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This has come about from a thread in the classifieds for a Vintage47 Micro Mini amp and the conversations that built up around that. I suggested starting a seperate thread to stop the highjacking of that thread so we could discuss gear, who we're listening to, what we're learing etc. So @JMC, @DB1, @billzabozo, @pinstripephil, @surfguy13 and anyone else who wants to join in...let's begin
So, I've been trying to learn this stuff for the last couple of years, I didn't really know people like Bill Jennings, Tiny Grimes etc. until I started looking for ways to play blues rhythm guitar that wasn't your usual boogie guitar line and lead that wasn't a pentatonic box. Came across Tommy Harkenrider online and it began there. I bought his jump blues lessons and signed up to his subscription lessons and it's slowly coming together. Difficult to find anyone around here (Manchester) who's into this sort of stuff to actually jam on or start a band but that's my plan going forward.
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Wynnonie Harris also has some cool guitar players (Mary Osbourne), also check out some of the Nat King Cole Trio’s instrumentals for a more swinging feel...and it’s no less cooler for that!
So Little Walter to Ray Charles - Louis Jordan to Eddie Cochran - Love artist today like Duke Robillard and Pokey La Farge
Call it swing, call it jazz, call it blue, call it jump n jive - They all borrow from each other
I love the genius of a song like 'Hit the road Jack' that it has no solo - Yet if you covered it you can add solo if required, or indeed just drop on to a bass guitar + drum groove and sit on it for a couple of chorus
Great aspect of youtube in that you find an artist but on the right hand side it lists so many similar songs/artists, styles etc that before you know where you are you've spent an hour touring, discovering etc
loved when Brian Setzer had a go at it.
Here's a starter-for-10
Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
A pretty obscure guy who you are unlikely to stumble across but who does have some stuff on iTunes is Job Striles, especially his album “Sings and Plays”. There’s a track on there called “Coffee” that kills, as well as a great version of Okie Dokie Stomp.
I find a big part of getting that sound is “playing the II-V that isn’t there” especially going from the I to the IV. Then the judicious dropping in of Charlie Christian and bebop licks here and there.
If I was looking for a drummer I’d be looking amongst jazzers instead of people who considered themselves blues players. Ditto for bass.
This fats Domino track almost sums up this style and era for me in one track - I know there are shed loads of options etc etc, but in one track this does/says a lot - along with this by Little Walter
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
Joel Patterson playing live (in a swing style):
Or with a looper at home, copping Les Paul:
Older live video:
Live show: - check about 14 minutes in for a lovely bit of playing.
I assume flatwounds? I currently have all my guitars strung with flats even my telecaster & love the sound and feel (it forces me to play in a certain way) but I do find I need quite bright amps to compensate.