GT Slide Guitar Lesson - The Sky Is Crying

I posted a video clip on guitartrade.blogspot.com of GT playing an old blues standard called The Sky Is Crying. You can go straight to it by clicking on this link:

http://guitartrade.blogspot.com/2007/03/gt-slide-guitar-demo-sky-is-crying.html

Recycled Blues - Down In The Bottom

The first version of "Down In The Bottom" that I heard was George Thorogood's version off of his "Haircut" album. That's my favourite. I found out later it was a Howlin' Wolf song. Here is the original version by Howlin' Wolf plus some recycled versions by George Thorogood, John Mellencamp, Bill Wyman, John Lee Hooker and Eric Sardinas. Great tune and some interesting approaches to the same song.

http://rapidshare.com/files/22795549/Recycled_Blues_-_Down_In_The_Bottom.rar

Rockin' Blues

Here's a collection of rockin' blues tunes that'll fit on one CD. Great party music. Download it, burn it and crank it up!

"She's Gone" by George Thorogood And The Destroyers
"If I Could Only Flag Her Down" by ZZ Top
"Just Can't Make It" by George Thorogood And The Destroyers
"Baby Please Don't Go" by Aerosmith
"Tush" by ZZ Top
"Evening Train" by Van Morrison
"Can't Keep a Good Man Down" by Tommy Castro
"Honey Bee" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Just Got Paid" by ZZ Top
"Rock This House" by Jimmy Rogers
"You Can't Catch Me" by George Thorogood And The Destroyers
"Eyesight To The Blind" by Aerosmith
"My Way" by George Thorogood And The Destroyers
"The House Is A Rockin'" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Further On Up The Road" by Eric Clapton
"Pride And Joy" by Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Call Me the Breeze" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"It Wasn't Me" by George Thorogood And The Destroyers
"One Way Out" by The Allman Brothers Band
"Move It on Over" by George Thorogood And The Destroyers

http://rapidshare.com/files/22283964/Rockin__Blues.rar

guitartrade.blogspot.com

If you're looking for some good resources for guitar players, check out guitartrade.blogspot.com. There's a lot of good stuff there including plenty of instructional materials for blues wannabes like me. Check out this book on playing blues shuffles that I posted:

http://guitartrade.blogspot.com/2007/03/blues-shuffles-with-audio-examples.html

Boppin' Blues

Here's my first real post. A collection of some boppin' blues tunes that I put together for a CD for myself and a buddy of mine. There is some of the usual stuff plus and few tunes that you might not have heard before. Some great background music for a party, cruisin' down the highway or just sittin' back and relaxin'. They should all fit on a CD if you want to burn them. Here's the songlist (and the order I put them in on my CD):

"Help Me" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
"This Is Hip (with Ry Cooder)" by John Lee Hooker
"Walkin' The Dog (with John Lee Hooker)" by Johnny Rivers
"Hold Me Tight" by Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
"Everything Is Broken" by Bob Dylan
"Sweet Home Chicago" by Jimmy Rogers
"Shake It Baby" by John Lee Hooker
"Before You Accuse Me" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Voodoo Music" by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers
"My Babe" by James Cotton Blues Band
"Route 66" by James Cotton Blues Band
"Bring It On Home" by Sonny Boy Williamson II
"Wake Up Momma" by Alvin Lee & Ten Years After
"Poor Boy" by RL Burnside
"Baby I Don't Care" by Ray Condo & His Ricochets
"Kansas City" by Albert King
"Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" by Jonny Lang
"Blow Wind Blow" by Jimmy Rogers
"Uhh!" by Joe Louis Walker
"London Berry Blues" by Chuck Berry

Click here for the download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/22273657/Boppin__Blues.rar

Guaranteed to get you boppin'!

Howdy

Just started this blog and haven't decided exactly what to post yet. If you like them rockin' blues, you'll probably like some of the stuff I'm going to post, most of which will be downloadable. I'm a big fan of the blues and a wannabe geetar player. I'm a big fan of a lot of the old blues players like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson and many more. I'd have to say that John Lee Hooker is my favourite. I'm also a big fan of the likes of Eric Clapton, ZZ Top, George Thorogood, Stevie Ray Vaughan and just about anyone else who plays those rockin' blues. I started kind of late at playing the geetar but I have a lot fun with it. Bought myself a Stratocaster about 7 years ago and I like to play it loud whenever I can. Hope you'll enjoy this site.