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Corey Andy liked a comment:
 Hello again. I played in the following order: Main Riff-> second riff-> Main riff-> third riff-> Main riff-> "down home" riff-> Main
103 thumb Jerry portnoy published a lesson: Buffle Off to Shuffalo Fourth Chorus Breakdown
Hello Sonic Junctioneers - welcome back to the next section of my Buffle Off To Shufallo song. Basically we are getting to the heart of the matter right here in this section -...
6 thumb Duke robillard published a lesson: Easy Baby 2nd and 3rd Verses
Hello Folks, This week we are working on the second and third verses of "Easy Baby" by Magic Sam. I demonstrate the riffs and how Sam echos his voice with the guitar on these...
1621 thumb Chris eldridge published a lesson: Church Street Blues Norman Blake and Playing with Resonance
This week we're going to take a look at how Norman Blake played Church Street Blues from his excellent album Whiskey Before Breakfast. To me, Norman's approach to this song extends...
666 thumb Steve h left a comment on: Easy Baby Rhythm
Always love the Magic Sam! Thanks Duke
Icon missing thumb David brookes left a comment on: Keep Me From Blowing Away Chords and Bassline
What a great song!
Rick Bill blatner left a comment on: Buffle Off to Shuffalo Third Chorus Breakdown
I think it's bars 5 and 6, when you go to the 4-chord, at the end of each bar you hit the 2-hole draw with a vibrato that so reminds me of Howlin' Wolf.  I know I need to focus on...
2350 thumb Kip marchetti liked a comment:
Hey Chris, New kid here and just getting both back into playing my guitar and discovering Bluegrass which is kind of a revelation for a Kiwi living in Australia, so firstly thank...
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Way too hot outside to cut grass so I decided to take a shot at this.  
Icon missing thumb David brookes left a comment on: Church Street Blues Simplified Norman Blake Style
Hey Chris, New kid here and just getting both back into playing my guitar and discovering Bluegrass which is kind of a revelation for a Kiwi living in Australia, so firstly thank...
Dan Jay left a comment on: Big Road Blues Lesson 1
I'm referring to your 2 lines of tab. what i've written here - that's the first line, second bar as I hear you play it, so the last note of this bar - the low D is on the off...
Icon missing thumb David brant left a comment on: Buffle Off to Shuffalo Intro and Performance
Hi Dennis I am having great fun learning this lesson! one thing I'm having trouble with is that I'm filling up with air, any tips on when best to expel this? Dave
2018 thumb Bruce dumes left a comment on: Romance in the Dark Ending
Hey Duke! Finally got around to working on this one. What a pretty tune, and Sunny's voice is so sweet on it. Still got plenty of room for improvement but I was wondering if you...
1621 thumb Chris eldridge left a comment on: Church Street Blues Different Chordal Options
Thanks Kip!
2350 thumb Kip marchetti left a comment on: Church Street Blues Different Chordal Options
That run from about the 2:05 minute mark to around 2:35 is really sweet - I like that a lot.
2018 thumb Bruce dumes left a comment on: Easy Baby Rhythm
Hey Duke! What a great tune! It made me realize I haven't listened to nearly enough Magic Sam! I was mostly just familiar with West Side Soul, but hadn't listened to the Cobra...
Chris Mark thompson liked a comment:
Way too hot outside to cut grass so I decided to take a shot at this.  
Corey Corey wiscomb liked a forum post:
Hello Corey, Been wondering if you would consider some reggae or contemporary lessons of your stuff like blu.black style? Thanks.
1621 thumb Chris eldridge left a comment on: Church Street Blues Simplified Norman Blake Style
I don't know, it's pretty hard to argue with The Stones! 🙂
2350 thumb Kip marchetti left a comment on: Church Street Blues Simplified Norman Blake Style
Yep ... dang it ... you're right about missing the 3 beats and man do I look seriously um serious ... I need to lighten up when the camera is on. It definitely is super fun to play...
1621 thumb Chris eldridge left a comment on: Church Street Blues Simplified Norman Blake Style
Kip, sounds great! Very cool way to play a tune right? You're totally doing it. Just one thing to mention: you skipped a few beats (3 to be precise) going from the A section to...
1621 thumb Chris eldridge left a comment on: Nine Pound Hammer Tony Rice Style Solo
Hi John, well done! The main thing is that you don't have to pick all of those notes. Use hammer on's and pull offs to make your life easier. Not only does that give your right...
2350 thumb Kip marchetti left a comment on: Church Street Blues Simplified Norman Blake Style
Way too hot outside to cut grass so I decided to take a shot at this.  
409 thumb Mike caren added to a forum topic: New Lesson disappeared?
Hi Terry --- it's good feedback and we appreciate you letting us know.  We're actually working on an update right now that improves the organization of lessons.  We didn't have an...
Rick Terry church added to a forum topic: New Lesson disappeared?
Wish I could take the previous comment back.  I'm kind of new here and tend to get lost a lot looking for the lessons I want, which frustrates me, so then I make halfbaked...
460 thumb Alan liked a forum post:
SJ is in every other respect super great and I love it BUT there's that navigation problem!!!  Lessons seem to be in some kind of random order, so that on the JP hub when I want to...
1621 thumb Chris eldridge left a comment on: Gold Rush First Solo and Tony Rice Style Improvising
Hi Ryan, great playing! I particularly liked it when you played your own solo starting around 0:50 because the dynamics came alive. Loud notes were loud and surprising and there...
1621 thumb Chris eldridge liked a comment:
I really enjoyed the video of you playing Church Street Blues on the Tony Rice benefit Bourgeois guitar. Thanks for teaching this song.
141 thumb Stevieboy left a comment on: Easy Baby Rhythm
Yeah, Duke, this is cool!  One thing I kinda struggle with on this "family" of songs, is the I chord a minor?  If you were playing behind what you showed us with a simpler chord...
1621 thumb Chris eldridge published a lesson: Church Street Blues Simplified Norman Blake Style
This week I'm going to show you a simplified version of the Norman Blake approach. The idea here was to come up with something easy but musically satisfying that will set the stage...
 
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