Slow As Lightnin'

[reeve21]

Really enjoying all the good stuff here, so I thought I would give it a try. This is a Steve James tune, a blues "in the style of" Mr. Hopkins. Played on my Voyage Air OM-4 with the stock PB strings into a zoom h4n, internal mics, no processing. Thanks for listening!

[Kerbie]

Hey Bob, nicely done. I play that tune of Steve's... sweet little number. He does a good job of incorporating a lot of Lightnin's favorite licks in a short tune. And as Steve says, it sounds better the slower you play it.

[SprintBob]

That sounds great, well done!

[reeve21]

Hi Kerbie--I'm glad to hear you also play this tune. Slow is good! I was not aware of Steve James until my teacher had me buy one of his books. This is my favorite number so far!

Hi Sprintbob--Thanks for listening. I'm still working on "Key to the Kingdom" trying to get it up to the speed that you and Kerbie play it at

[Glennwillow]

Cool Bob!

Sounds nice and bluesy! Nice job on this! Thanks for sharing this with us!

- Glenn

[started with 1]

Great tune and playing. I love a slow blues.

Check out "Loan Me Dime" by Boz Scaggs with Duane Allman playing lead recorded in Muscle Shoals. 12 minutes of slow burn.
Joe (SW1)

[Imbler]

Originally Posted by reeve21

Really enjoying all the good stuff here, so I thought I would give it a try. This is a Steve James tune, a blues "in the style of" Mr. Hopkins. Played on my Voyage Air OM-4 with the stock PB strings into a zoom h4n, internal mics, no processing. Thanks for listening!

I really enjoyed that! Very nice playing! And at least for me, often slower tempo's seem more difficult your playing is so exposed. Didn't sound like that is a problem for you!

Mike

Awesome Bob! You nailed it!

[reeve21]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

Cool Bob!

Sounds nice and bluesy! Nice job on this! Thanks for sharing this with us!

- Glenn

Always nice to hear from you, Glenn! Appreciate your support

[reeve21]

Originally Posted by started with 1

Great tune and playing. I love a slow blues.

Check out "Loan Me Dime" by Boz Scaggs with Duane Allman playing lead recorded in Muscle Shoals. 12 minutes of slow burn.
Joe (SW1)

Thank you, Joe!

Regarding Loan Me a Dime, thanks to the magic of the internet I can say that I first heard it done on May 10, 1974 in Springfield, Massachusetts. All on my own I remember that Boz was opening for Loggins and Messina (Boz was just of the brink of exploding) and unfortunately Duane couldn't be there.

I also remember buying the album shortly afterwards, and turning a lot of folks onto that tune. Still one of my faves, too. Thanks for those good memories, Joe !

[reeve21]

Originally Posted by Imbler

I really enjoyed that! Very nice playing! And at least for me, often slower tempo's seem more difficult your playing is so exposed. Didn't sound like that is a problem for you!

Mike

Thanks Mike! I can go slow, at least to start. I can also speed way up on the tricky parts Nice of you to listen and comment.

[reeve21]

Originally Posted by J-Doug

Awesome Bob! You nailed it!

Thanks Doug, that is nice to hear coming from you, Mr. Blues! I may be finding my niche at the bottom end of the metronome dial

[started with 1]

Originally Posted by reeve21

Thank you, Joe!

Regarding Loan Me a Dime, thanks to the magic of the internet I can say that I first heard it done on May 10, 1974 in Springfield, Massachusetts. All on my own I remember that Boz was opening for Loggins and Messina (Boz was just of the brink of exploding) and unfortunately Duane couldn't be there.

I also remember buying the album shortly afterwards, and turning a lot of folks onto that tune. Still one of my faves, too. Thanks for those good memories, Joe !

One of my favorites too. I saw Boz in 2018 and he ended the show with a 12 min version of Loan me a Dime. I think there were 4 electric guitar players that shared in the soloing. I play it with my kid who goes off on the A blues scale. Lot's of fun.

[reeve21]

Originally Posted by started with 1

One of my favorites too. I saw Boz in 2018 and he ended the show with a 12 min version of Loan me a Dime. I think there were 4 electric guitar players that shared in the soloing. I play it with my kid who goes off on the A blues scale. Lot's of fun.

Nice, so your kid can channel Jerry and Duane, and he's not even old enough to drive Your Dead covers also look like a lot of fun!

[TBman]

Really good Bob, you owned that one!