Blues Guitar History Lesson - Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker, Allman Brothers, and Buddy Guy

FULL LESSON, TAB, JAM TRACKS: http://su.pr/1JMUaK

There used to be a blues club on the upper East side of Manhattan called "Manny's Carwash," which the New Yorker magazine routinely dismissed as "an adman's idea of a nightclub." And there was a kind of manufactured vibe to the place, as a friend of mine once theorized over a round of tall and frosty ones: "It's like some guy woke up one day and said, 'Yeah, I know, I'll start a club! In Manhattan! That's it! And we'll have, you know, those neon Bud signs in the window! Yeah! And a brick wall behind the bar! And, live bands, that play - what's that funky music they always have bands playing in the movies? Blues! That's it! We'll get some of those funky blues bands to come play!"

To be fair, they did have their share of good bands, although it seemed at times that their audience was cut from the same cloth as the club's hypothetical, brick-addled owner. I found myself standing one night behind a particularly inebriated dude who kept bellowing for the band to play "Stormy Monday," then turning to his girlfriend to grandly explain, "It's an Allman Brothers song." Which would have been o.k., because the Allmans did do a pretty damn definitive version of the song on the pretty damn definitive At Fillmore East. Would have been o.k., except that *on* the Fillmore East record Duane Allman *introduces* the song by saying "Actually, it's an old T-Bone Walker song." So - I mean, come on.

The thing is, though, that if you go dig up the original T-Bone Walker version of "Stormy Monday," it doesn't sound anything like what Duane and company played that night in 1971.

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[willievega]

Truefire is a great investment, if you are serious about your guitar playing.

[TrueFireTV]

Thanks Willie! :-)

[qtip1064]

your epiphone sounds great!

[TheMunchkin7777]

I loved this. Great playing, sound and lesson. Do you ever use the Daug or Daug7chord just before ending the phrase?

[neilhawkins1]

This man knows how to teach!Great guitar player,thanks,"Talk to your daughter" vid is also very very good.

[runawaysoul1]

Just starting to learn this song. Thanks for breaking it down. I like how you explain the different renditions.

I like that smokey sound.

Thanks for the lesson.

[Arenhov]

You look like Serj Tankian, a bit.

[gordinistanopolis]

is everybody in bed and ya doing this in secret in the basement that why ya talkin in whispers lol

[clevblue]

Fantastic lesson as usual, but why're you hiding in a cupboard? We won't tell, honest!

Seriously, great stuff thank you

[jsjillandian]

I enjoy the playing. Don't mind the explanation as each version is SO different. Thanks for your help. I have know this song for some time but wanted to expand a little bit on the chords and voicing.

[Atomicflash500]

shut up and play it...you like the sound of your voice..we dont

[chosenrejects1]

Good job

[O0Salmon0O]

So good! Thanks!