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Anything else?
Would you guys ever be interested in learning any other genres or styles in this group, other than blues? I love the blues, and I love teaching it, but I also enjoy playing other genres. So I'm just curious if you feel the same. I'd love to hear your thoughts. If there's anything I haven't included, feel free to add to the comments. P.S. I find a lot of these bands can't be pigeonholed into one genre, so it's anyone's guess! Try to define Frank Zappa, The Grateful Dead, or Steely Dan!
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Anything else?
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“All of the above” is probably impractical and a bit of a cop out, but I think any rock, pop, etc that takes the blues style and applies it to another genre. For example, Hendrix outro solo in Bold As Love, a 15 6 4, in a Maj key, but he introduces some minor lines which give it a blues inflection?
Need Your Love So Bad - My Attempt
Here is my "attempt" at Need Your Love So Bad. I played in the Intro solo, a little rhythm on one verse and the Outro solo. Hope everyone has a good week.
Need Your Love So Bad - My Attempt
1 like • 5d
Very nicely done Bill.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This weekend...
Hey everyone, What's everyone up to this weekend? Anything fun planned? Going to see any live shows? Any guitar practice on the cards? If so, let us know in the comments what you're planning to work on.
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@Bill Stringfield “The chieftain of the pudding race”. Mythology has it as a creature with one leg shorter than the other for running along mountain sides, but in reality it’s a mixture of minced offal and spices boiled up in some kind of bag. Surprisingly tasty. But not convenient to barbecue.
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@Ben Johnsen Great tune. Mary Jane’s Last Dance is a goodie. I like a lot of his stuff. Mike Campbell is a great contributor….very tasteful?
Solo - Backing Track - Need Your Love So Bad
As a follow up for today’s Zoom Coffee Hour, I have attached two audio tracts with the solos for "Need Your Love So Bad". The Peter Green/Fleetwood Mac version that Ben discussed, focusing on the second solo and a version by Gary Moore that has a significantly longer second solo. Both solos have good examples of what Ben covered with minimal notes and plenty of space. I have combined both solos on the two tracks and the remainder of the song has been cut out. The volume of the guitar solos has been slightly increased and the volume of the other instruments slightly backed off. If someone would like just a backing track with no guitars let me know and I can post that. Hope everyone enjoys. Take care
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Rough couple of choruses as promised. Closer to his opening solo first chorus then improvised a touch.
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@Bill Stringfield Cheers Bill. I’ve had this tune kicking around for a year or three, so I’m not new to it. It’s a Maj blues for sure, but I’ve tried some minor licks over the A, and it can work. Just think F#m if anyone is unfamiliar with A Maj.
New Guitar
Forgot to post this....This is my new Fender Telecaster, had it about 10 days now. Really enjoying it. Love the neck and colour. I might be changing the pickup's at a later stage to Fender 64 Vintage, not sure at the moment. The frets were perfect, no rocking (uneven) so all I had to do was change the strings and setup the string height and intonation.
New Guitar
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Lovely guitar. Let’s hear it!
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Iain Brown
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Retired hobby player. Hendrix, Cream, Peter Green, Knopfler, Dylan. Into blues and rock.

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Joined Mar 19, 2026
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