Backin tracks are great to learn how to imnprovise. Especiall the Blues scheme is easy to learn and great to start improvising. You can practice the chords and you learn the orientation on the fretboard. You can practice the fingering with the left hand and train playing in different positions and changing the positions without […]
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Jackie Vension is a young blues guitarist from Austin, Texas. She started with the classical piano and studied at Berklee College, but then decided to learn to play the electric guitar. In a short time she has developed her own style. Jackie Vension can perform solo using loopers, but she mostly plays with a trio
Jimi Hocking is an Australian blues guitar player and singer who has discovered the mandolin some years ago. There are some great videos from a performance in Memphis. Jimi Hocking has also performed together with Bert Deivert who is another well known blues mandolin player Enjoy my playlist! Jimi Hocking – Blues Mandolin Jimi Hocking
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On Wednesday we attended a concert with Orianthi in the 100 Club, Oxford Street. We had to wait for a long time in the typical English queue until we were let in, and event then we had to wait more until Orianthi came to the stage. Orianthi is a young guitarist with Greek / Australian
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My friend Eric likes to play this tune, so I thought that I should listen to some recordings of it and learn topplay it right. I have found many interesting videos and compiled thos in my playlist. This tune goes back to the 1930s when it has been recorded by the Mississippi Sheiks: Mississippi Sheiks
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Today I have listened to the music of LIFE GOES ON -Musicians Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) at Airplay Direct. I did especially like the second song form this CD – GOODBYE TO THE BLUES – Johnson Mountain Boys. I have made a playlist with performances of the Johnson Mountain Boys Playlist Johnson Mountain Boys Wikipedia about the
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I have recently found a concert with Harrison Kennedy on the CBC Concerts on Demand site. Harrison Kennedy plays mandolin, guitar, banjo, harmonica and he sings. During the 60s Harrison was a member of The Chairman of the Board and he was very successful: In 1968 the Detroit POP GROUP “The Chairmen of the Board.”
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Eddie Kirkland – known as the Gypsy of the Blues – has died in a car accident. He was 87 years old. He was still performing 40 weeks every year and just came from a concert when the accident happened. Eddie Kirkland started playing the guitar and performing at an early age of 12 years
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NPR has added two interesting Christmas playlists to their program. The forst one has been compiled from the favorite holiday songs from 10 different partner stations and includes all kind of music, from classical, pop, rap, bluegrass, jazz, folk, … It’s a seasonal tradition to gripe miserably about the ubiquity of holiday music — about
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I am currently learning the Jackson Stomp and I have collected some information about this tune. The Jackson Stomp has been recorded in the 1920s by Charlie McCoy and the Mississippi Mud Steppers. Playlist Jackson Stomp A nice version with mandolin: Jackson Stomp I have found another video of the Jackson Stomp from the discussion
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