Old Country Rock - William Moore

This is my version of the 1920s guitar instrumental by William Moore. It's played in Dropped D Tuning and very similar to Moore's other "hit" One Way Gal.

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• Country
• Blues

[lolasphere]

Thanks for this! I bought a record years ago called Really the Country Blues! (1927-1934) on Origin Jazz Library and this is among my favourites on that LP. Well done with that picking!

[djmoore20041]

Thanks! My version is a combination of licks from the original by William Moore and a later version by guitarist Steffan Grossman - from whose videos I learned how to play this style.

[djmoore20041]

Agreed. I started out with Grossman's "How To Play Blues Guitar" on VHS about 13 years ago. I also have a friend who plays fingerpicking blues and have learned a lot of the subtle techniques from him. It also helps to watch the old videos of the guys from the 1960s when most were filmed for the first - and only - times.

[glockdoc]

The place to start fingerpicking like this is with Stefan (with an f) Grossman's "Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques" 2 DVD set. I've learned a ton from it. Playing with an alternating bass is very tough at first but if you work hard at it it will become natural.

[djmoore20041]

I agree, I really struggled with the alternating bass for about 2 months. Then one day, it just clicked. The concept that helped me the most was realizing that you are NOT playing two separate lines - bass and melody. Instead, you are playing them "together." That is, many times you hit a bass note and a treble note at the SAME time. Once I figured that out, the whole style came easy to me.

[peteraccettura]

Nice. I love Moore's "One Way Gal." I saw Woody Mann perform it a couple of days ago. Is there an instructional DVD that you would recommend that teaches this style of fingerpicking?

[djmoore20041]

I started out with Steffan Grossman's Beginners Country Blues Guitar -- I think it's still available. Go to his Website - Steffan Grossman's Guitar Workshop. They might also have it used (and cheaper) on E-Bay or Amazon. Thanks!

[VesperPete]

This tune has a subtle infectious joy about it - and you obviously love playing it. Thanks. 5*'s.

[giorgiopicker]

tnx nice version and i found out at last who the author was!

ciao gio'

[peteraccettura]

Thanks for the information; appreciate the quick response!