guitar_randy Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Anyone ever learn to play any robert johnson songs? i just got the complete recordings cd's .I was expecting it to be really poor qaulity due to recording methods from back then,but its not bad.Reall good stuff to listen to.Get you in a good mood to get your guitar out afterwards.Inspiring stuff.Don't care for his voice really,but the music is cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Ya one of the greatist guitar players ever you know he was the first metal inspring guitarist for the hold devil thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar_randy Posted February 21, 2009 Author Share Posted February 21, 2009 Ya one of the greatist guitar players ever you know he was the first metal inspring guitarist for the hold devil thing. I don't think of metal at all when I think of him,but to each his own.Ever notice that all the great,inspiring guitarists live a real short life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Ya Hendxrix, Randy, and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modoc_333 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I'm listening to Robert right now actually... and I love his voice. it really is some great stuff. i've tried to learn a bit of it, but man that's some tough stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikko18 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 lol tough stuff.... hmmmm could be a band name i call it !!!!!! 0_0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 The avrg guitar player would have a very hard time with his stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 The avrg guitar player would have a very hard time with his stuff. That's right' date=' his stuff sounds like it should be easy, but when you get past the chord changes, his fingerings and tunings are just non-exsistant on my guitar. I can play "Travelling Riverside Blues" like Page, but not like Johnson....It's Maddening. And I've always wanted to be able to play "Hot Tamales", but it's still in the "Long Term Goal" pile. '](*,) I used to have his Complete Recordings when they came out on Tape, I need to get them again on CD. Greatest Collection of Blues Ever, like Bob Marley's Legend is to Reggae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 That's right' date=' his stuff sounds like it should be easy, but when you get past the chord changes, his fingerings and tunings are just non-exsistant on my guitar. I can play "Travelling Riverside Blues" like Page, but not like Johnson....It's Maddening. And I've always wanted to be able to play "Hot Tamales", but it's still in the "Long Term Goal" pile. '](*,) I used to have his Complete Recordings when they came out on Tape, I need to get them again on CD. Greatest Collection of Blues Ever, like Bob Marley's Legend is to Reggae. Ya some compines should make some sorta of fancy set of all of his stuff and should include copies of the only 2 photos of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyH Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I have listened to the songs and I could not appreciate them. Evidently his role was to inspire people like Clapton and B.B. King, who were in their musical formation over a half century ago. So in their case, and projecting back to a time where modern blues did not exist, it is easy to see how someone with a new and intriguing sound would inspire them. Today it's different. We draw inspiration from more recent works, for the most part. We still reach back to previous generations, but not that far back. This is especially true in the case of blues, where so much developmental work and refinement was done after Johnson that it effectively erased the significance of the man's music and replaced it with more significant works. Today, someone reaching back to an earlier generation would probably consider B.B. King's Live At The Regal album one of the most significant of the early blues works. Clapton did an album recently called Mr. Johnson, which is clearly a tribute to the musical style of Robert Johnson. I personally do no like the album, but it does use modern recording methods and technically sounds better, so if you want to listen to really old time blues, this may have some value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I find his music sounds better on records. I like the crackling and popping. It adds to that style of music. Robert was one of the greats, no question. I checked out his Gibson L1 replica at L&M. Too much money for a so so sounding guitar. Youre paying for Mojo and nothing more. Gibson selling guitars with Mojo????.....hard to believe isnt it? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I used to be able to play Hot Tomales but it's been so long I've forgotten. I think that was one of his few songs played in standard tuning, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarmann199 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 robert johnson yes, the greatest bluesmen to ever walk the earth if you can find a dvd called the search for robert johnson watch it its fasinating. the guy had so much talent. his vocals on a few of his songs were out of sight his brother supposedly made up the whole devil thing. then he kinda got used to it and thought it was cool. then after that all the rockers were like o yea im a devil worshiper im just like robert im so cool. i dont get it. anyway amazing bluesmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I used to be able to play Hot Tomales but it's been so long I've forgotten. I think that was one of his few songs played in standard tuning, but I could be wrong. I dont remember RJ doing that song....I may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I dont remember RJ doing that song....I may be wrong. It might be called Red Hot, I forget. I've got the CD downstairs, but too lazy to get up and look, or check Google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCI Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I'm more of an Elmore James fan. The Sky Is Crying Fine Little Mama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I'm more of an Elmore James fan. The Sky Is Crying Fine Little Mama I love Elmore's music and style. Robert Johnson is great, mind blowing in the sense that he played the guitar as if he was playing a piano. I heard Clapton saying this once and I thought that pretty much sums it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluezboy Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Clapton went through a phase in the 60s where if you were a guitar player that wanted to meet him but didn't know who Robert Johnson was, he wouldn't even talk to you. I believe that says it all. Robert Johnson was the reason (or most of the reason) that blues is the way it is today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 It might be called Red Hot' date=' I forget. I've got the CD downstairs, but too lazy to get up and look, or check Google Oh yeah, it's called "They're red Hot" when Robert does it. If you like the Raw Blues of the 30's and 40's then Blind Willie MacTell is worth a listen. Elmore James is really good, but for that era I have to go with Willie Dixon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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