June 2024 Challenge Response

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- June 28, 2024 at 1:34 am #372278
  Guido
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  Hi everyone!
  
  I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare the challenge this month for various reasons. I started to practice the EP543, but still far to be able to play it entirely, so I decided to play the intro of Boom Boom (always wanted to play this song, since I watched the Blues Brothers movie back in 1980) and then I played the first half of the EP543, but I made a big mess and even forgot to play the B7 chord 🤣 (and the intro brought me to play the lesson too fast for my skills)!
  
  Anyway, in spirit of participation and for fun, here my rendition:
  
  Guido
- June 28, 2024 at 2:38 am #372286
  BRENDAN G
  Participant
  NICE! I wish I could sing.
  Very enjoyable.
  
  Brendan
- June 28, 2024 at 2:53 am #372289
  Claudio
  Participant
  Sounding great. I think you nailed, played your way but respecting the original.
  Nice job
  
  Clau
- June 28, 2024 at 3:12 am #372293
  Liam Innes
  Participant
  Brilliant Guido!
  
  I absolutely loved this!
  
  It sounded so good and you even threw in some vocals.
  
  Hat tipped sir.
  
  Liam.
  
  “We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “
- June 28, 2024 at 7:22 am #372325
  ” Slappy”
  Participant
  Great job! lets get a bus and hit the road!! digging the sound and all of it! Jamming
- June 28, 2024 at 7:27 am #372328
  Jennifer D
  Participant
  Love this Guido more please!!!
- June 28, 2024 at 9:13 am #372345
  Mike W
  Participant
  Wow, your blues voice is terrific! Great picking too – I loved that. Well done Guido – great choice of tune.
- June 28, 2024 at 11:50 am #372369
  James B
  Participant
  Love the opening, Guido. Great sound on vocals and guitar. Cool idea putting these together. I’d keep working on it. It would make a great standalone piece.
  
  James
- June 28, 2024 at 12:10 pm #372377
  Alan O
  Participant
  Great singing and playing Guido! I enjoyed listening to this one!
  
  Alan
- June 28, 2024 at 12:26 pm #372382
  sciencefiction
  Participant
  Sounds awesome, Guido. Man, you tore it up!! Singing and playing. Would have kept those early growls going; they sounded fantastic. Guitar tone excellent!
  Larry
- June 28, 2024 at 1:40 pm #372408
  Alan K
  Participant
  Fantastic intro of that classic blues number Guido. Love how you tied it into EP543. Some great blues licks and vocals.
- June 28, 2024 at 3:10 pm #372436
  Don Patton jr
  Participant
  Very nice Guido !
  Reminded me a little bit of Lightning Hopkins with your vocals and guitar phrasing ! Great improv 🎸💯🎶
  
  Don P
- June 28, 2024 at 4:32 pm #372468
  Michael L
  Participant
  Hi Guido, this was really fun! What great energy, and the vocal made the track! This really hit home and was fun to listen to.
- June 28, 2024 at 7:06 pm #372534
  Garry
  Participant
  Hey Guido, Loved this! Great idea to combine a classic (Boom Boom) with EP543. A real growling sound you’ve dialled in and you’ve got the right voice for a song like ‘Boom Boom’. Yes, EP543 is not easy and believe me I practiced this one for hours and hours. I even took my travel guitar on holiday so I could practice. There is lots of great licks to take away from this so definitely a valuable lesson to play. All the best! 😎🎸😎
  PS Cool hat too!
- June 28, 2024 at 7:10 pm #372537
  JoeD1
  Participant
  You really knocked me out Guido. Right off of my feet. Yeah!
  
  Joe
  
  The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
  Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
  --Graeme Edge
- June 28, 2024 at 7:11 pm #372538
  Paul S.
  Participant
  Hey, hey, hey, hey! I thought this was great. The tone out of your guitar was the bomb, and your voice was powerful and the pace of the piece was spot on. Yes, there were some imperfections, but the overall impact was strong and inspiring.
- June 28, 2024 at 7:22 pm #372550
  Bill
  Participant
  That’s a Cool groove Guido. Nice job!!
- June 29, 2024 at 12:35 am #372608
  Bruce D
  Participant
  Guido,
  You got it!!
  Plus, I think you have my hat
  
  VERY nice, Guido. Tasty!
  
