Great to hear from ya! Happy trails in London!

Brian jones and Keith were obsessed with getting the sound of Jimmy Reed, who very often had two guitars (Jimmy Reed and Eddie Taylor) and no guitar soloing or single note fills responding to the voice but rather mesemerizing counter rhythmic guitars and Reed’s harmonica solo. Sometimes Reed had more than 2 guitars without a bass, even. This incredible sound was much of the impetus for the Stones, according to Keith.

Right on, just keep the thumb moving no matter what!

@@jlstilesmusic That’s the way I’ve been playing for the last almost 50 years. But I still can learn from you!

Really Great!

He had tremendous armature-on the straight harp stuff his bends are very hard to do such as in Honest I Do.

Great to see ya again!

Probably someone who hates the Palestinians for some psychotic reason-it’s very very rare I get a dislike as my music not offensive-😂-at worst one would just skip it, 🤷🏽.

Thanks, it transfers the basic technique to a totally different rhythm as the piedmont technique is very general in that many beats are available with either thumb or fingers so you can place them as you like

Grayzone has been a bright spot in the darkness and there are a lot of orphans in Gaza, now.

It’s a blue ridge parlor from 2010, not expensive but I put on 13 gauge to fatten it up-shoujd maybe do 14’s, even, but then it gets stiff and might lift up the bridge.

Thanks, Blake is inimitable but we do our best!

Thanks! Yeah, he thumb rolls like blind Blake, too, I realized, and it’s fast, certainly harder than a standard piedmont.

Thanks! In open D you get the D and A in the bass with thumb going from string 6 to 4, 5 to 4 every measure and then you can play freely on the top three strings with the slide before going to the G.

Are you in open D? Or drop D? (DADGBE) (That’s what it looks like in the video). Where do you play? Do you ever get out to the NYC area? I’d love to come and see you!

⁠@@dinosilone7613yes drop D, not open D. For touring (I live in SF Bay Area) it takes a lot of work for little pay 😂 because I have to book it and promote it all myself but I’ll make another run eventually. Even locally, I’ve mainly been playing another band as jazz guitarist. I suppose I’ll post here and on insta/facebook when I do-my e-mail list is gathering dust, come to think of it.

@@jlstilesmusic Well, until you do get out here, I’ll keep watching your videos. 😁 I see you’ve also got some albums for sale … I’ll check those out. Thanks!

That’s good to hear, I’m glad this is helpful for players

Thanks, playing Blake stuff will always be a work in progress, Southern Rag being an ultimate goal!

Thanks, and yes, Martins are very light and minimally braced so they vibrate beautifully.