LISTENING: ADVANCED LESSONS Lesson 2. Slow Blues 1: Low And
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LISTENING: ADVANCED LESSONS Lesson 2. Slow blues 1: Low and Midrange Rhythm Patterns T-Bone Walker “Call It Stormy Monday” BB King “Sweet Little Angel” (Live at the Regal) Albert King “The Sky is Crying,” “Personal Manager” Jimi Hendrix “Red House” Guitar Slim “The Things That I Used to Do” Bobby Bland (Wayne Bennett, gtr) “Stormy Monday Blues” Allman Bros. (Duane Allman, Dickie Betts gtrs) “Stormy Monday” (Live at Fillmore East) 3. Slow blues 2: High-end Rhythm Patterns Same as slow blues 1 4. Slow blues 3: Soloing over Standard Changes BB King “Sweet Little Angel” (Live at the Regal) 5. Slow Blues 4: Chord Variations T-Bone Walker “Call It Stormy Monday” Bobby Bland (Wayne Bennett, gtr) “Stormy Monday Blues” 6. Slow Blues 5: Soloing over Chord Variations Bobby Bland (Wayne Bennett, gtr) “Stormy Monday Blues” Allman Bros. (Duane Allman, Dickie Betts gtrs) “Stormy Monday” (Live at Fillmore East) 7. Super Shuffle 1: Open E T-Bone Walker “T-Bone Shuffle” Jimmy Reed (Eddie Taylor gtr) “High and Lonesome” “Baby What You Want Me to Do” Snooks Eaglin “Sophisticated Blues” Stevie Ray Vaughan “Pride and Joy” 8. Super Shuffle 2: Other Keys Same as Super Shuffle 1 9. Super Shuffle 3: Chicago style Little Walter (Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers gtr) “Juke” 10. Chicago-style Melodic Rhythm Jimmy Rogers “That’s All Right,” “Ludella” Little Walter (Louis Myers, Dave Myers gtrs) “Mean Old World” 11. Double-stops 1: Third Intervals Lonnie Johnson “Away Down in the Alley Blues” Robert Johnson “Sweet Home Chicago” Chuck Berry “Thirty Days” Freddie King “The Stumble” Stevie Ray Vaughan “Love Struck Baby,” “Pride & Joy” 12. Double-stops 2: Sixth Intervals Bill Doggett (Billy Butler,gtr) “Honky Tonk” Freddie King “Hide Away,” “The Stumble” Otis Redding (Steve Cropper gtr) “Soul Man,” “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay” 13. Soloing with Chords Howling Wolf (Hubert Sumlin, gtr) “Killing Floor” Jimi Hendrix “Red House” 14. Call & Response with Chords and Melody BB King “Every Day I Have the Blues” Albert King “Overall Junction” 15. Soloing on the Low Strings Freddie King “Sen-Say-Shun” “Johnny “Guitar” Watson “Three Hours Past Midnight” Gatemouth Brown “Boogie Uproar” Albert Collins “Don’t Lose Your Cool,” “Collins Shuffle” 16. Open Position Soloing 1: Key of E Muddy Waters “Still a Fool,” “Rolling Stone” Lightnin’ Hopkins “Short-Haired Woman” Jimi Hendrix “Come On Part 1” SRV “Scuttlebuttin’” 17. Open Position Soloing 2: Key of A Lightnin’ Hopkins “Fast Life Woman” Eddie Taylor “Bad Boy” 18. Open Position Soloing: Other Keys Jimi Hendrix “Red House” 19. Using the Entire Neck: Open and Moveable Patterns Freddie King “The Stumble” Hendrix “Voodoo Chile” Stevie Ray Vaughan “Pride and Joy” 20. Stretching Out: Playing Multiple Choruses Albert King “The Sky is Crying,” “Night Stomp” (Live Wire/Blues Power) BB King “Every Day I Have the Blues” (Live at the Regal), “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman” Stevie Ray Vaughan “Pride & Joy” Cream (Eric Clapton, gtr) “Crossroads” 21. Tremolo Picking Magic Sam “Love Me with a Feeling” Bill Doggett (Billy Butler, gtr) “Honky Tonk” Willie Headon (Pete Lewis, gtr) “Fun on Saturday Night” Bill Haley (Danny Cedrone, gtr) “Rock Around the Clock” SRV “Stang’s Swang” 22. Alternate Picking Big Bill Broonzy “How You Want It Done,” “Mistreatin’ Mama Blues” Lightnin’ Hopkins “Hopkins Sky Hop” SRV “Rude Mood” Bill Haley (Danny Cedrone, gtr) “Rock Around the