I don't think he's doing too well, he doesn't play guitar anymore. I hope he's finding some joy in his life. Fortunately he has a devoted wife to look after...
Yeah, saw an episode tonight - think it was that 'Memphis' one. Enjoyed the segments with B.B. King but thought they spent too much time with "Bobby Rush" (I...
Hi Gang, So, on a whim I bought two Strats...a 1982 1957 ri from japan and a 62 reissue. I don't like the pups and I am considering Fralins, fender vintage ...
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Aria FA-71 (Laminated Top) D'Addario Chromes 11s Marshall JTM-30 (1x12, 5881 Tubes) Dunlop Small Jazz Picks (Green or Purple) Generic Chord [Non-text portions...
Vince....how do you play both ways? John ... own ... target ... each ... Bruno's ... teachers....each ... teaches ... strong ... None ... of ... that I ... ...
"Soul of a Man" was a grrreat blues flick in this series !!! Skip James & Son House & Bukka White on one stage ...best music series on TV since 'da Ken Burns...
... I agree. Knowledge of scales and other stuff gives you a necessary basis (as it was said in one of Aebersold study materials, "scales are your best...
Find a way to add the note A into every inversion of C7 this will give them the flavor of the C13 chord. Bb, E, and A will sound as a 13th. That would be the...
Any chord of the Key which contains all the modes, can be used to harmonize every note in the Key. The inversions of D min.7 for example, Dmin7 with D on top...
Interesting story, Ken. Back in the days musicians (as well as other people) certainly had more live communication than now when we are "chained" to computers....
I would have said one or two books, but to each his own. Most of the real greats usually name about 10 to 15 records they have studied carefully -the point is...
Hello all, I've recently joined the group and thought i'd introduce myself. I live in Leeds, UK and have been playing for about 12 years but only recently...
Tom, I am really enjoying this series. It seems very much more foucsed than the jazz documentary of a couple of years ago, giving some real insight into the ...
Ronald Vitarelli
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You can get Hank's transcriptions of Jazz Winds From A New Direction from his daughter Amy Garland at this e-mail address. Dennis jazbilly@... I am...
I saw that episode last night. I agree, I don't know why they showed so much of Bobby Rush...whatever. I thought B.B.'s story of getting his first standing...
If you play arpeggios for every chord change starting from the root to the 7th, that is indeed boring stuff and very mechanical. It's useless. What is very...
- Hofner Jazzica (first version with the natural finish headstock) and floating pickup rewound by Kent Armstrong - Thomastik-Infield Bebop 12 strings -...
... I have an AER Compact 60. It's a very nice sounding amplifier and it is very light and portable! Officially it's an acoustic amp, but I play my solidbody...
Hi: I forgot to mention that the gear I previously described is what I use at home for practicing/playing jazz guitar. In my church band, I use the same guitar...
Hi all: Comoparing what it was like back "then" with now, I can only do through conjecture about what it was like "then" since I was not there. From what I...
What can I buy as CD learning tools to learn a real recongnizable blues song, lead parts, single pick techniques? I have used Truefire to learn a few blues...
D'Addario 12s - Ribbon Round Gibson Archtop and Gibson Solid Body Reverend 60 Watt Tube Golden Gate mandolin pick Thanks, Jon hi... I wanna try and make an...
Oops! I was replying to the "Unoffical Poll" and the subject that got posted was "Hey All". Don't know how this happend but to quote the wise sage Homer...
Learn the songs that you want to play off of the original recording. I know that it may be tough to do right now but it will help you tremendously. I have ...
Alex: I think that listing the books we use is fine, but telling WHY, and giving some context for how we use the books and what our musical goals are, might be...
