Posted by Roger E
on October 9, 2009, 5:46 am, in reply to "Re: New Blake, Lonnie Johnson DVDs on the way"
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Hi Ari - like John, I heard of the DVDs via Stefan on the Woodshed - we, (that is, I and friends) are very excited at the prospect of the Blake lessons, in particular. Many of us have struggled with his style for 40 years or more - but you have it nailed to a unique degree - almost uncanny. Thank you in advance for the generosity that sharing your hard-won knowledge will represent! Can hardly wait..
Roger
--Previous Message--
: Thanks, John.
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: I finished recording the Lonnie DVD last
: weekend and started the Blake. I'll be
: finishing the Blake soon. On the Lonnie
: DVDs I taught parts of:
:
: -- I'm So Tired Of Living All Alone
: -- Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers
: -- Uncle Ned Don't Use Your Head
: -- To Do This You Got To Know How.
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: I also did three slow breaks myself in
: Lonnie style.
:
: For the Blake, I plan to do Rope Stretching
: Blues, Baby Lou Blues, Southern Rag and one
: or two more.
:
: Best...
:
: Ari
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi Ari,
: I was glad to see on the Stefan Grossman
: website the other day that you were going to
: be filming instructional DVDs on Blind Blake
: and Lonnie Johnson last week-end.
: Congratulations, I know that's a tremendous
: amount of work, doing the transcriptions
: memorizing them and doing the filming. I'd
: be interested to know what songs you taught
: on the DVDs.
: All best,
: Johnm
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