The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6266   Message #36854
Posted By: Dave T
02-Sep-98 - 10:55 PM
Thread Name: Learning to Play Acoustic Blues
Subject: RE: Learning to Play Acoustic Blues
Hi All

I wholeheartedly agree with these last few comments by steve, earl ( just an interesting juxtaposition of names I guess!!), zorro and gene. I've just been trying to figure out my own version of Son House's "Death Letter Blues". I mean after all, I'm never gonna sound like Son House when he was 63 or 79 years old (which was it anyway?), so I'll have to find my own feel for it. I don't know about anyone else, but it's helpful for me to record myself when I'm learning a new song; it makes it easier to hear when I'm really capturing the feeling I want and when I'm just imitating. Any thoughts???