Dock Boggs Banjo Instruction #7: "Country Blues"

[@frettedinstrumentsschool-g280]

I teach this to my beginning students as it's so easy to play...Jack Baker

[@PallandoBlue]

Hooray! So glad to see this video pop up! You are an incredible instructor!

[@ColinBazsali]

Thanks!

[@conndaniel2309]

Glad you are back! Best banjo instruction on KZbin!

[@ColinBazsali]

Thanks a lot!

[@subbuteo71]

*wave* glad to see you back!

[@blackmedic111]

This is great! I loved all your Dock Boggs videos looking forward to pick up my banjo. Thank you!

[@jamesparsons7873]

Yes! You’re back!

[@timthetoolpool]

He's back!! I had given up hope. 😆

[@Coleman.1957]

Channeling Boggs… good people

[@maxheinrichliebow]

Great stuff. I was just looking in my old Dock Boggs tab book, and I see the tuning is right .etc so this video is incredibly helpful!

[@ColinBazsali]

I didn't know there was a tab book for Dock Boggs! When was it published? Who wrote it?

[@christopherturner2238]

Another excellent lesson - after many views, I'm nearly there - albeit, far too slow. I can't thank you enough for these lessons.

[@ColinBazsali]

It's natural to start very slow. It may take weeks or months to get it to the speed Boggs used in his 1920s recording-which, by the way, he later complained was way too fast. Listen to his 1960s recordings of it; much slower.

[@christopherturner2238]

@@ColinBazsali Thank you for responding. I listen to both regularly, but now I can really hear just how different the speeds are. Thanks again - I don't learn very well from tabs so these lessons are so helpful.

[@r1n8k]

So excited to work on this once I'm home from work. Glad to see you back uploading.

[@railroadbridge]

Wow, thank you!! I've been waiting and hoping for this video!! Thanks for coming back!

[@jandrews627]

Thanks Colin, love this tune!

[@Connordlo]

amazing lesson

[@russj.5296]

Colin, Hey! It's Russ here again! I am glad to see you back again! Your videos and instruction is just simply amazing! Please, keep the vids coming! On a side note, I recently uploaded all the Pete Seeger rainbow quest TV show episodes, to youtube, on my two channels. You might have already watched most of them, but if you have not check them out! I love them!

[@ColinBazsali]

Actually, I have hardly seen any of them! Just clips here and there. Thanks for posting those! I'm going to watch them all!

[@russj.5296]

@@ColinBazsali No problem! I hope you enjoy them! Here is the playlist I made of the uploads I added to YT on my channels: kzbin.info/aero/PLikxTgA1S5HB_dAhyR7NGWXwClKg2hV3Z

[@MP-td2qd]

god damn, great voice mate

[@ColinBazsali]

Thanks! I always considered my singing as my biggest liability when attempting Dock Boggs tunes.

[@Tony_02]

amazing Keep up with the dock videos, I’m new to the banjo and they are fun and easy to play

[@ColinBazsali]

Wow, I'm glad you think they're easy! I think they're really challenging. :)

[@mattt6609]

Yessss thank you! So excited to learn this one! Maybe oh death next? 😬😬

[@ColinBazsali]

Coming right up....

[@mattt6609]

@@ColinBazsali awesome I’m so excited!

[@Michael49ize]

Brand new subscriber and happy to be here! I love the bluesy sound of Dock Boggs, which is what encouraged me to try and learn to play the banjo. I'm a newbie, but your intimate and patient teaching style is helping me challenge myself to learn. By the way, I really like Reuben's Train (especially the intro)--have you ever taught that song the way Dock plays it? Thanks!!

[@ColinBazsali]

I never listened to Dock's version of Reuben's Train before now. I really like it. I've learned various versions of that song over the years, and none of them have stuck as my "go-to" way to play it. This might be it.

[@enricobusetto321]

Would it be possible to have the tab of this beautiful tune? I find it hard to figure it out despite your excellent explanation

[@ColinBazsali]

Sorry, I don't have tabs for this one.

[@extremenatureandfriends]

If these videos were a brick, they would be worth triple their weight in gold. Thanks so much. Do you live in the Midwest? I think I might have spotted you at a festival. If not you have a doppelgänger who also likes making music.

[@ColinBazsali]

Thanks! Yes, I live in Madison, Wisconsin. What festival are you talking about?

[@extremenatureandfriends]

@@ColinBazsali you are welcome! The Apple Festival in Weston Missouri, kinda far haha.

[@mattt6609]

Do you ever do virtual lessons? Like on zoom or something like that?

[@ColinBazsali]

No, I haven't gotten into anything like that.

[@tylernelsen1405]

Hey what kind of mandolin is that on the wall? Is it a stradolin by chance?

[@ColinBazsali]

Why, yes it is a Stradolin! I love that old thing! Plays and sounds as good as a vintage Gibson at a tiny fraction of the price. Do you have one?

[@tylernelsen1405]

@@ColinBazsali Haha very nice, I do have one aswell. I haven’t seen another one like it so I was pretty exited to see that. I enjoy mine quite a lot too. Also thank for the great video!