ajsc Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 "I'm on a Levon Helm kick at the moment. Have you heard Dirt Farmer? Love it!" I've made copies for all my friends & family, & am thinking of passing them out on the street corner!!LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 i've always been a big fan of THE BAND, i'll have to check that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 GG - Dirt Farmer is one great CD. I've been working up 'Got Me A Woman' and 'Poor Old Dirt Farmer' to play out on acoustic. I love that whole CD - also another song of his 'Hurricane'... You got good taste:) Levon is awesome... "She calls me Tex and makes me wear a cowboy hat"! This cd has not left my cd player since it went in there about 3 weeks ago.... it's so good! I love that little acoustic intro on False Hearted Lover Blues (love the whole song), Got Me A Woman and Girl I Left Behind but they're ALL good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsc Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Definitely no filler tracks, good to the last drop,,,,,,great job with "Steve Earl's" (The Mountain). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 http://ca.youtube.com/user/arbeitfrei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Anything in following categories. 1. Max 3 chords 2. Of which only one must be other than a major. 3.Max of one finger (if fingerstyle) 4. Max of twenty strums per minute. 5. Sounds better if guitar is out of tune. 6. Demands no more than 11 strings as the octave G is permantly broken on myt 12s. 7.Requires totally tuneless vocal accompani,ment Apart from that Country, James Taylor,John McLaughlin, Ted Nugent, Beatles, Singing Postman and anything by either the Terry Wilson Trio or Terry's Beatboys beat combo, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Anything in following categories. 1. Max 3 chords 2. Of which only one must be other than a major. 3.Max of one finger (if fingerstyle) 4. Max of twenty strums per minute. 5. Sounds better if guitar is out of tune. 6. Demands no more than 11 strings as the octave G is permantly broken on myt 12s. 7.Requires totally tuneless vocal accompani' date='ment [/quote'] Looks like we play the same type of music!!!:-k/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnt Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Looks like we play the same type of music!!!](*' date=')/ [/quote'] I think we got an Everly Brothers vibe going for next June Mike BR John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarstrummer Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Sounds good, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Songs-- Traditional Old Time (New Lost City Ramblers), Old Country and Bluegrass, Carter Songs. That takes care of the first 1279 numbers- the rest are a few originals. I also play a lot of Fiddle backup. This month, I've got two dances to play with one fiddler, three concerts with another fiddler -who lets me sing a song during our set :D/ - and some background fiddle tunes with a third fiddler at a local festival. Also got to sing/play backup for a good old time banjo player/singer on her new CD recording. This is a busy month!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Take some Mississippi blues add a dash of Chuck Berry and maybe a pinch of Keef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderful remark Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 Surprised that nobody said Robert Johnson... Not that i can play his stuff well... At list im trying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 I just noodle aimlessly. I don't think I've played an entire song all the way through in years. My wife accuses me of that. She says she sometimes has her doubts I can play a song all the way through. Hey, I know at least 5 songs from start to end, I just choose not to play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWilson Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 For all you Dylan lovers! Check out this music! Hes playing Gibsons on most of these songs. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95047293 How can you tell he's playing Gibsons on most of these songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Wilson Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 I think we got an Everly Brothers vibe going for next June Mike BR John I was playing Bye Bye Love and Hello Mary Lou just yesterday. In Zeppelin's live CD "How the West was Won" I love the medley they play and play hello Mary Lou.... It's just hard for anyone, including them to beat the musical purity of 50's and early sixties rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Wilson Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Surprised that nobody said Robert Johnson... Not that i can play his stuff well... At list im trying... I make a very poor effort at it. He's my favorite acoustic blues guy along with Mississippi Fred McDowell. His stuff is so intricate. If there was one person I could mimic I would probably say it would have to be him, because I'm convinced that if you could play like Robert Johnson you could play anything you wanted. There's guy's that play like Jimi and Page and Clapton, etc. but nobody has ever played like Robert. Even on some of the instructional material..... some of those guys are great players, and while some are way off, some are pretty close, but they don't sound like Robert. Love in Vain may be the prettiest thing these ears have ever heard, and oh what I would give to be able to play From Four 'til Late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wonderful remark Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I make a very poor effort at it. He's my favorite acoustic blues guy along with Mississippi Fred McDowell. His stuff is so intricate. If there was one person I could mimic I would probably say it would have to be him' date=' because I'm convinced that if you could play like Robert Johnson you could play anything you wanted. There's guy's that play like Jimi and Page and Clapton, etc. but nobody has ever played like Robert. Even on some of the instructional material..... some of those guys are great players, and while some are way off, some are pretty close, but they don't sound like Robert. Love in Vain may be the prettiest thing these ears have ever heard, and oh what I would give to be able to play From Four 'til Late.