  Bruce
  
  Just focus on the notes you DID get right . . . Frank Vignola
- June 29, 2024 at 1:51 am #372626
  Manfred M
  Participant
  Great idea to put this together this way, Guido. And what a great sound and what a performance! You can go on the road with this one, but you can keep the hat on. That was great fun to watch and listen to!
  
  Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
  The next Meetup is expected to take place in November 2025
  
  There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum in good time.
  
  I look forward to meet you.
  Manfred
- June 29, 2024 at 4:54 am #372668
  Alan L
  Participant
  Cool little medley there Guido. Nice vocals too!
  
  Interesting enough, watching Duck Dunn in the blues brothers inspired me to pick up the bass! 😎
- June 29, 2024 at 7:09 am #372700
  Martin W
  Participant
  Nice combination merging the two tunes as one , it just goes to show “the blues is the blues “and it all fits , that classic intro sets things up nicely and your vocals sound authentic to this style .
  
  Martin
- June 29, 2024 at 7:27 am #372714
  Denise
  Participant
  Great rhythm, great runs and vocals! I liked that you threw in Brian’s lesson.
  Sounded great.
  Denise
  
  More Blues!
- June 29, 2024 at 11:05 am #372764
  Tom D
  Participant
  Wow Guido! In the spirit of fun, entertaining and cool music, you nailed that. Great guitar expression, feel, and vocals. It was a blast to hear you let loose with that!🙏🏻😎. Cheers, Tom
- June 29, 2024 at 6:46 pm #372936
  sunjamr
  Participant
  I thought it was 100% cool, Guido! I’m a big fan of John Lee Hooker’s stuff, especially that one. You owned it!
  
  Sunjamr Steve
- June 29, 2024 at 7:18 pm #372948
  AndréM
  Participant
  Boom! boom! bang! you nailed it.
  Bro great singing and that axe sounds really nice.
  Well done.
  
  AndréM
  
  AndréM
- June 30, 2024 at 12:20 am #373009
  Pap
  Participant
  Bodda Boom, Bodda Bang! I thought that was pretty well played and I like the growls in the beginning. Cheers. Pap
- June 30, 2024 at 2:36 am #373039
  Werner
  Participant
  John Lee Guido on the forum. What an awesome submission. Groovy and dirty. Thank you
  
  Werner
- June 30, 2024 at 6:48 am #373074
  Andy N
  Participant
  Oh yes, that brought that scene from the Blues Brothers right back to front and centre. Great tone, great playing and great vocals Guido, JLH would have approved of that👍
- June 30, 2024 at 10:21 am #373145
  Livio M
  Participant
  Hi Guido
  A good choice, executed with great feeling.
  The result is overwhelming.
  
  Livio
- June 30, 2024 at 11:09 am #373167
  Bob Utberg
  Participant
  Guido!!! FANTABULOUS choice of C & R song!! Brilliant! Well played and sung mi amico!!!
  
  Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)
- June 30, 2024 at 12:57 pm #373223
  Serena C
  Participant
  Great idea Guido! This is a perfect mix of creativity, enthusiasm and awesome playing skills! Very inspiring!
  
  If I wasn't making mistakes I wouldn't be the kind of player I want to be. Perfection is dangerous.
  It's all about taking risks, sometimes you get to some place, sometimes you get to a different place. (Brian May)
- July 1, 2024 at 10:29 am #373402
  Richard G
  Participant
  Not sure how I missed this super cool version of yours Guido, had JLH written all over it. Fantastic challenge.
  
  Richard
- July 2, 2024 at 7:25 am #373491
  John H
  Participant
  Wow! First the guitar tone then your vocals. Exceptional. You know this is the mother of all call and response tunes. Glad you did this. Your hollow body and voice really compliment the arrangement. Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.
  
  John
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