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Summertime Blues (Cochran&Capeheart 1958)

This key is not the most popular among guitarplayers, "begin with an B major chord please...". "No thank you".

But it can have interesting solutions in the upper melodyline. In this case it gives room to play both melody and bass properly at the same time..., still with some realistic connection to the original.

But, of course, this punky rock´n roll classic is at it´s best in the band. This is not the typical twelve bar boogie/blues, it have other ingredients too.

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Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker 1962)

This piece have, to be one of his tunes, relatively much movement in the bass. Often John Lee Hooker on his early recordings went back to an more primitive bluestradition. Almost directly talkin to the listener, while foot tappin on the floor and it could be planted on using only one chord or bassriff (vamp)

When I saw my sketch completed, it visually, without the real close-up, reminded me of, the many times typical structure in a piece of the great Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). Two voices move around, it´s often enough..., for anything.

From John Lee´s lyrics;

Boom, boom,boom, --

gonna shot you right down,--

Take you in my arms, --

I´m in love with you, --

I like the way walk, --

I like the way you talk, --

When you walk that walk, --

And you talk that talk, --

You knock me out, --

Right off my feet

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Little Queenie (Chuck Berry 1959)

He was called the "big big daddy of them all" , in the speakers presentation before the live concert recording at Fillmore East, San Fransisco (?), already nearly forty years ago... As a mother of fact, specially, many of the Rolling Stones´ covers didn´t reduce the boogie. Shortly, in the lyrics of Little Queenie I find;

"There she is again,

standin´over the record machine, ---

lookin´like a model

on the the cover of a magazine, ---

She´s too cute

to be a minute over seventeen"

For sure, these were not chosen words by Bing Crosby.

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Reckless Blues (Bessie Smith 1925)

A few years ago I did some testing, writing in suitable computer programmes. The possibilities are amazing, but these days I´m back writing with an ordinary ball-point pen,,,I like it too, ...but those who overcome shall see.

One problem was that computers spread the information to many pages, which often is unpractical. Specially if tablature also is in demand.I don´t really like books or magazines when the simplest musical idea need four pages.

If you work in computerprogramme it also takes time to do the adjustments, so far they are possible.

If you more and more go directly to the computerprogrammes own sounds, ...you have a new instrument

Of course it depends of what kind of music. and in what function, you work with BUT : It´s worth to remember that basically music in all traditions have survived without computers. What´s the secret? Maybe the human being?

In this sketch the vocal melody line is afterwards marked with colour. Originally the sketch was written by hand.

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So Glad You´re Mine (Arthur Crudup 1958)

Many times I first heard ElvisPresley´s coverversion, from some of his early LP:s. My fast food sketch is probably from the 1990:ties.

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Cold and Lonesome ( Jimmy Reed 1963)

Most of Jimmy´s recordings have the typical (often rather slow) boogie-bumpin. According to one early interview with the Rolling Stones some of the guys "collected Jimmy Reed- records."

Attention! Her Master´s Voice.

Modern times, midsummer 2007. Raining all the day.

Observe the bowling equipment in the window.

No. It´s not my kid behind the glass.

It´s not my dog either.

Not even the guitar.

But it was a memorable moment for the audience.

Her Master´s voice...

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