Country Blues

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Comment by Evan Vyvyan Hodge on January 10, 2011 at 10:52am

Many paths to take here as well..The Ace Turner style of square-neck slide, laid down like a steel guitar, or the more conventional guitar slide of the other earlier greats. The instrument you choose is going to fit this basic choice..lap or regular. Hauling around a few different slides can help find your own sound..glass, metal, pottery, a knife blade, a socket all have different feel, tone, weight..and these things will influence how you play.

Comment by Christopher Medcalf on January 9, 2011 at 3:41am

Just love that resonator sound, especially love Son House and Bukka White even though not very sophisticated they really meant it

Comment by Patrick on January 8, 2011 at 3:11pm

Johnny Shines is a whole lotta slippin and slidin too. He plays a mean single bisquit...I think a National.

Comment by Christopher Medcalf on January 8, 2011 at 6:21am

Good to hear the old guys still attracting new listeners! I don't think you can beat Blind Willie Johnson for slide though - makes the hair on my neck stand up.

Comment by James Andrassy on January 8, 2011 at 6:02am

Really getting in to Mississippi John Hurt and Rev. Gary Davis. Love play in in "D", "E and G: for slide and dropped D. Looking to get a resonator or lap steel to round out my playing.

Comment by Patrick on November 8, 2010 at 9:50am

Dan'l, if you range up to snow country in Salt Lake area, I am always playing open mics up here.Pat's bbq is the good one...all blues.

Pat

Comment by Daniel Perry on November 8, 2010 at 8:55am

hello folks, Love the Country Blues and am looking for venues/friends in Vegas and Phoenix as I am traveling RVing sun country this winter. Anyone out there???

Comment by Anders Tranmark on October 25, 2010 at 2:09pm

Hello Magnus!
Nice to have one more blue swede on the forum.
Thanks for the tip about Robert Pete Williams. He sounds great.
I also have come to like the basic blues form like Williams.
Play on brother!

Comment by Christopher Medcalf on October 16, 2010 at 12:56pm

Anybody got info on Buddy Woods ? I found a compilation with a couple of tracks of his but have seen or heard nothing else. I thought he sounded a lot like Bukka White

Comment by Evan Vyvyan Hodge on September 8, 2010 at 12:03pm

I live in Colorado, where the highways, the rivers and the train lines give you that country feeling down to the holes in your socks. I play my stuff on old instruments, but not expensive ones. I like to make up songs, play with words and try and get a feeling across. Love playing, singing. Blues is the truth, but that doesn't mean it's all bad news. I love hokum songs too. Keep on ringing the changes, people!

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