C.W. Stoneking “Mama Got The Blues” (lesson)

Created for the Edinburgh Blues Academy students.
Based on an original recording by C.W. Stoneking
Note: all recorded parts in this video (ie backing tracks) are our own recordings. These are available to all our students for study & practice.
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Thanks!

[@willcarmack1242]

Great job brother!!!! Much respect from St Petersburg Fla.... he is hard to cover. Not many people attempting it....Well done!

[@penina6281]

thank you!! Love this song

[@stephendeems1638]

Thank you so much for this video! Would love to see more Stoneking videos. Subscribing now.

[@Bizirov]

Wow, this version in Ab sounds awesome, would love to hear a full cover

[@TobyMottershead_]

Thanks! I post a full version sometime.

[@jukejointjack]

Can you give us a couple other cw songs?

[@rogal12345]

Good job, subscribed :)

[@TobyMottershead_]

Much appreciated 🤘

[@VolloDei]

Great lesson Toby, thank you. I’d love to hear your cover of the song

[@TobyMottershead_]

Thanks so much Vol. I’ll be playing the song this Wednesday on my live stream over on the Facebook page Streamcycle - a live cyber band all playing from different locations. Hopefully you can come catch the show. Link below.

[@TobyMottershead_]

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[@VolloDei]

@@TobyMottershead_ Thank you! I will do my best to turn at least one eye and one ear away from work to your performance

[@namasta3920]

thank you for your tutorial ... do you have another for CW Stoneking ?

[@TobyMottershead_]

We just started a new term so I’m looking at a different artist or style each week - but I will definitely do another Stoneking number at some point.

[@EmperorSmith]

Go to CW's channel - he's incredibly generous at making videos showing off some of his techniques. You need to already be at a certain level of guitar playing - his tutorials assume you're already a proficient player. He's done some walkthroughs for "On A Desert Isle", "The Thing I Done", "Jungle Blues", "Get On The Floor" & "Bad Luck Everywhere You Go".

[@MicPoitras]

Hi, I am a beginner and at 3:50 you do 2 chord ...around the 5th fret.... are they really into the song or just different version of the 4 basic chords... so is it 6 or 4 chords....sorry... i am a mechanic trying my first song to impress a nice blond hair farmer girl down at the village. ❤ Mike😅

[@TobyMottershead_]

Hey man, I’m just playing an E7 to Am - just higher up the neck. You can play all the chords in first position but there always many other options as you move up the neck (as all the notes repeat in different places). Hope that helps. Now go see about that girl.

[@MicPoitras]

Huge thanks sir! I will practice less confused now... you can tell how much a beginner I am😅 But hey, Stoneking is so nice... he seem he is coming from an other era... calm me down. Around here, me and folks are listening to "oncle acid and the deadbeats", "Lightning bolt (in tractor while haying), Maserati, Charlie Megira and many other.... I hope to impress Becky with your lesson! Best regards, Mike.

[@davedavem]

The sheet music is in Abm, but this is in Bbm - should we play in Bbm to play along with the record?

[@TobyMottershead_]

Exactly right, the recorded version is in Bbm. I just needed it lower for our version as I can’t hit those high notes in the original key.

[@davedavem]

@@TobyMottershead_ ah, gotcha! Thanks!

[@Alayoubi520]

Bro, is that a Turkish archery target behind you?

[@Alayoubi520]

We should meet up. I stay in Glasgow and play a little oud/ shoot Turkish bows. I practice at the University club, but im the only one shooting this style. Currently doing my PhD at Edinburgh uni.

[@TobyMottershead_]

Yes indeed, the puta is a great target. You’ll find some archery vids over on my channel page.

[@Alayoubi520]

@@TobyMottershead_ I just noticed yeah. Cool man, let me know if you wanna shoot together sometime. This is the first time I heard of people shooting Turkish style in Glasgow/Edinburgh area.

[@TobyMottershead_]

@@Alayoubi520 nice one, yeah, be cool to meet up for a shoot. Also, check out the FB group Thumbshooters UK - good place find like-minded archers.