--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_re...@...> wrote:
> This is one of my favorite blues songs: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibdw32oWIvo > > But does the bassist play mainly only the root > of the chord?? Hey Card, I love the guy too, thanks for posting it. As you probably know this remake of his mega hit "Dust My Broom" (with is a remake of Robert Johnson's original) was an attempt to cash in on his big hit with the same guitar work. I don't hear a bass player, just a rhythm guitar. The bass line is with his thumb and is a simple 1,4,5 shuffle pattern. He remade this song another time, changing the words a bit more in "Look On Yonder Wall." A family just posted this video of my Summer show on Youtube recently so you can see the guitar part easily. I am playing in open Ab and Elmore usually played in open E. While I'm at it, here is a video of me at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN last month. Similar guitar pattern slowed down. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8lZ6-EPcrI There were 80 contestants from all over the world in my solo category. All the solo blues artists of the year for their local blues societies. I represented Washington DC. >
