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Thread #6266   Message #37325
Posted By: Rockady Johnny
07-Sep-98 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: Learning to Play Acoustic Blues
Subject: RE: Learning to Play Acoustic Blues
William Moore Recorded "Old County Rock" in jan 1928 - the flip side of the 78 was "raggin' the Strings" this wass his only session and also produced: "One Way Gal" "Ragtime Crazy" "Midnight Blues" "Ragtime Millionaire" "Tillie Lee" and "Barbershop Rag" all of these have been reissued on Ragtime Blues Guitar Document DOCD-5062 which also features a number of other great tunes--most noteworthy Bayless Rose doing "Old Black Dog" and Willie Walkers "South Carolina Rag (Take 1 & 2) For my money the best version of Old Country Rock was a duet between Steffan Grossman and Rory Block (under the alias Sunshine Kate) on How to Play the Blues Guitar on an old (1964?)Elektra lp (Also reissued in England on Tranatlantic I think with Gus Cannons Jugstompers on the cover) Snaker Dave Ray did a great 12 - string version. While all these folks on this thread have had great advice they missed the easiest way to learn and probably the most traditional---Simply go to Mississippi and on a moonless night round about midnight go out to a county crossroads and wait................!