Hi Mike and Duke - Great stuff! I love all the nuances of Otis' playing that you've been able to capture and really appreciate your sharing them. Thanks so much! Just a couple of...

It's amazing how much of a difference little alterations in technique can make. Charlie allegedly played with all downstrokes, but you know, he was Charlie Christian and I'm not...

Here's the missing phrase - sorry about that! Hope this helps. 

Hello there Cory, I've been a member for ages now, I like the way it all goes.Its easy to want to learn but not so easy to take the concentrating steps of endurance through a...

No worries! You're doing a great job, I'm learning a heck of a lot from you already. It probably seemed like a small thing to you, but when you mentioned about doing the upstroke...

Ah! I could have sworn I covered that phrase. Casualty of first time jitters, I guess. Sorry about that!

Hi Mike and Duke - Great stuff! I love all the nuances of Otis' playing that you've been able to capture and really appreciate your sharing them. Thanks so much! Just a couple of...

Hi Cory, Thanks for all the great lessons. I wonder if you would ever do a lesson on Runaway Man Blues by Floyd Council. Thanks!

Thanks! I don't know about the amp situation at Cobra, other than that Otis' amp was a Danelectro Challenger currently owned by a friend of mine in Chicago. It's possible that Ike...

I learned this one so long ago its probably morphed into something else warts and all.   

Hi Lazarlem --- sure, we can diagram the chords.   Can you please let us know the timecodes Corey plays them? Thanks.

You may be rich you may be poor  you may not no a whole lot more but when the Lord come to get you, you better move.   You may be a sinner you may be a saint you may know...

There are two more chords i'd like to see diagrammed that you showed. One was augmented I think. The two chords that are present look the same.     You may be high, you may be...

  Hello @Corey, I enjoy my soul by practice Devil got my woman... I know i have a little problem with my thumb and also to make some variation which can bring more interest to...

Hi peter, You will have to ask Mike about the track but it is a blues Rumba going to a medium temo shuffle. duke

Hi Corey --- I'm really enjoying this tune, thank you.  Here's where I am with my singing.  Right now I'm trying to work on singing from my diaphram and finding my natural voice...

Thanks Harry I am honored.  When I play in open G or D is feels way too slack now for me.  

it was you that turned me on to open A on the streets of New Orleans, I thought you were in G but it sounded different... thats when it all made sense....The tension does give more...

it was you that turned me on to open A on the streets of New Orleans, I thought you were in G but it sounded different... thats when it all made sense....The tension does give more...

I give thanks Harry.  Since I discovered open A, I never look back! lol  Keep playing and enjoy.

give thanks Mike...yes this is one of my favorite from one of the all time greats.  I like open A better for my voice and I feel that the guitar cuts through better.  When I first...

Great song and love that second riff.  Open A tuning just sounds beautiful / soulful to me.

I look forward to working on this. I love open A, Been working on Berry Owens lately. Keep up the good work. Thank you

Mike thanks for posting the video.  I like that you are taking your time with the notes.  Which version are you following when u sing?  Some of the vocal lines sound like a popular...

Great lessons Mike! And Duke I hope your shoulders healing up. I thought I really knew this song, but you've opened it up for me completley - starting with the key, now the intro...

Alright I also experimented in G  

Sure

Hi Jerry is it okay to play it in the key of Bb?  

I look forward to working on this. I love open A, Been working on Berry Owens lately. Keep up the good work. Thank you

Great song and love that second riff.  Open A tuning just sounds beautiful / soulful to me.