Stefan Grossman plays "God Moves On The Water" 1972

[potatoepeter1]

hi my absolut mentor, normal i will call this song "god moves on the beer sea" ok, i go bed now

this franlin blues from

[jdgrahamo]

He said once that he uses a bottle neck instead of the more usual slide because the curve (it has to be a certain kind of bottle) allows that splashy sound by not exactly touching all the strings equally.

He also described how bottleneck originated -- a pianist was playing in a bar when a fight broke out. He carried on bravely until the piano got pushed over and started rolling around on the bottles that had been lined up on top. "You know what," he said, "that would sound good on the guitar..."

[GtrWorkShp]

@jdgrahamo I didn't say the below!! Where did you get this from??

[jdgrahamo]

@GtrWorkShp

It was in a folk club in Sunderland about mid-sixties. You weren't booked as a guest, you'd just came in on spec and played a few tunes. Dallas Rag was one. You had two guitars with you, and played bottleneck after telling this story. I was most impressed, as I played a bit myself, and have always remembered that evening.

[seanr521]

gr8

[thallassocracy]

This was the only Open D bottleneck piece Stefan included on his epochal 'How To Play Blues Guitar' album.

Grossman makes the tune his own - and there is nothing wrong with that.

[cheesed227]

haha 1972

[inikokir]

not really the same, but he made it his own good

[keo774]

for a few of years grossman lived near my house in rome when i wasn't born yet.

i think he had a studio there

the kiking mule or something like that

[vintageguitarguru]

what tuning is this?

[ojnabieoot]

@vintageguitarguru Open C# (flat open D), I believe.

[alucardisdumb]

what a picker!

i'd kill for that guitar too.

[JuanDeSoCal]

wow, he looked like a young beatnik hipster back then

[jifigz]

Damn, Stefan Grossman is SO GOOD! I won't be satisfied till I can play like him!

[RandyHaddock]

wild!

[yourpaljc]

Guys, seriously - c'mon, this is dreadful! Check out Blind Willie Johnson's unbelievable original from 1929.

[bconti]

nothing wrong with Blind Willie Johnson, but to call this version dreadful is proof that you're just a poser.

[paulwhitberg]

@bconti nothing Grossman does is "dreadful." He has done so much for people wanting to learn acoustic blues.

[paulwhitberg]

@bconti nothing Grossman does is "dreadful." He has done so much for people wanting to learn acoustic blues. Just curious...(I know you are responding to someone's post), what did he/she finddreadful about the video?

[skitmeister]

my mum was friends with Stefan back in denmark and i'm now doing guitar myself and i'd love to play with bottle neck

[robertbunuel]

Stefan you simply great! what a talent. I have been associated with pickers for 40 years,was taught by Steve Mann.

[MusicEd1]

Watching and listening to Stephan Grossman, sure does take me back. I started learning how to play fingerstyle with Stephan's tapes (well, casettes) 26 some odd years ago. The first tune I learned from beginning to end, was a tune call Yazoo Basin Boogie. Tough little piece back then. Gave me a run for my money, but taught be alot. Peace.

[ZepHead1971]

That is some killer slide

[WoodstockImprov]

Which open tuning is this? Thanks!

[stephen25uk]

Great playing but terrible t-shirt.

[LittleBrotherBlues]

When people talk about Stephan being a great player this is the type of stuff I think of. These earlier videos are priceless. Half the time I buy his lesson DVDs just to watch the performances by him and others. This is the real stuff. Nice Stella!

[bobdwilliams]

fantastic!

[RaggedTime]

Hey - Interesting looking guitar! any info about it?

[neonbladedotcom]

absolutely beautiful!

[dobro1963]

hoi steffan i am from belgium

and i learn to play whit your videos

chek out my plaing? please give me a respons

im a great fan of you your playing is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

geats from Dobroman [lens Gunther]

[deeleyj]

I need to find one that will fit my finger, they're all way too big. I can't find a bottle with a neck small enough. I thought I might use a test tube, but they're too big too and not heavy enough. Ditto on the medicine bottles I dug up out of the back yard (circa 1950). There must be one somewhere...

[sm1164]

Put a piece of sponge in your slide if it's too big.

[deeleyj]

Thanks, I actually found that a piece of weatherstripping (the kind you put around windows) worked really well, lol. As it turns out, slide is a whole differnt skill set from fingerpicking; I'm back to fingerpicking! Maybe later I'll give slide another try.

[guyforsyth]

I have been using $2 bills, two bucks of mojo. All I get. Love this video.

[royjpas]

I have this film: is wonderfull (with tablatures

[natureswhey]

Beautiful...I love the busted bottleneck. If you want I could cut you one thats not broken?

Kevin