March 2026 Challenge Response – wpb

[wannaplayblues]

Thought I’d try and get back into the monthly challenges to push my efforts and to try to utilize the things I’m learning.

Some classic 12bar blues with a few recognizable licks in there…

"I hear you talkin' son, but you 'aint sayin' nothin'" - Will McFarlane quoting Muddy Waters hearing a really fast guitar player

[Michael Krailo]

Excellent submission. Perfect timing and I really liked the final walkdown and jump back to the middle of the fret board for the final chords. That was the harder way to do it, but it works.

Go slow and practice correct technique, and your abilities will dramatically improve.

[Scott W]

Now that’s right on. Very well done. I enjoyed listening to that. Very smooth .

[Alan L]

Wowie you nailed it! Commanding playing, and an awesome pair of Telecasters 😎

[Guido]

The Blues Brothers’ style “Sweet home Chicago” intro hooked me, WPB! But I can say the same thing about your whole piece of classic blues: really loved to listen to it from start to finish, and for sure I want to re-watch and learn the licks you played and especially the closing phrase, so cool!

Guido

[James B]

Right on, WPB. Great stuff man. From the opening riff to the final flourish. Great playing and recording.

James

[JoeD1]

I love me some sweet classic blues. And this was it! Great playing wpb!

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

[Raffaele S]

The blues is always the blues….and this is really great…very good

[Michael L]

Hey wpd! This is great! A real “Friday night down at the blues club” vibe. I enjoyed it a lot.

[sunjamr]

Wow, that worked like a charm! It’s electric blues at its finest. Really fun to listen to this one.

Sunjamr Steve

[Pap]

WPB, nice groove in this 12 barre progression….this sounded really good. Nice submission! Cheers. Pap

[AndréM]

Awesome man.
Great blues feel.

AndréM

AndréM

[Werner]

A classic electric blues track. And your guitar sounds absolutely fantastic for this kind of music. No doubt about it—you played it excellently, too. Thanks

Werner

[Denise]

I like a good 12 bar blues.
Yes that sounded very good. Some real nice licks and riffs. I recognize some from Brian’s lessons.
Great tone.
Well done!

More Blues!

[John H]

WPB
Your rock. That was a lot of fun and good for the soul. You played with clarity, precision and soul. Love the Tele vibe as well.

John

[charjo]

Classic licks, WPB. I want to “borrow” a couple of them, hard to see the fret markers on the single coil tele, though. I’ll have to go back and study this.
John

[Mark T]

Some classic blues playing there, WPB – excellent performance. – Mark 👍🎶😎

[Wayne Nunez]

Nice display of some great Blues playing 👍

[Manfred M]

That was blues enjoyment at its finest, WPB. So tasteful and spot on. I was grooving along the whole time.

Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
The next Meetup will be May/June
There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum
I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[Laurel C]

Pow, that woke up the senses. Slick and classic blues playing. I am going to revisit this one later as it has the fundamentals to inspire to. What a knockout sub, Wpb!

[JoLa]

Daaang, that was awesome, wpb! Perfection to a T, the attack, the timing, the tone (!!!), the grit, and the two teles, wow!
I would not mind if you gave us a walk-through lesson on that in Members Teaching Members forum section, everything sounded truly outstanding, you nailed the gist of an electric 12 bar blues!

🎸JoLa

[Bruce D]

Wanna,
Right up my alley.

Nice job!

Bruce

Just focus on the notes you DID get right . . . Frank Vignola

[Dieter]

I really love this authentic blues—it’s played excellently and has a great sound.

Dieter

[Martin W]

Nice to see you back in the challenges WPB , I don’t think you can beat a classic 12 bar blues it’s a great platform to play over , lots of great licks and phrasing in this one and a cool brace of teles to perform with , love the tone you’ve dialled in .

Martin

[Paul S.]

This was fire!
The opening, in particular, reminded me of a Blues Brothers piece from long ago. Everything was tight, clean, powerful and rockin”. The tone had just the right amount of grit, too. Great work.

[Bruce D]

Wanna,
This is the only one this month that I listened to twice. Thought you’d want to know that. Man, that is tasty!

Bruce

Just focus on the notes you DID get right . . . Frank Vignola

[snakechisler]

wow did this put a smile on my face

The Steve Cropper style all over it
top marks

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