Hi Corey! How are you? This is my first post (besides the one in "Open mic"), so I hope this is where to put it - please let me know if I should've placed it somewhere else. It's...

Thanks for the clarification, Corey. I'll give Catfish Blues a try and post my take later, so I'll aso get a clue whether the recording/uploading process works well... Enjoy your...

 This might be a better attempt. I tried to use the base string. Anyway, I could probably take about a hundred more shots at it right now, but I'll call it quits before the...

This isn't a "performance" video in that there's no video. I wanted to try mic'ing a new amp I got and so I played the lead guitar to a backing track of "Rock This Town" with the...

Alex-- a depression economics p.s.-- I was watching an Alan Lomax documentary about Appalachia and he was interviewing a 90 year old veteran of the coal mines - during the...

Hi Corey, thank you for your interest to be honest I'm having problems with the independence of the thumb I'm exercising a lot but with few results, I find almost all the songs...

Maurizio -- you musn't give up -- it can be frustrating but you will get better if you practice even a little every day -- even small segments -- as long as you play every day you...

Thanks Corey.  

Thanks Randy - I'm looking forward to the lesson portion of this thing - It should be fun. 

Yeah man! He was untouchable on that stuff!

Thanks Paul - Like I said I'm not a traditional teacher but I'm hoping I'll be able to help get some harp players get a slightly different take on groove and dynamics. 

@Graham...I'm not sure how many exactly, but there are a lot.  I still will add more open tuning songs with slide in the coming months.  Good luck!!

@ Steve...I guess just write them out...if you need any help just let me know.  Interesting to me that there are a lot of versions to this tune.  I never knew!!  Good luck.

@Maurizio...how is it going?

@Tony O....greetings and thanks for your message.  I think the best place to start is where you feel most comffortable.  Maybe try a simple song like Runnin and Hiding or .44...

@JD...the guitar is nice so don't be too hard on yourself!  There are a few things you can do to make it better but I think you already know what that is from reading your post...

Ok JD merci bien...  

 

Greetings Steve and thanks for posting.  I hope this helps.  Check what the thumb is doing while the other fingers are picking...the thumb sometimes is playing at the same time and...

Yes I still live in ri. Im withThe band you see in the video we've added a keyboard player since then. We're playing our second swing night at the knickerbocker next wednsday...

John and all the others that have requested Charlie Christian tunes. I see here I have neglected your requests and will get one in soon. Thanks, Duke

Pierre, One suggestion I could make is to raise your pickups higher on the treble side to get more output and better tone. also lower the bass side of the pickups. its not a...

Jim, Oscar Moore is another of my favorite guitarists. He was unique in his approach and was very fast for that time. I have incorperated some of his licks into my playing and they...

Hi Joe, You are correct, Louis Jordan was fabulous and his small band arrangements were so perfect. I have never tried to adapt them to guitar because I love them so much the way...

Hi Frank, Yes, Meet me at no special place is a great song and I should do it live. I'll try to add that one into the mix. I'll need to re-learn it first. It's not so much hard as...

Hi Guy's Now that I have Paul helping me for a while. I will have him show you Johnny's Blues. It's really done with horns on the recording by Johnny Hodges but i thought it would...

Hi Joe, Thanks, of course there are a gazillon Dylan fans who want to know all kinds of things which I cannot answer. All I can say is I was called to come participatate on time...

Jack, Are you still in Rhode Island?

Jack, I will consider "Gee I wish." Its a very long solo and not so easy, I can't even play that whole solo anymore but I could certainly teach it piece by piece. There are a lot...

 Duke, this is a great tune. It's good for me to practice at this tempo. I did a few takes before I settled on this one and I notice that I made the head more comlicated than it...