r l burnside poor black mattie lesson by bluesboy jag

[osker07001]

you played it like a cracker...

[schlooterhead]

@osker07001 cool, that's what i am so i succeeded : )

[scottwasson]

Thanks for this lesson man. Really appreciate you going into the strum pattern and and nuances - soo helpful.

[schlooterhead]

@scottwasson thanks, enjoy!

[erpvb]

this really helped me ! thanks !!!!

[schlooterhead]

@erpvb great, i'm glad. enjoy

[diemc7a1]

Geesus

[schlooterhead]

there are three hundred trillion ways to play hill country blues, this is my way : ) even the original blues cats changed the way they played songs, RL himself has several styles of this song as well as others. I don't mimmick other players note for note, lick for lick, i prefer to add to their wonderful tunes and reinterpret old blues songs just as they did and just as thousands of famous guitarists have done over the past 60 years of rock n roll : ) why be a copy cat?

[jpmsaelman]

thanks, great lesson. Instructive! In contrast to some others, go on. For sure, the purpose is not copying, but always play your own feeling and interpretation. Music is personal. Why all that comparing, Nobody is the same. You learn from everybody, also from Burnside and his contempories. Burnside learned much from his neighbour Fred mcDowell and so on. Have your own style. Thanks and please continue. Joshuablues

[schlooterhead]

as far as choking, (damping), i use both hands depending on what song im playing, its hard to verbalize, : )

[emos541]

thnak you sir you got any tips on chokeing ive been palaying for 4 years and never have understood that or got it down

[dronai]

I really liked the lesson. I can't believe all thye negative people on here !

[Espeliowski]

what tune is that man? I mean the strings... Thanks ok, ok, I got it... Open A:

E A E A C# e, Hei,hei!!

[Espeliowski]

what tune is that man? I mean the strings... Thanks

[Espeliowski]

what tune is that man?

[wolfieboyer]

I would like to see all the blues maters leaving negative comments on here post some videos so we can see how it is really supposed to sound . Otherwise , please keep your opinions (which amount to shit) to yourselves. You don't like it? Don't watch it. Tough concept.

[madFlam1]

@wolfieboyer well i would, but people are looking for me

I'm going to watch it again, and your opinions on my opinions don't mean shit either, so do one you twat.

[urgelboogie]

ohhhh shit !!! You try but its not enough.......please respect R.L dont put this kind of stuff online.

[twalling]

I have a feeling I know you... you from Austin?

[madFlam1]

what are you doing making lessons when you can barely play the guitar? i don't mean to hate but you need to practice.

this is nothing like the way the country blues were played and it's definately nothing like burnside's style.

and don't try and say that it's your interpretation, lean how to play your instrument first, and don't hand out any more tricks from the old masters, this i grown ups music.

[FIRECRACKER392]

Nice picking, BUT man please dont sing this anymore, RL is liable to come back & shoot you for that,, he probably would if he were still here,, Really dude, please dont try the singing it again,, its embarassing to hear !

[michael573114]

sup with the 30 seconds of crap at the begining?

[DatBluesGuy]

Son, I can't believe some of the comments you're getting! Maybe I should add that RL used nickel Nat'l fingerpicks, strung his git with GHS boomer 11s, and oiled his elbow with JW Red, so yer HARDLY AUTHENTIC!!! JEEZ PPL! This kid's giving a lot of of himself, and I for one appreciate his generosity. FYI, most of the masters, as Son House pointed out, never played a song the same way twice! Son, can you teach us a freight train strum pattern, ala David Jacobs-Strain? I'm really interested...!

[FIRECRACKER392]

@DatBluesGuy ,

God forbid this guy tries to mimick SON HOUSE !

Please dont encourage that ! , This is bad enough,, he dont even know the name of the song, muchless sound anywhere near RL`s music ...........

[leakygutter]

haha you suck worse than me

[sngncwby]

I bet you play that guitar just cuz it's all Beat up!! Hell boy, Muddy Waters invented Electricity!!

[gageman70]

@sngncwby crossroads :)

[madgoldtop]

never heard R L play it like that or the North Mississippi Allstars

[schlooterhead]

@madgoldtop this is my interpretation. Be sure and put your own stamp on old blues tunes like the blues masters did, please refrain from playing them note for note in order to keep the tradition alive. That's how the masters learned and passed on their craft.

[madgoldtop]

@schlooterhead i try to put my stamp on everything i play slightly changing a rhythm augmentation or simply doing my way but cool man i think we see a lot of things musically the same

[schlooterhead]

@madgoldtop the NMA play RL songs in a rock n roll style although great as well. They also play them much much faster than RL did but that's their interpretation and its ALL good : )

[madgoldtop]

@schlooterhead i love there north mississippi allstar hill country revue duwayne and luther kicked ass together ! A little dissapointed that luther joined the black crowes putting the allstars on hold

[kentuckuh]

are you sure he damps the strings with his fret hand? it sure doesn't look like it in the acoustic video from the 1970s. I can do pops in clawhammer banjo (one fingernail follows the other when played over the neck overtop a harmonic, producing a "pop" or "cluck"), but can't figure out how to do it with a thumb unless, as you say, the fret hand damps the strings.

[kentuckuh]

are you sure he damps the strings with his left hand? I watch the old acoustic video and it sure doesn't look like he damps the strings with the fret hand, but I can't figure out how else you can get a pop with the thumb.

[NeoTRP]

great lesson. not many people explain the right hand technique, but you did it well. thanx!

[bensmith3200]

This is fantastic. To hear the groove played slowly really helps. You're the man!

[ramblinman111]

also rl plays in open G that dsnt sound open G sounds F

[ramblinman111]

not bad more of a cover dsnt sound like rls but close enough i like to here ppl interpataions gd playin man need a lil bit better instructions for ppl who arent good or just dumb

[sprintstar100]

great playing! could have clearer how to instructions especially on the the main rhythm!

[SavantSvant]

Really thank you for this! I have been studying some of RL Burnsides vids here on youtube, trying to learn that claw finger picking thingy! :S

It's hard, to get a hang of it... atleast for me, im noob to this guitar and 21 years old, maybe to old to start but well i have to, i like the music to much... not too.

Thanks for this, very much much!

[bigdaddysmojo]

Jag great lesson... I might just be able to learn this one

Big Daddy

[Bluzer86]

nice

[neonlittledog]

how do you tune to open A can,t find it on internet

[schlooterhead]

that's his best album. you should learn how to play foot drums, see my latest. vid.

[architeuthis1000]

there are a lot of versions... i really want to find someone to play the drums and do an electric version, like on the album "too bad jim"

[architeuthis1000]

sounds awesome man!

[schlooterhead]

thanks, i learned it last night, still workin on it.