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When the Levee Breaks
chessblues
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Okay, I know it's not raining. But how many more chances will I get to sing a song on the levee in Sabula? And the weather channel did promise thunderstorms. Thanks to Leo ...
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Main Street
chessblues
4,200 views
For about half a year back in the early '70's, I shared a house on Main Street in Urbana, Illinois with some very good friends. Having only lived in apartment buildings up ...
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Leaving Blues
chessblues
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1972, on the verge of my first trip to Europe. Didn't know where I was going, but I knew I was leaving something behind. (Turns out I left the whole country behind). Sat wi...
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Buckets of Rain
chessblues
973 views
From Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan's great album from 1974. He doesn't play the song exactly the way I do, but that's his privilege. My guitar, an Edelton tuned to open E,...
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That'll Be No Way to Get Along
chessblues
1,957 views
Friday night, alone with a slide, a shot glass, and a half empty bottle of rye. Playing the Devils music, like Robert Wilkins did back in 1928, but not nearly as well. He t...
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The Motorcycle Song
chessblues
12,030 views
Arlo Guthrie wrote this song in a big hurry back in the 1960's, and has been apologizing ever since. Rick Taub now joins the thousands of YouTube guitar players out there w...
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The Glory of Love
chessblues
7,416 views
A Billy Hill tune from 1936, recorded by Benny Goodman and many, many others. Rick Taub's personal favorite is a unique performance by Joseph Spence, which should not be mi...
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Key to the Highway
chessblues
5,845 views
Rick Taub with another Big Bill rip-off, but hey, that's what music is all about, isn't it? We inspire, share and learn from each other. Best of luck to you.
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John Lee
chessblues
1,203 views
Your thumb and your fingers have been working in unison ever since you first grabbed on to your mother at the maternity ward, and they've been working as a unit ever since....
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King of the C Blues
chessblues
2,370 views
Rick Taub had Big Bill in the back, no, in the front of his mind when he wrote this song for his students. As any pre-war blues player knows, the key of C presents a very r...
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