Excellent, this is very good!  I look forward to the next lesson. A question for Brad: why didn't you start from the open low E and A?  Personal choice or stylistic feature?  

@Corey..thanks for video and explanations on brushes....I've seen something similar by flamenco players :) I've uploaded a video on the first lesson..Could you take a look at it...

Thanks very much Duke I guess it's not the structure I struggle with so much but counting the beats. It's easy to count them with a straight shuffle but when it's played like this...

Thank you Mr. Robillard, much appreciated.

Mojo 74x, I will ocallionally do lessons with bass, I realize it will help many of you here. Thanks, Duke

Hi Bluesman, What we have been working on is the typical 12 bar blues with a quick 4 change. What that means is at 4 beats to the measure wi play one measure (or bar) of the 1 (E)...

Thie lesson with double bass is a great idea. Please continue to do lessons like this. It really helps a lot to understand how things work if you listen to the bass alone. I play...

Hi Duke,    One of the things that I struggle with is the changes. When I play a standard 12 bar blues rhythm it's easy to know when to go from the I to the IV and V. But when it's...

I use to work at a dance hall in the midwest called the Holleyhock ballroom. It was a time that bands played in these rural places because mtv and cable and tv were just coming...

Hi Brian .. added some tab for Duke's riffs around 16:00..  Also, let me know if there any more riffs that catch you ear and want tab for after you get these down.  Enjoy!

Thanks Mike! Bill

Hi Bill .. I'm tabbing the first chorus of the solo right now .. you should see it in about 3PM west coast / 6PM east coast.  Funny, I'm right on the chord at this moment .. yes...

Duke, Are you playing a B chord at 1:07? I hear a piano in there too! :)  Thanks, Bill

Yes he is sir! I'll pass on the message....

Duke!! Tell Brad Lenny says hi! I did the album artwork for Roomful's "That's Right" that he was on. Great guy and player!

For this months lessons we have special guest Brad Hallen sitting in on bass fiddle and electric bass. In our first lesson are going over playing the slow Chicago blues in the key...

@Corey...here's your favourite blues nightmare....:).....I've tried the slowest I could...I'm tryin also to brush the strings in different positions...I've seen that you do this a...

Juke 5th Chorus: This chorus begins with a stop-time break played in octaves at the top end of the harp. You'll have to practice making the jump from the low end of the harp to the...

Duke just has the audience right where he wants them. It's being able to create an atmosphere with the music, not just playing the notes that really defines the true masters...

Thanks Bluesman, I appreciate that very much. Please spread the word to fellow guitarists who our lessons here may be of interest to, Ciao, Duke

Thanks Jerry,  very interesting.  It hadn't occurred to me that My Babe is based on This Train, but now that you mention it I can hear the similarities. Lately, I find myself...

Mike   I couldn't help but notice two things in the loop beginning at 10:14 to practice mixing riffs.   1. At the very end of the loop Dukes words match up with the words at the...

Walter wrote most of the songs he recorded under his own name though his biggest seller, My Babe, was written by Willie Dixon based on the old traditional This Train. He was a fine...

@Corey....I'll do it as soon as possible...I don't want to miss my status of your best personal nightmare as a sonic junction user!!! :DD In these days I've been very busy cause...

Hi Jerry I have been working on this and some other songs off Little Walter's "His Best" album, and had some questions.  First, I was wondering if you knew if he wrote some his...

My next lessons will be with my bassist Brad Hallen, demonstrating the best bass lines to be played with the Chicago style blues in E we have been working on. Coming very soon...

@Alex...post a video when you are ready so I can hear what you doing.

@ MIke ....thanks.  Good question...I always play the brushes in the same place in this song.  I use the brushes to keep the rhythm going and to put a break between phrases.  Think...

@Alex...thanks.

Hi Corey .. one thing I'm noticing is you brush the strings at times ... like at 5:55 on the timecode ... and it adds this nice depth / feel.  How do you approach / choose when to...