Kokomo Blues-Fred McDowell

[bluesintheblood]

do you have an LR Baggs M1 attached to any guitars? Looking at getting the K n K for a guitar of mine that doesn't fit soundhole pickups (too small), but thinking of an M1 for another guitar of mine....

[MSB76]

@bluesintheblood Never used an M1. I've got K & K's in all my guitars (except the resonator which has a National Hot Plate). 

[bluesintheblood]

@MSB76 cool...curious if you still have the Blueridge BR163A...i picked one up a few months ago...looking to get that with a pick up as well and since that Adirondak top just crackles with a sharp nice tone, looking for a pup that is quite sensitive to that

[MSB76]

@bluesintheblood mine didn't have an A at the end, but... i THINK it's an adirondack spruce top... at any rate, yeah, i still got it. it also has a k and k in it. it's been working fine for me, but i always view pickups as a compromise. guitars always sound better unplugged to me.

[bluesintheblood]

@bluesintheblood yeah, I agree...my buddy has an M1 active through a Roland AC60...sounds very pure and true to acoustic tone....but what I hear of KK intrigues me and they are about 100 beans less...thanks!

[feelingproject]

Excellent..

[bellbottomed]

This guy's got the vibe.

[ianwalkerdownland]

The laugh at the end says to me, Now beat that. And why not, don"t hide your light under a bushel. An old saying my mum used to use

[MSB76]

@ianwalkerdownland That's funny... The tongue and the laugh at the end were a result of my own self-consciousness. I didn't think this take would be a keeper while I was recording it. Came out better than I thought. We're all our own worst critics I guess. I just googled your Mum's saying... Nice! And many thanks for the encouragement!!

[pacificnorthwester]

PHAT!

[ponchatwmac]

I loved this Mike. You are a great talent.  (resodziadzu)

[johnniedig]

Great tune, kick-ass take on it, beautiful guitar, killer voice. Blown away.

[jamesonscales666]

damn man....you can play like a motherfuck. I do my own thing, but you got that pickin sweet soulful and honest and beautiful thing in such a lovely way, i commend you and love it..

[Bdiddly1]

always come back&listen to this!love this guys playing!

[jrtpf]

man thats cool! Great playing

[MrBluesforyou]

Fred would take the biggest pleasure in your cover!!!

[Bdiddly1]

im the same as vinniedurrant!i cant stop listening to this&trying to pick up some little bits!

[felineth56]

Great sound and playing!

[StewFairweather]

Hey Mike.

Love it! Top draw.

Never pardon your mistakes. You might trick the viewer into listening for them rather than just enjoying the piece (like I just did).

A couple more listens just to make sure.....nah, couldn't hear any mistakes and deffinately enjoyed it!

[CelticMandoDude]

Nice playing! You do have the alternating-bass finger style down.

[vinniedurrant]

Lol i thought this guy was "kelly pavlic" for a second,

That was very enjoyable to listen to. i am determined to learn this.

good job:)

[wolfchimneyrock]

outstanding!

[ptchjamie]

I've watched this video about 40 times, now, over the past few months. Thanks so much for posting this. I'm sure as a musician, you know what I mean when I say that this song gives me that feeling like, "I wonder if the person who made this song even knows how good it is."

[vinniedurrant]

@ptchjamie Yeah, the same, just can't stop listenig to it + i wanna know how to play it so bad.

[dommebaard]

Dude! This is really awesome, I am just trying to jam on this tune with my guitar here due to the shear awesomeness of your playing! Thumbs up!

