Ok Sonic Junction - This week we arrive at the moment we’ve all been waiting for - Let the slop begin! We’ll be hitting the 5 draw and adding a little 6 draw for that dirtier, bluesier effect, and doing the same thing on the bent 3 draw, by adding in a touch of the 4 draw. It’s important to remember to keep your embouchure strong when playing these licks - Maintain your oral focus! We want strong and sloppy (think James Cotton) - We don’t want this thing limp, weak and sloppy (ie: Bob Dylan). Remember, we’re using the slop to add to the impact of these licks - to enhance the power of what we’re trying to say!
Have fun and I’ll see you next week.
Rick Estrin
Topics and/or subjects covered in this lesson:
Chicago Blues
Print Chords & Tab
A Harp in the Key of E.
Loop 0:00 Introduction to the 5th Verse
Loop 0:44 Breakdown of First 4 Bars
Loop 5:40 Breakdown of IV Chord
Loop 6:32 Review First 6 Bars
Loop 7:09 Slow Practice Loop of First 6 Bars
Loop 8:04 Review and Closing Thoughts
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My favorite verse (so far)! Definitely not too dirty for me. God bless James Cotton!
Yeah man - If it wasn’t for Cotton, I might’ve spent my whole life wondering what I was supposed to be doing. His playing had a profound effect on my development. His five cuts on volume 2 of Chicago The Blues Today - a couple albums that he cut with Otis Spann - the LP he did with Johnny Young - and Cotton’s first Verve album - There are tools I picked up from those records, plus, the visceral feeling I was able internalize from listening to, and living with those recordings, those things have carried me a long way.