Blues Blues Blues: Redux

If you listen to the opening guitar riff in the first 13 seconds, it "clanks" like a Muddy Waters riff. Does anybody know how they get that sound?

The kid can play

A coffee can? Who knows what they were doing in the studio back then. You could get close picking at the bridge saddle and playing with harmonics.

https://youtu.be/CyiQXkLnJO4?si=ReD4Vk6U...

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she has a rather unique sound to her tuning
easy to imagine a mix between early zz top and santana

warning: the following is phenomenal
add an ample helping of stevie ray to the recipe

I am fairly sure that this is 16 bars of 3/4 time.

so pure

one from not the end but the beginning

and a perfect time to watch this one again

thank you Wah Chang and Alan Lomax

And an encore performance of John Hardy by my favorite accordion player:

his name is Fred McDowell
and he has a round rhythmic sound that can't be beat
but it his

I've been learning this one in Vestapol tuning.

what a sound
please share the results with us Pauwl

It's certainly a beautiful song. I had to Google Vestapol tuning. I always thought open tunings were used pretty much for slide.

really enjoyed a history summarized here
https://www.americanbluesscene.com/2017/...

sometimes awkwardly colourized but the music is undeniable

direct link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-OJsy3Z...

all right
all right
good evening
good evening
everybody

we right back here again
doin the same thing
and i hope yall enjoy what we done

re-searching a newfound interest in Ethiopian jazz has led me to discover

Éthiopiques 10: Tezeta - Ethiopian Blues & Ballads

all tracks recorded between '70-'74
the following timestamps may be found when clicking in the body of the original video

1 Eyètègnu Nèqu - Frew Haylou 0:00
2 Hédètch Alu - Muluqen Mellesse 4:15
3 Tèrèdtchéwalèhu - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 9:30
4 Heywèté - Tèsfa Maryam Kidané 15:07
5 Tezeta - Sèyfu Yohannès 20:23
6 Altèlèyèshegnem - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 25:46
7 Gubèlyé - Traditional - Mulatu Astatke 30:42
8 Tezeta, Mahmoud Ahmed / Traditional Mahmoud Ahmed 35:25
9 Man Yehon Telleq Sèw - Alemayehu Eshete / Amha Eshete 47:53
10 Tezeta - Traditional - Tèsfa Maryam Kidané 54:38
11 Tezeta - Menelik Wèsnatchèw 1:00:50
12 Tezeta Slow - Kassa, Gétatchèw 1:05:25
13 Tezeta Fast - Kassa, Gétatchèw 1:10:36

shivers every time
no other voice will ever be just like that
authentic vocal fingerprint

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Also his harp and slide guitar are unmatched.

If I had to pick only one band/performer to listen
to for the rest of my life it would be The Taildragger.

Strong backup from Little Walter on harp.