi Corey .. I'm enjoying the new licks.  Any tips on the video below Not sure why .. but kinda having fun electrifying it.  I really like that second riff you taught.  I don't...

@matttfraza: Great, thanks for the message.  Yes, please do add a video so we can see what's going on.  All the best to you....

Great Mike, Learning 8/16/32 bar blues is a great introduction to the swing era/tin pan alley songs which lead to a good understanding of the structure of the great American...