The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58484   Message #926649
Posted By: Bobert
05-Apr-03 - 10:26 AM
Thread Name: Blues chord sequences
Subject: RE: Blues chord sequences
Well danged! Look at all these Tweezerins over here scratchin' in the Catbox!

Well, this is my two cents, though ya might give me 3 cents in change.

Now, I know that if you tell Sparky Rucker that I said this he'll not only deny it but he'll probably take me aside for a *little Talk* that next time we're together but...

I learnt that danged blues from Sparky, who learnt 'em from Rev. Guy Davis and a few otherinz and, well, when the Colonal hisseff ( Sparley) gets taliing theory he confuzerates his own self. Then after about a minute of it he just looks at ya and says, "Heck, I ain't sure what that chord is, but you can get you a chord chart oif ya really want to know"... and then...

He goes back to just showin' ya' stuff and trying to explainerate what he's doing witgh real technical percisssion like, "Ahhh, ya' put this finger here and this other one there..."

But, hey, it worked for me 'cause I don't have any theory either and like Sparky once told me, "Hey, Bobert, one day you'll just get it. Blues is a feeling. It's like riding a bicycle. Once you got it, you got it..."

Well, I really hate to be the one who has to come in with this alternative theory but I reckon Mayor Tweezer started it so if there's gonna be a duct tapin', get him!

Bluesman Bobert