Watermelon Slim - Smokestack Lightning
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Uploaded by Sp33dBr33d on Mar 27, 2006
This is Watermelon Slim - the only Oklahoma blues musician signed to a major label. This guy is the real deal... He's been driving a truck for 30 years, been in vietnam, has three degrees, and just a few more teeth... All the rock and rollers out there that call themselves blues players take note... Oh...and he's left handed - so, that's a righty dobro he's playing, upside down and backwards. Filmed in Canada for a soon to be released short film.
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@satansprick13 "The Blues ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad, thinkin' 'bout the woman he once was with". You don't have to be black or any other colour. All modern popular music comes from The Blues; so by your absurd rationale, only black people can produce pop music - how bizarre! As for white ass killin' The Blues: er, Clapton, Butterfield, Vaughan, Kooper, Zappa, Beck, Shepherd, Lang, Bonnamassa, Allman, Winter, Healey, Wilson, Musselwhite, Rebennack, Baldry, etc. Defence rests.
1 year ago 17
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@satansprick13 back to the good old days of white presidents and black bluesmen then, my friend? i think i like these days just fine.
1 year ago 5
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some really good stuff here
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brilliant video
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I beg to differ. Why isn't that a guitar?
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he is actually playing it the wrong way round its a lap style guitar for a right handed player,look closely the thiner string are towards him
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love it
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Who dislikes this?
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just looked closer and yes he is playing a dobro in this one .his usual national is a real wreck but sound pretty good
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slim doesnt play a Dobro.he plays a National which he plays on his lap
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Shit version !
I prefer original.
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@6stringedkiller Thanks mr. george
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Anywone know why he is not playing the guitar in the usual posture?
ArianeQube 6 months ago 2
@ArianeQube It's not a guitar, it's a lap dobro, and can only be played with a slide.
Sp33dBr33d 6 months ago
wow !
wicked !
the tuning of his guitar ??
faunoram 6 months ago
@faunoram Open G tuning. DGDGBD
Sp33dBr33d 6 months ago