[jamescaptainfarrell]

Still a kick ass tune. Finally figured out your finger picking pattern which is the real ball buster of this one. It is actually a banjo roll. Of course the banjo is tuned to open G so a lot of the shit we play in G sounds like the banjo somewhat. Anyhow awesome tune. Can't wait to get to the point where i can sing it too :)

[jamescaptainfarrell]

Mike, awesome is that a particular banjo roll your doing ? I can't for teh life of me figure it out

[MSB76]

Much thanks, Knuck. No, I never did learn any banjo rolls (not intentionally anyways). This is all based on playing an alternating bass on the 5th and 4th strings but I do move my thumb around as needed for whatever else I wanna play. I don't really think about the pattern too much. Just get a sound in my head and move my fingers around until I get close... I think I should study banjo to help me figure out what I'm trying to do with slide guitar...

[donluke578]

Good God man......that one sizzles! Mind blowin pickin and singin for sure!

[fetermcblues]

Great work ..the guitar tone just perfect !!!

[dgrucci]

Nice pickin' on a great tune.

[IplayBanjoNow]

I can't stop watching this one. Amazing.

[lostintheblues]

Nice version man, very enjoyable

[CoyoteSlim]

Sounds great!

[ayhcult]

Glad that guitar is workin out for ya !

[MSB76]

Yo Alvin!! Yeah, it's a great guitar. I feel privileged to be lookin' after it.

Come back to the Northwest!! (And bring Luther and Jimbo...)

[MSB76]

thanks. i dove straight into fingerpicking and open tunings/slide when i learned to play guitar seven years ago. i started out with a compilation of lessons from acoustic guitar magazine. then i discovered all the dvds that cover this stuff at guitarvideos (dot) com and homespuntapes (dot) com. there are some great tutorials on youtube nowadays as well. for slide, DADF#AD and DGDGBD are the two most common tunings. i just tend to tune lower than that to suit my voice.

[Kamisusto]

soooooo awesome. i can only dream of the day when i can play that well. how did you learn to play open tunings? i dont know any.

[tiddlypom]

Love it. Great drive.

[stewart73]

I've listened to this about 20 times...love it.

[coachdoc49]

Oh yeah. That's the stuff. Love it.

[bluesgurugod]

great job!

[Guardian1223]

Close your eyes and he's a 50 year old black blues man.

Perfection.

[SixMissing]

Totally enjoyable music and guitar playing!! I love it!!!!

[batfink777]

You just get better and better mike!

[crocauslide]

Wow man ! This sounds awesome !

[sands4us]

Your playing has such drive and feel to it .....brilliant!

You sure you didn't grow up in the deep south sharecropping ???

As others say .....5+ stars

Stephen

[ddking66]

Great stuff !

[rasmichael]

That's brilliant !!

[guitarded71]

We'll pretend that I can rate this 5 stars...

I had one of those Supertones round-ho' archtops, great BIG neck. Don't think mine had any illustrious previous owners, though.

[MSB76]

thanks, zak. yeah, this thing does have a nice beefy v neck on it. this is the only guitar i ever wanna play if i'm goin' for a hill country mcdowell type thing. i feel lucky to have it.

[vinniedurrant]

@MSB76 Great guitar but i don't think i can afford one at this atge in my life, don't suppose you happen to no of any affordable archtops with decent sound quality?

[MSB76]

@vinniedurrant i just stumbled across this one accidentally. never really played any other archtops. i hear Kays from the 50s-60s are great if you can find one at a decent price.

[vinniedurrant]

@MSB76 True, jack whites got one and it sounds unreal.

[laurentus100]

Man, than tune works quite well and good! Got a lot of good news today, was blessed from head to toes, and this new video is one of them...and your spontaneous laugh at the end speak volumes.

Super thanks

laurent

[tomfeldmannmusic]

great job!

[vleb]

Yeah ! Great !! 5 *

[DamianNixon]

...ratings disabled? 5 starry fingies anyway

[MSB76]

thanks. never been a big rating fan.

[DamianNixon]

cool sounds bro. D. great notes from that lump of wood.

[JesseMathews]

great playing and slide, must be in open D right ?

[MSB76]

much thanks. open f# actually. check the description.

[JesseMathews]

i saw now...it was hidden thanks...