good point re clapton. but not necessarily poverty stricken and no hope. alot of black african music is buzzy, fuzzy, dirty, funky, natural. ray charles said the difference between rock n roll and rhythm and blues, its source, was that r n b was more 'dirty'.
You have NAILED that groove - not because it is "perfect" but because it is not - you have absolutely captured the raw emotion in your playing. i always felt that was Clapton's problem - he is too good/clean/perfect/technical and thus his music almost always lacks that "blues feeling" - the emotion of a poverty stricken black man with no hope and no future - (cont)
Man, that is quite simply the coolest blues groove there is, nobody like John lee hookers simple yet killer style...Thanks so much, been searching for this sound for so long it came as soon as you uncovered the 'mystery'. If anyone wants to hear John at his best get his 'Crawling black spider' version of 'crawling kingsnake' it priceless and simply unforgetable in its guitar sound. Cheers again, and please keep up the teaching
Long, long-time fan and first-time commenter. Thanks very much for all your sharing, BlindBoy. Inspirational as always! Good luck with your new endevors.
You are a superb teacher. Many thanks for your lesson.
vvgmhod4 2 months ago
great lesson and easy to follow.
PhatElvis7 10 months ago
fantastic
hopkinss1021 1 year ago
cool lesson.. thanks
toksandman 1 year ago
thanks mate that is soo cool to learn like that! thanks again mate!
space2703 1 year ago
This is great ,I've been trying to work out to play this riff properly since I first heard ZZ Top rip it from JLH !
daveburnham 1 year ago
Very good lesson - thanks a lot for all your lessons mate.
booksol 1 year ago
way to rip it up blues man good lesson you give it your all ever time
kt2big4u 1 year ago
GREAT LESSON MATE IS THAT A MARTIN?
fakemoz 1 year ago
Many thanks, my friend!
Simply groovy
larryboulder 2 years ago
good point re clapton. but not necessarily poverty stricken and no hope. alot of black african music is buzzy, fuzzy, dirty, funky, natural. ray charles said the difference between rock n roll and rhythm and blues, its source, was that r n b was more 'dirty'.
sferemonk 2 years ago
You have NAILED that groove - not because it is "perfect" but because it is not - you have absolutely captured the raw emotion in your playing. i always felt that was Clapton's problem - he is too good/clean/perfect/technical and thus his music almost always lacks that "blues feeling" - the emotion of a poverty stricken black man with no hope and no future - (cont)
utahprof 2 years ago
its more like zztop than John Lee.
kramred 3 years ago
who was first ZZ Top or John Lee Hooker
OhYeah729 2 years ago
John Lee was first. By about 40 years ...
guillll 2 years ago
u kidding!!!!
The Hook sold a million with this number back in 1948.
6 months late but seriously...
arjhendrix 2 years ago
beutiful clapton signature man, great styling, thats what its all about
bigfur52 3 years ago
Man, that is quite simply the coolest blues groove there is, nobody like John lee hookers simple yet killer style...Thanks so much, been searching for this sound for so long it came as soon as you uncovered the 'mystery'. If anyone wants to hear John at his best get his 'Crawling black spider' version of 'crawling kingsnake' it priceless and simply unforgetable in its guitar sound. Cheers again, and please keep up the teaching
redanddablues 3 years ago
couldn't you tune your guitar in an open A tuning to make it easier?????
522drwagon 3 years ago
thats what JLH does on the record boogie chillun'. It makes it easier to get the damped sound
TheFanHead2 3 years ago
thanks alot man ... I love your guitar
jonnyjamesblues 3 years ago
Nice you enabled comments again. Thanks a lot for your videos
rghoyos 3 years ago
COOOOOL VIDEO! I`ll try it.
Mixxalu4 3 years ago
This is hot ! Most "blues players" miss the whole groove and turn it into a white boy disco blues....
waxdoc 3 years ago
Long, long-time fan and first-time commenter. Thanks very much for all your sharing, BlindBoy. Inspirational as always! Good luck with your new endevors.
beykerash 3 years ago