West Coast Blues or Oh What A Time It Was To Be Alive

Check out my CD "Old Blues" on ITunes and CD Baby. I filmed this in one take and I'm posting it warts and all, with false starts,etc, to illustrate how trying to play Blind Blake is like jumping out of an airplane: if it doesn't start well and the chute gets tangled, you're screwed.
But once you jump, you better just keep going and enjoy the ride...
I was working on Blind Blake's West Coast Blues when I heard word that an old friend and bandmate, Joe Pici, had passed away...I wrote a lyric about playing music in the '60s and comparing it to other great musical times and places...then realized the words went perfectly with Blind Blake's music - apologies to Mr. Blake and his many devotees...myspace.com/phildrum

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Music

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• west
• coast
• blues
• acoustic
• singer
• songwriter
• guitar
• fingerpicking
• Blind
• Blake
• sixties
• saratoga
• phild1214

[Mikey4lock]

Keep em comin

An sure enough you do , still trying to master wabash blues

 Let alone singin as well great stuff

[phild1214]

Thanks for the nice cmment...

[KrisShred]

Great voice. Fits perfectly to the Blues!

[phild1214]

Thanks again - you're very kind!!

[sad0happy]

Woow.. I so envy you right now. :D just started playing a while ago.. God how embarrasing. :) but of course I can't learn to play quitar just like that ^^ nice song.

[phild1214]

Thanks - it's great you're playing, great for us all to play and make music, and always something to learn!

[anthonypepitoneVideo]

Nice job with the playing - like the new lyrics!

[sabsblues]

They're mine - the explanation is in the info...

[stevenkoehler]

Where did those lyrics come from?

[teddisdad]

great job nice and great keep it up

[2xVitamR]

That's really good, 5* and greetings from Germany

Michael

[Frenk78rpm]

No need apologizing to old man Blake, my friend, love the song (and blake is a bitch to play...good job!)

[kickingmule]

Hi, That's Good ! Don't try so hard, cause Blind Blake is hard to play but his music is always good. I have the original on my site, but who cares !

Peace !

Urban

[anthonypepitoneVideo]

Nicely done - tried to learn this tune off Jorma's instructional video but haven't gotten past the 4th bar yet! (Haven't given up though.) :)