[/quote'] His music is intimidating, his blues is quite enjoyable yet it is so intense.. It sounds like just simple blues... but it is so complicated yet so simple... you are right, there is no one like him... sure clapton is great and I do believe he is one of the best... yet he can't do it like RJ.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballcorner Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I love to play anything - especially with other people. In addition to covers of folk/rock/jazz and singer/songwriter material, I also create my own music. Having said that; the five songs I have played consistently for more than 20 years are: Space Oddity Autumn Leaves Needle and the Damage Done Fire and Rain Dream a Little Dream of Me. My favourite non-original songs to play these days: Good Year for the Roses Watching the Detectives Gypsy Rover The Painter Smackwater Jack Songs I refuse to play: Stairway to Heaven Time in a Bottle Anything by Cat Stevens It's Raining Men and . . . You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustystrings Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 After many long years of trying to find the magic slot between assorted idols that include Dave Alvin, Keith Richards, Richard Thompson, Sandy Bull, Nick Drake, Pete Townshend, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, etc. - now I just play my own stuff. On a good day, some of it will sound like Ray Charles playing fingerstyle acoustic and singing lyrics by the love child of Elvis Costello and Steve Earle, with Richard Thompson's right hand and Django Reinhardt's left on a stage that faces a country-western bar, a coffee house, a blues joint and a rock club all at the same time. All of the above describes why after years of solo gigs with assorted Guilds and Taylors, I've come back to a classic, basic Historic Collection J-45. Might not have the flash of the special issues, or the punch or raw power or cannon-like qualities I see extolled in various forums - but man, oh, man, it is the PERFECT guitar for vocal accompaniment! Having said all that, I still sometimes play - Cocaine Blues Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Almost Blue Pinball Wizard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Walker Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 You're absolutely right about Robert Johnson's music - very intimidating. I remember reading a Clapton interview one time where he stated that when the box set was released he couldn't hardly sit through it because it was 'so painful'. I do two RJ songs in my solo acoustic set - Come On In My Kitchen, and 32/20 Blues...Come On In My Kitchen I do ala Allman Bros version, which I really like, and 32/20 I do the Keb Mo live version. That's one thing about RJ tunes I find fascinating is people's different versions and how they interpret his style. Nobody can play it the way he does, so the improvisations are interesting. Take 'Crossroads' for instance. Most people play the Clapton version, but I happen to like the Ry Cooder version better. Robert Johnson was definitely a master, and I like to pay homage to him whenever possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Hey Gillian Girl....I just saw Gillian Welch for the first time, she was on a PBS special about a Bluegrass Festival in GOlden Gate Park in San Francisco.....She was great....I now understand why you like her so much.....keep pluckin'!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 A lot of people play Robert Johnson......just not like him....lol. Nobody does sooooo much with so little effort. He is a minimalist player, but every note, every space is perfect. I don't like mimic-ing the originals. For example, I play Blackbird by Paul, a little different, but it sounds good....I play Robert Johnson's version of "Love's in vain", one of his few songs in key of "G", great little blues number. But can't touch him, but an touched BY him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Hey Gillian Girl....I just saw Gillian Welch for the first time' date=' she was on a PBS special about a Bluegrass Festival in GOlden Gate Park in San Francisco.....She was great....I now understand why you like her so much.....keep pluckin'!!![/quote']Oh, I wonder if it was the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest? She and Dave sure are great, aren't they?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Yeah....I really like the sound of Dave's acoustic archtop guitar.....couldn't catch the name on the guitar,but it looks like an old Gibson. Has a great sound for leads and such....they put on a good show.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Yeah....I really like the sound of Dave's acoustic archtop guitar.....couldn't catch the name on the guitar' date='but it looks like an old Gibson. Has a great sound for leads and such....they put on a good show....[/quote']I believe it's a 1935 Epiphone...... sweet sound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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