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    • May 3, 2019 at 6:33 pm #132061
      Roger
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        I discovered this lesson on youtube a little over a week ago. I learned the first half of it and practiced it with a metronome and got it down pretty good. But I really wanted to learn the second half. I bought a month membership here yesterday mostly to get that lesson 🙂

        So when you hear this, I just started learning the second half yesterday. It needs a lot of polishing. All of it does actually 🙂 I really want to start on EP 190 bad. I think it would be awesome using the slide on some of the licks. So I am going to work on that lesson and spend a few minutes a day working on EP 284 since I have the jist of it and just need to polish it up.

        I am new here so I will warn you in advance. I have some hats. I draw inspiration through the hat (with no hair getting in the way). And I am too old to care if the hat makes me look silly. If it makes me feel like I look more like a blues player it puts me more in the mood, which enhances my presentation 🙂

      • May 4, 2019 at 1:15 am #132104
        Dieter
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          well done the Boogie.

          Dieter

          • May 4, 2019 at 8:20 am #132130
            Roger
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              Dieter wrote:

              well done the Boogie.

              Dieter

              Alexandre M wrote:

              I also like hats and for sure it makes you look like a true blues player! Nice playing!

              Thankyou

          • May 4, 2019 at 7:50 am #132120
            Alexandre M
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              I also like hats and for sure it makes you look like a true blues player! Nice playing!

            • May 4, 2019 at 9:11 am #132149
              Sal
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                Hey,very cool daddyo!! Like the hat Roger,it does make the whole thing cool.Your getting that boogie sound down pat! Also like to say,welcome to the AM site,and I’m sure you will enjoy all the bells and whistles that go with it!……..Sal

              • May 4, 2019 at 9:21 am #132154
                James B
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                  Nice boogie Roger! I like the way you muted the base notes. The hat doesn’t make you look silly. Graeme, another member of A/M has a hat with flashing lights on it! Most of us are beyond the age of trying to be cool. Just be yourself and keep posting.

                  James

                • May 4, 2019 at 9:21 am #132155
                  Roger
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                    Sal wrote:

                    Hey,very cool daddyo!! Like the hat Roger,it does make the whole thing cool.Your getting that boogie sound down pat! Also like to say,welcome to the AM site,and I’m sure you will enjoy all the bells and whistles that go with it!……..Sal

                    Thankyou very much. So far I have liked the site. I really like how active this forum is. I have been going through listening to others play and I have been going through the lessons. I am pretty sure that next month I will go ahead and buy a year membership.

                    I like the songs that don’t require backing tracks. If I have a friend over who asks me to play something, I prefer not to set up to play over a track, I prefer to just pick up my guitar and play some riffs.

                    Tracks are nice for setting a mood and making me feel like I am playing in a band so they absolutely do have their place.

                  • May 4, 2019 at 9:36 am #132157
                    Roger
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                      James B wrote:

                      Nice boogie Roger! I like the way you muted the base notes. The hat doesn’t make you look silly. Graeme, another member of A/M has a hat with flashing lights on it! Most of us are beyond the age of trying to be cool. Just be yourself and keep posting.

                      James

                      Thankyou. At 63 I went beyond that age a while back. Though I am not ready to wear my beltline around my chest just yet 🙂 I was just putting out fair warning 🙂 I recently bought a derby hat for when I play my resonator 🙂

                      I learned a lot of nice licks and some cool techniques learning this song. I hope if I just run through it 2 or 3 times a day in a couple of weeks I will be able to play it cleaner and smoother.

                    • May 4, 2019 at 10:54 am #132184
                      richard t
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                        Nice job and welcome to the site Roger. It’s plain to see, you aren’t a beginner. You play quite well especially for only spending 1 day with the second half of the lesson.
                        I look forward to hearing 190 when you get around to it.

                      • May 4, 2019 at 12:25 pm #132216
                        Roger
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                          richard t wrote:

                          Nice job and welcome to the site Roger. It’s plain to see, you aren’t a beginner. You play quite well especially for only spending 1 day with the second half of the lesson.
                          I look forward to hearing 190 when you get around to it.

                          Thankyou very much. I am getting ready to put up the first few bars. I tried it with the slide, it’s going to take a while to learn this one because in addition to learning the licks, I am going to be figuring out where the slide works and where it doesn’t

                        • May 4, 2019 at 3:38 pm #132263
                          WBlues
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                            Well done Roger. Great groove. Stay tuned.

                            Play guitar just like you live; don't get bogged down in theory, it's just a tool without feeling.

                            Wilfried

                          • May 4, 2019 at 5:08 pm #132268
                            Roger
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                              WBlues wrote:

                              Well done Roger. Great groove. Stay tuned.

                              Thankyou

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