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Hee hee. Oh, the memories. I used to be in a band with another guitar player who's pedal board consisted of an E-Bow, a Korg Pandora, and a volume/wah pedal. One day at a practice he stopped me while I was playing and said, "What is that?" I wasn't sure what he meant, so I noodled for a...

Well. Terrific performance. Dazzling, in fact. Rick was an all-star and a master in his own right. But. Better than Cream? It's an elaborate and compelling arrangement, but if you break it down, they're not covering any ground that Cream didn't cover over ten years earlier. That's what made...

'Zackly. Old New Orleans jazz was typically clarinet, horns, bass or tuba. and sometimes drums, with piano and banjo playing rhythm. Jazz bands that deviated too far (for instance, with the piano playing solos) were considered posers. For further eye-openers, read Mezz Mezzrow's Really the Blues.

Dave's The Man.

Dunno about Delbert and John, but I like it. Emmy Lou can do no wrong. I'd'a run off with her years ago if my heart didn't belong to Aretha.

And hey, Bill, don't miss post 1,003!

Absolutely! If the words don't cut it, the song doesn't cut it. There's nothing wrong with an uninspired lick or chord progression — fifty thousand blues players can't be wrong, and neither can Bob Dylan — but lame lyrics are a stone-cold deal killer.

Nice choice! And since Delbert wrote it, let's weigh in on his version:

I saw 'em once in '69. Big fun! Good to know some of the monsters are still at large.

And how do you like the original?

Yeah, I'd take out the second E and second T.

Ow! Thanks fer nuthin'!

Stop me if I've posted these before. Love Willis's version. C&T's: Ow ow ow! And you can bet Willis never sang it for Henry.

Easy. There comes a point when one song becomes two different songs. They're both great — one a singer/songwriter masterwork, one a guit-slinger masterwork.

Someone at Acoustic Guitar Forum has questions about his '73 Guild's top. What kind of spruce were they using then? Did they use different spruces for different models, like Engelman versus Sitka versus Adirondack? Google says Sitka tops, but I thought I'd ask real people, too. Thanks!

I went to a Guy/Wells show in the early eighties with my radical feminist girlfriend. She looked like she was having a blast, but just to make sure, after the show I asked her if she was okay, what with all the misogynist lyrics. She grinned and said, "Oh, no! That's the blues!" (Exactly what...

Yeah, I always think of Buddy as the blues Hendrix and Jimi as the rock Guy.

If you want to believe what the video says, it's '72. (See post 17.)

Heh heh. A couple friends and I were visiting Chicago in the late seventies, and everyone we asked said we could go hear some great blues at Theresa's. So we went. It was a Thursday night, so we were real happy to see a big sign over the door that said "Buddy Guy and Junior Wells live Thursday...

Beats seeing the gigantic witness change. Hey! What about wah-wah pedals?!