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May 3, 2019 at 8:38 am #131955
This was my attempt at playing the first slide guitar song ever recorded. Guitar Rag by Sykvester Weaver recorded in April of 1923
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May 3, 2019 at 8:45 am #131956
very authentic.
Dieter
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May 3, 2019 at 9:10 am #131959
Thankyou
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May 3, 2019 at 9:23 am #131963
Nice job, Roger. What kind of guitar and what kind of resonator cone do you have? I checked out some of your other videos with the homemade cigar box guitars, very cool.
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May 3, 2019 at 9:33 am #131968
Thankyou. It is a Gretsch Alligator. I got it on Sweetwater for $400. It just has the cone that came in it. The body was made in China but the cone was spun in Europe and the tuners are Grovers made in the USA. For such a low cost guitar it plays really well, like it was made for me, and I really like the sound.
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May 3, 2019 at 9:25 am #131964
Nice, Roger! Lots of slide fans here. Keep posting.
James
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May 3, 2019 at 9:34 am #131970
Thankyou. I think I play better with a slide than I do without one.
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May 3, 2019 at 9:33 am #131969
Nice going Roger,sounds good for your first recording! A little delta flavor mixed in there! Again,great job!………..Sal
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May 3, 2019 at 9:48 am #131976
Thankyou. It’s not my first recording though. It is my attempt to play the first ever recorded slide guitar song.
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May 3, 2019 at 2:23 pm #132018
Hey Roger, that was great! Great sound, great time, nice phrasing.
Just so people aren’t forever wondering, about two weeks before he recorded that (and “Guitar Blues,” both on the same day, the first blues guitar instrumentals recorded), he recorded “Longing for Daddy Blues” and “I’ve Got to Go and Leave My Daddy Behind” with the blues singer Sara Martin on October 23, 1923, in New York City (italics from Wikipedia). That puts the recording in early November 1923 (or do you have other info?).
Don D.
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May 3, 2019 at 4:55 pm #132045
I was aware of him accompanying Sarah Martin 2 weeks earlier for the first Blues song ever recorded. As for November vs April, my other information is a rusty memory, it had been a while since I had read this information.
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May 3, 2019 at 5:04 pm #132048
That really doesn’t matter, you can play it. And it sounds beautiful.
Since the details were handy, I filled them in.
Don D.
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May 3, 2019 at 3:03 pm #132027
Nicely played, very entertaining….and also educational.
Sunjamr Steve
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May 3, 2019 at 4:56 pm #132046
Thankyou
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May 3, 2019 at 6:36 pm #132062
Really nice slide work Roger! Did you just mic the resonator guitar or does it plug in?
Mike
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May 3, 2019 at 6:46 pm #132065
Thankyou
Neither. I just recorded this with my phone. I leaned the phone on my laptop and played
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June 20, 2019 at 4:34 pm #135932
Very cool, Roger your slide playing is amazing!
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July 18, 2019 at 10:27 pm #138581
Cool, keep on playin’ the Blues. Good for the soul. MJP
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July 18, 2019 at 10:38 pm #138585
Much energy in your playing.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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