Clock” 23. Pedal Points Buddy Guy: “Leave My Girl Alone” Lonnie Mack “Why” Stevie Ray Vaughan “Cold Shot,” “Tin Pan Alley” 24. Chicken Picking Anything by Albert Collins 25. One-chord Solos Koko Taylor (Buddy Guy, gtr) “Wang Dang Doodle” Howling Wolf (Hubert Sumlin, gtr) “Wang Dang Doodle,” “Spoonful,” “Hidden Charms” Muddy Waters “Still a Fool,” “Rolling Stone” Hendrix “Voodoo Chile” 26. Minor Blues Booker T & the MGs (Steve Cropper, gtr) “Green Onions” Otis Rush “All Your Love (I Miss Loving),” “My Love Will Never Die” Magic Sam “Keep Loving Me Baby” 27. Jump Blues 1: Low-end Rhythm Louis Jordan (Carl Hogan, gtr) “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman” Chuck Berry “Johnny B. Goode” 28. Jump Blues 2: Midrange Rhythm T-Bone Walker “T-Bone Boogie” Gatemouth Brown “Gatemouth Boogie” Albert Collins “Frosty” 29. Jump Blues 3: High-end Rhythm T-Bone Walker “T-Bone Jumps Again,” “T-Bone Boogie,” “Strollin’ with Bone” 30. Jump Blues 4: Combining Rhythms Jump arrangements by T-Bone Walker, Gatemouth Brown, Louis Jordan, Albert Collins 31. Jump Blues 5: Rhythmic Solos T-Bone Walker “Strollin’ With Bone” Gatemouth Brown “Okie Dokie Stomp,” “Boogie Uproar” Wynonie Harris (Tom Archia, sax) “Good Rockin’ Tonight” Joe Houston Orchestra (Joe Houston, sax): “All Night Long” Guitar Slim “Guitar Slim” 32. Jump Blues 6: Melodic Solos Earl Hooker “The Hucklebuck” BB King “Early Every Morning,” “Ain’t That Just Like a Woman” Other early influences: Tiny Grimes, Slim Gaillard, Billy Butler Disciples: Duke Robillard, Ronnie Earl, Charlie Baty, Junior Watson, Rick Holmstrom, Kid Ramos, Hollywood Fats, Steve Samuel 33. Boogie Chillen: One-chord Boogies John Lee Hooker “Boogie Chillen,” “Walkin’ the Boogie” Little Junior Parker “I Wanna Boogie” Slim Harpo “Shake Your Hips” Magic Sam “I Wanna Boogie,” “Lookin’ Good” Canned Heat “On the Road Again” ZZ Top “La Grange” 34. Two-beat Blues Muddy Waters (Jimmy Rogers, gtr) “Got My Mojo Workin’” Little Walter (Louis Myers, David Myers gtrs) “Tell Me Mama,” “It Ain’t Right” Magic Sam “Love Me with a Feeling” Earl Hooker “Galloping Horses A Lazy Mule,” “Universal Rock” 35. Self-Accompaniment 1: Dead Thumb Muddy Waters “Still a Fool,” “Rolling Stone” LIghtnin’ Hopkins “Automobile Blues,” “Fast Life Woman” Snooks Eaglin “Sophisticated Blues” Dale Hawkins (James Burton, gtr) “Suzie Q” 36. Self-Accompaniment 2: Alternating Bass Rufus Thomas “Tiger Man” Little Junior Parker “Mystery Train” Elvis Presley “Mystery Train” 37. Other Inspirations 1: Saxophone Louis Jordan “I Want You to Be My Baby” Little Richard (Lee Allen, sax) “Good Golly Miss Molly,” “Tutti Frutti” Wynonie Harris (Tom Archia, sax) “Good Rockin’ Tonight” Bill Doggett (Clifford Scott, sax) “Honky Tonk” 38. Other Inspirations 2: Harmonica Little Walter “Blues with a Feeling,” “My Babe,” “Juke” Jimmy Rogers (Big Walter, harp) “Walking By Myself” Anything by: John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson (“Sonny Boy I”) Rice Miller (“Sonny Boy 2”) Jimmy Reed Junior Wells James Cotton 39. Other Inspirations 3: Piano Otis Spann “This is the Blues” BB King (Duke Jordan, pno) Live at the Regal (album) 40. Uptown Blues 1: Rhythm BB King, Freddie King (same songs, different versions) “Please Send Me Someone to Love,” “Ain’t Nobody’s Business if I Do” Charles Brown (Johnny Moore, gtr) “Merry Christmas Baby,” “Drifting Blues” Stevie Ray Vaughan “Stang’s Swang” 41. Uptown Blues 2: Key-Center Soloing Same as Uptown Blues 1 42. Uptown Blues 3: Chord-Tone Soloing Bill Jennings “Big Boy” Kenny Burrell “Blues for J,” “Saturday Night Blues” .