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Steve I love that Billie Holiday's voice takes on trumpet-like qualities at times on this song! I have an old Harmony "Patrician" that needs new strings before I could play this...

Duke, maybe you could do "I Can't Believe You're In Love With Me" posted by mars5.  I'd like to see your take on Rhythm guitar, Timing, as well as chord substitution logic.  Along...

Read Duke's post and I hadn't heard Wee Wee Hours before so I looked it up.  Love it ... so I thought I would put it in the thread.  Enjoy.

Well, my brother played guitar and is 10 years older that me. When I was 6 he was 16 and it was 1954 the birth year of rock and roll it is said. I decideded then I was going to be...

mars5, I just ran through that chart.  Very nice!  Thanks again.  I'll be working on this one to make it part of my repertoire.  I would love to hear and see you play it if you...

Thanks Steve, I'll be doing Jumpin Blues next after Cookin. Duke

mars5 yes this is one of the better videos of me playing this song. I am playing it in Db which is the key I recorded it it in with Roomful. I now do it in C because of my vocal...

That's Sax Gordon doing the wild tenor solo on my version of Lonesome Road and Bruce Katz smokin' on organ. Snooks Eaglin's was amazing and his version is really cool.........  

Hi Catya .. you're right!  Thank you.  We will update in the next couple days.

mars5,  Thank you for sharing the written lesson! I'm definately going to try this out. Steve

Thanks Mike...this wasn't the first time that I had played with Taj, but to answer your question, I always try to listen to where they are coming from.  If they are a strong player...

Thanks for your supporting the music.  Stay tuned to sonic junction...soon we will be learning Blind Blake's CC Pill Blues.  Later we will explore open tunings and slide guitar...

@mars 5 .. great suggestion.  I really love Duke's version too on A Swingin' Session .. and thanks for introducting me to Snook's version .. it's great!  I really like the chords...

A great visual of my personal favorite Roomful of Blues song played by Duke in Ospel, The Netherlands, March, 2010 My Tears features many of the chords that we've learned here in...

As a change of pace, the acoustic side of jazz & blues is served well by an old standard called "The Lonesome Road".  Duke's version from A Swingin' Session begins with a sweet &amp...

Hey everybody...don't forget to add dynamics to your playing, like brushing the strings, playing louder and softer.  I always try and play quieter when I am singing and then dig in...

@marksaurs...thanks...please post a video when you feel ready and I will give you some ideas/notes.  Take your time.

@forrest...thanks for the message.  Take your time and enjoy.  Look forward to your post.

I have to say that I am not a gear head at all.  Maybe one day I will get there.  Too much technology spoils it for me....

Hi Marcus .. good question.  Alpha and Beta are rough terms used in the software / web industry to define early testing of new products.  Here's my take Alpha is an incomplete...

Great BB but check out "Blues is King" from the mid 60s recorded live in a Chicago club. It's my favorite BB ever! Duke 

Hey Steve, You should have heard the out takes! The producer kept going over the same piece of tape to save money and all the best takes were erased! Can you believe that? What we...

Thank you Catya.  I will look at this on Thursday ... and update on Friday with what I find.

Hey Greg, You found it! Duke

slim66, I do play the "Cookin" head in first position also. Duke

Slim66 That is a Grestch 6120N which was called the NEW Nashville and issued in 2001or 2. It's got a block like a 335 and about that thickness and of course, a sharp cutaway. It is...

Greetings.... and happy new year all, I'm a new member and really enjoying the site. Can someone explain what the significance of the Alpha and Beta status of the site means?...

I'll have to second Terry's line "I still feel like a kid when I learn something new and cool." .. I couldn't agree more.  It's like a new door opens, and the world just got a...