curing the blues noodle

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Grunfeld said:

SimonC said:

Try to Learn some Johnny Marr stuff.
Even if it’s not your thing, it’ll open your eyes to how to weave chords and melody together.

He's an interesting one for me.  I always thought he was a bit difficult to figure out.  I didn't listen to The Smiths much therefore never really understood Marr's playing.  I was a bit lost... till recently.  The penny dropped as I was learning something completely different** which sounded like Johnny Marr had been dropped in over the top, but over a really clear chord structure... and I sussed it:  Marr's Smith's sound is the top guitar lines without the obvious strumming that you could fit in underneath it.  I know I'm several decades late to the party on this one but it's nice to get there in the end!

** Sauti Sol, "Sura Yako"

Nice to see some Kenyan music getting some love