What are you all listening to?

[raleighnut]

even recorded in an alternate tuning, quite advanced for 1954.

Played by Elmore on slide so he'd be in an open tuning, could be 'G' or 'E', might even be a minor open chord.

 

[DRM]

Played by Elmore on slide so he'd be in an open tuning, could be 'G' or 'E', might even be a minor open chord.

quick Google search suggest it was recorded in open D tuning, also it was originally recorded by Robert Johnson in 1936! as I Believe I'll Dust my Broom

 

[ktmbiker58]

When you listen carefully to them, most old Blues songs are pure unadulterated filth, just proves there's nothing new under the sun, on a different tack, artists like Elmore James were the pioneers of Rock N Roll, Dust My Broom is an absolute banger, even recorded in an alternate tuning, quite advanced for

I have some Elmore James on vinyl - I must dig it out , turntable is setup for playing 78s at the moment so I am having a 78 fest for a few days, my oldest record is from 1919 although I do have a handful of Edison cylinders that are older that I ought to transcribe, maybe tomorrows project is to get the Edison Phonograph up to speed - I haven't used it for at least 10 years.

 

[raleighnut]

quick Google search suggest it was recorded in open D tuning, also it was originally recorded by Robert Johnson in 1936! as I Believe I'll Dust my Broom

Check out early Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac featuring Jeremy Spencer)

Jeremy was (and is) one of the greatest 'Chicago' blues slide guitarists and rock and roll imitators ever to the point where Fleetwood Mac even played as their own support band wearing 'Gold Lame' jackets and known as 'Earl Vince & The Valients' fronted by Jeremy. There are bits on the studio albums but far more was recorded which surfaced in later years (and more so after Greeny came out of semi retirement/recovered and started playing again) the BBC sessions is particularly good and although not in front of an audience is the band playing 'Live'/single take. There is also a couple of CD's called 'The Vaudeville Years' and 'Show Biz Blues' (both double CD's) and live recordings called 'The Boston Box' (a 3 CD set)

With the addition of a 3rd lead guitarist/vocalist (Danny Kirwan) taken on to play additional parts on stage that Peter had overdubbed in the studio Danny also wrote some songs (notably 'Dragonfly' and 'Although The Sun Is Shining' amongst others) the band could and did radically change the sound/style of the music.