Got the Blues for the West End, by Lonnie Johnson
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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Absolutely beautiful! This is how a 12 string should be played, fingerpicked, not strummed and to apply it so beautifully to a Lonnie Johnson classic is a triumph.
beautifully played! one of my favorite all time songs. gives me goose bumps
Andrew! How do you do it!?!? Lonnie Johnson! Who remembers him? You are just amazing. Thank you, again.
Thanks Bob. In my opinion, Lonnie Johnson's work should be just as highly regarded as any of the pre-war blues musicians. Phenomenal player.
You nailed it. Just nailed it. Lonnie is smiling I feel certain.
Very nice and extra credit for playing it on a 12 string.
Now we're only missing Eddie Lang for the duo.
This was beautiful. Blues on the twelve string, especially melodic blues like Lonnie Johnson.. there is nothing better.
The spirit of Lonnie Johnson. Marvellous!
Still more mysteries to uncover. Thank you Lena
Beautiful playing Andrew.
Bernard
Thank you Bernard
Absolutely excellent!
Wow! Superb. It’s just great to hear someone play Lonnie, especially as well as he does here. The only other person I can think of who really captures the rhythm and LJ’s tonal inflections, is Ari Eisinger. Thank you, Andrew!
Thank you Malcolm, good to see you here. I agree, Ari has done a nice job at capturing the spirit of Lonnie’s works. I’d like to do more Lonnie Johnson in the near future.
Upon listening to this a 2nd and 3rd time it's striking me as quite classy brassy and brainy. Also looks very difficult. Also, thanks for the analysis of Lonnie's playing in this style, fun informative reading. Looking forward to more!
Andrew, "long road to travel" cover sometime?
Hey Andrew, once again you have done a terrific work. You are the 21th century “Champollion” of Acoustic guitar. There is no secret that can’t be discovered by your hard and gifted work. Stunning interpretation as well.
Marco
Thanks Marco. I learned about a new person today, I shall now refer to myself as the “Champollion” of folk/blues. Next time we get together I’ll send you my essay on Lonnie Johnson, if you’re a fan of his work you’ll find it very interesting. Kind regards
Dang! Sounds great.
I really enjoyed reading your research on this song, it really brought the song to life and underscored some of the interesting bits in the playing. I probably wouldn't have noticed how you strung and tuned the guitar if I hadn't read the paper. Great job!
It’s pretty interesting to me. Glad you enjoyed it John.
Just noticed the courses are double except the B and E strings. That makes sense. I will try that.
very nicely done.
wow..have just got single strings on 1 and 2 ?? is it drop Dtuned down a half step to C#??? i just now heard the Lonnie recording i have to learn it.
Great playing!
Fantastic playing , Wow I really like it ! Gary
Great tune!
very well played. I think though that Lonnie had a different string setup than yours. He kept the first double course and removed a string from the second and third course.
Thank you. This song was part of a masters thesis assignment I wrote. I probably analyzed about 100 Lonnie Johnson recordings. The only session where I hear a double first course is with duke on oct 1 1928. Then a single first course and double second from roughly October 13 1928 to jun of 1929. He finally settled on single 1st and 2nd course and unison third in oct 1929. I’d be thrilled if you could point me to a recording that would change my mind!
@@andrewlardner I guess my ears are not as good as yours and the "shaky" recordingquality doesn't help either. I recorded "Got The Blues For The Westend" 11 years ago with that setup though ruclips.net/video/bI-SMk77arE/видео.html We'll never know for sure what he really did and sadly noone ever thought of asking him during his rediscovery period in the 60ies.
daddystovepipe your version is great too, really a good work.
I have listened very carefully to 3 versions (the original one and both of yours) and it’s clear to me that Lonnie in this recording used a single course on the first string. The original recording is not that bad in my opinion.
IMHO
Marco
@@marcog7084 I Thanks for the kind words. I checked again and I think you're right in this case. However with the first course doubled the sound is richer and with the third course as a single you avoid the typical jingly jangly sound of that string, hence my setup.
@daddystovepipe I understand your choices and your preference. And the result is still very pleasant.
You chose to avoid the jingly jangly of the 3rd string using one course while Lonnie used a unison double course on that.
Andrew has done a great work on that and if you read his thesis and listen to the original version with his tips it seems all so clear.
That said you have done a huge work for the blues guitar world and your video are great. I really like your RUclips channel 👍
Awesome Andrew
Thank you Dana
superb
Thank you Peter
hey mr, how do you like this setup? I'm thinking of converting an electric neck to this setup, the best of both words, I think... have you ever tried this setup with magnetic pickups? do you have any other videos from this very setup? sorry for so many questions, there is not many viideos avaible on youtube... cheers
The b45 is good for certain applications, but the Bozo 12 strings are my favorite. I don’t think an electric neck would work on an acoustic body, they usually bolt on to the solid body of an electric guitar, while acoustic necks have a dovetail joint that is glued in place. I don’t see how it could be possible. I don’t use pickups on any of my 12 strings. The only other video I have of this guitar is titled Living in the Country
@@andrewlardner no, no, sorry, I didn't mean to put an electric neck on acoustic body... I meant to do this setup into an electric 12er... 10 strings, no unison strings on B and E. thanks for your answer, I'll check your other video
@@sloppy_hand Oh man I think I worked too long of a day, I get what you're asking now. No I only oriented my strings this way for the Lonnie Johnson piece, as that's how he tuned his guitar. Single 1st and 2nd and a unison on the 3rd string.
@@andrewlardner cool, buddy! it sounds good! thanks for your answer!
@@andrewlardner Love your playing and devotion! Didn't Lonnie mostly use a single 5th and 6th string?
♥️😍 .
Can I get these tabs
Hi Donald, they are on my Patreon.
Can I get guitar taps
In which case you’ll need to use a Waterloo guitar.
Add twich link plz