How to Play Earth Blues from People, Hell, and Angels - Part 2

This is the slower breakdown of the song. The Jimi'isms in this song are his open string use and his rhythm precision and pace. What a master at rhythm. The lyrics are also profound. We (Earth) have got the blues. A link to me playing the full song is at the end of this video.

[@KurtAspaas]

We love Stan!

[@millstap]

Yesterday, I was thinking “is all this time and effort worth it?” Then I see this. Thank you Kurt.

[@Frenchmelodymaker]

God bless you, I think that you are the only one to made good Hendrix lessons, with love and passion. May you consider doing more lessons on the live in Maui ?

[@millstap]

Thank you for the blessing. I just shifted gears from Maui for a while. I've done a lot on that album. Now I'm focusing on Electric Ladyland.

[@thomas6558]

@@millstap let’s goo! Electric Ladyland is by far my favorite album and era of Jimi at the moment. What were you planning on doing lessons on?

[@millstap]

@@thomas6558 I've been working on House Burning Down but, as I thought, it's almost impossible to sound great with all of the overdubs Jimi puts in. And the effects. On the intro, I'm using a Phase 90 phase shifter, fuzz, and Echoplex EP2. It's hard to compete with that studio phase shift as well as the fuzz. I literally have to stop playing to switch everything off. So, if I do it, I may do it in sections of the best stuff. I really love the rhythm chords with the open B and E after the intro. That was a new one on me. Then the verse rhythm which is so crisp. Really cool stuff.

[@joaquinbrasher3722]

Could you do his "Rock me Baby" solo for Monterey or his solo on Izabella from People, Hell and Angels

[@shanebrbich5698]

Milzeeeee! Great work son! 👍🇦🇺

[@millstap]

G'day Shane. I love that Aussie saying. Someone challenged me (requested, but I take it as a challenge personally) to figure out House Burning Down from Electric Ladyland. Since I got very close to the intro with my phase shifter and echo, I decided I need to do it. Those bends at the beginning I think are what really influenced me to want to play way back when I started in 1969. Those are the sounds that are so heavenly to me.

[@shanebrbich5698]

@@millstap They sound sooo slinky! You’re nailing them mate! I tell you who else is (as well) Pearl Blues! If you haven’t already seen his videos, he does fantastic improv on James Marshall. Ciao bambini 👍

[@russlgtr]

Nice, thank you for keeping Jimi s art accessable for us. no sticker on the headstock?. I find I was just fine putting stickers on oil finish. I sprayed clear coat on the sticker first. It isn't blended in nicely like on my real fender but it's fine and not all fenders do a full blended in sticker with the decal buried in the finish anyway. I added a bit of vinegar to the sticker water as done have suggested.

[@millstap]

The first one was a hassle so I said what’s the use. I also sprayed 4 coats of clear over it but since I didn’t want to spray the entire face of the headstock, I masked off around the edges of the decal. Kind of a pain. The first one turned out great though. I’m not sure it is a vintage correct Fender left handed decal and not sure where to find a good quality one.

[@karlphilippefournier4123]

Hey hello millstap! It's nice to discover what you do. I'm also doing a youtube channel mainly on Hendrix. I can see that you go on depth in studying his style and sound and that's what I try to aim for too. It would be cool if we could discuss a little bit one day. My channel is very rudimentary up to now but I try to focus on good music. I would be open for any advices or collaborations perhaps, who knows? Peace out! And congrats to stay in shape and playing well and fast! Karl

[@millstap]

Hey Karl. I think I will pass the baton on to you young guys now. The best advice I have is to use some type of slow down method for the quick passages to be able to hear what Jimi is doing. I have used Transcribe by Seventh String forever but there are many of them out there. Some are handheld units and some are software for your computer. It's quite a bit of work and that is why I have chosen to step back because I have so many other things I need to be doing, including playing and enjoying playing. The editing part is where I get bogged down and it takes me a long time especially since I don't know all of the software tricks. It also wears out frets a lot quicker since you will spend a lot of time working on one song so I recommend using a guitar with stainless steel frets.

[@Dbalx]

Hi man great video! What about 1983 a merman i shall turn to be? if you feel like messing around with it it would be great, cheers, happy easter!

[@millstap]

Someone mentioned House Burning Down and then it became a challenge to get that sound, especially the beginning. I pulled out my old Phase 90 phase shifter and put a bunch of echo on it and it was getting very close. I may end up doing it. I stay away from the studio stuff just because of all of the studio tricks with panning and phase shifting but I do love the intensity of those bends. I was also playing Come On which is fun but it is tuned to E which I don't care for anymore. I love how he phrases his fills in that song. Whatever I do, it will probably take a while. At least we are focusing on Electric Ladyland.

[@Dbalx]

@@millstap your are an amazing man, man! Thanks for your reply

[@millstap]

@@Dbalx Thanks. I always check KZbin to see if anyone else has already done a good job on any song I do. There was nothing good for House Burning Down as far as lessons go, that were accurate. Randy Hansen did a pretty good job of playing it live. It's not easy live since there are a lot of overdubs. I learned another Jimi'ism which I was pretty surprised about which again uses a chord with the open B and E strings. I was excited to hear it.

[@hershiekopper]

House burning down will be crazy! Looking forward to that one