October 2023 Challenge Response – Garry E

[Garry]

Hi All,

I chose Elmore James for the ‘Artist Series (In The Style Of) Challenge’. He was nicknamed ‘The King of Slide Guitar’ and was born in Mississippi US in 1918 and died in Chicago 1963.

Brian’s lesson EP122 uses Slide Techniques (rather than an actual slide) and it has all the trademark licks and shuffle rhythm that we all love about the blues.

I play through Brian’s cycle and then the second cycle starting at 1.05 is my own.

Can’t wait to hear everyone’s choices this month.

Garry 😎🎸😎

[Craig S]

Nice work Garry, you definitely warmed up in the second part it was a lot tighter and smoother.

Great tone too!!

Wish You Were Here

[Manfred M]

You got me groovin in the morning, Garry. This is the right stuff to accompany my morning coffee. The second circle of your own fits perfectly. I would say, this Elmore James stuff is your thing!

Take the chance to meet your AM friends on Zoom
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There will be a detailed announcement here in the forum in good time.

I look forward to meet you.
Manfred

[Guido]

A very groovy piece, full of very nice licks and phrases, Garry! Very nicely played, with a tight rhythm. Loved especially your own second cycle, really beautifully crafted and played, in a pure Elmore James’s style, as if he was really played by him! Great rendition!

Guido

[Vincent K]

Hi Garry,

Absolutely great submission. I had to listen twice and immediately wrote down EP122 on my todo list. Fantastic sound from your Strat, superb dynamics in your performance. Enjoyed every second !

thanks Garry

🎸 Vincent 🎶 🇳🇱

[Mike W]

Brilliant submission Garry – you’ve set the bar high with the first response. Great playing and tone. I guess you will inspire a lot of us to have a go at this.

[Mark T]

Perfectly executed slides, hammers and pulls on this one, Garry – I echo the other comments: an excellent submission 👍🎶

Best wishes my friend 😎

[Laurel C]

A class performance. Listened twice as I had to go back to the actual lesson to find what I have missed. So tastefully done and you have certainly inspired me to try this artist’s style. Excellent work with your own seamless additions Gary.

[MrO]

Very nice Garry. You have a smooth bluesey vibe goin on there that is fun to listen to.

[JoeD1]

Very nice Garry. Your improv was just perfect and a fine example of Elmore James. Well played!

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

[Bill]

Nice Gary! That’s some great blues playing.

[Reuben B]

Nicely done Garry, love the tone that you got. I also enjoyed your improve on the 2nd part of the video. Definitely groovy rhythm. Great performance as always.

[James B]

Great groove, Garry. Lots of cool runs and slides. Some slick picking keeping up with all of that.

James

[Michael L]

Hi Garry, my gosh, this is sounding good! Your playing is smooth, clean, great tone and right in the groove. Congratulations on a great submission!

[Alan K]

Very rocking submission Garry. Who doesn’t love old school blues. Very clean playing with perfect timing. Your improv was spot on to this piece. Great post.

[sunjamr]

Well played and well improvised, Garry. That’s one of my favorite lessons. I would not have known I wasn’t listening to Elmore himself. You even got the tone right!

Sunjamr Steve

[JoLa]

Just fantastic, Garry! Your rhythm is so solid, every note crystal clear, the fast pull-offs were spot on – you have all it takes to go pro. Great performance overall, love that little Supro King amp you have there, great tone!

🎸JoLa

[Lights]

Great combination of Brians ideas with your own ones, Garry! Nice and flawless playing, very enjoyable.
Lights.

[Mike D]

Nailed it Gary, great slides, licks and you keep the tempo. Nice work!

Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.

[Bob Utberg]

So clean and pure Garry! Great job and choice for your inspiration! Well done my friend! B

Bob U. (aka Bobby Ut)

[Richard W]

Great playing, Garry! Looks like there are some potentially tricky little jumps up and down the fretboard on this one and made it all sound super smooth. Really nice. Great tone out of that Supro too!

[Bruce D]

Garry,
One of my favorites. Like your choruses, nice licks and perfect timing.

nice job!

Bruce

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

[Serena C]

Inspiring choice and your playing is so steady, perfect timing and nice sound, congrats Garry!

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)

[Don Patton jr]

Hi Garry!
Elmore James is a great pick, and you did him justice! Nice phrasing and your improv blended right into the song…” Dust my broom” next ? 🎶🙂🎸

Don P

[Martin W]

Hi Garry , nice groove had my foot tapping from the off , the good thing about these lessons is the launch pad Brian creates to add your own ideas and yours is no exception , some really nice runs in the 2nd cycle , that lick at 1.52 stood out 👌,also like the tone you’ve dialled in for this one
Great stuff .

Martin

[Anonymous]

Very Nice Gary! Ditto on all the comments on tone and timing. That was really cool.

[Richard G]

Played like a true Pro Garry, hard-driving, fluent and dynamic to the end. I enjoyed your seamless improv part, a brilliant challenge.

Richard

[Gary W]

Great choice and great playing Garry. Such a good sound you get from the Supro:-) Brilliant – I enjoyed listening to it very much.

Gary

[Tom D]

I always enjoy to hear you play Garry. You’re always pushing the coolness envelope. In this case you’ve got an amazing combo of clean and articulate, and very expressively bluesy, playing … and you say it so well with your guitar.🙏🏻 Cheers, Tom

[AndréM]

Awesome Garry.
Excellent playing.
Love your ending.

AndréM

AndréM

[Liam Innes]

Hey Garry,

That’s a very classy performance indeed.

Gotta say I’m not familiar with Elmore James but I don’t think I need to be to know that you got it down brilliantly.

I especially liked your improv and your tone from the Strat lifted it a notch up the post.

Great sub mate well done.

Liam.

“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. “

[Denise]

Garry, your slides and pull offs 👍 are sounding fantastic! I love these old classy shuffle blues tunes.
Like others say you are sounding like a pro and I could not tell which was your own cycle, just all blended so well. You have developed your own comps to the next level. I really like your choice of music style, suits you well.
All the best.
Denise

More Blues!

[sciencefiction]

This has gotta be one of your best yet, Garry. Amazing, awesome performance!! Played perfectly all the way through. Man, you never miss a beat or a note or anything. You were in the pocket all the way through and that boogie beat really rocked. Loved the strat tone and all the different varieties of riffs.
Larry

[Livio M]

Hi Garry
you gave us a powerful piece played with mastery; the second part is its natural continuation and is of excellent quality. I was pleasantly surprised by the ending on backbeat.
A warm greeting.

Livio

[David H]

You absolutely nailed it!

[Tremelow]

Well, what can I say?! That was pretty much perfect, beginning to end. And I know that it wasn’t easy. I’ve been toying around with this lesson once, but now you reawoke my interest again. Congrats to this one!

[Don D.]

That sounded so good!

Don D.

[Jonathan Amos]

Excellent performance of all the essential riffs in the book! I should get round to it too.

Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan

The farther one travels the less one knows.

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