SuzanneShafer
Addicted to Bikes & Blues
Listening to him now doing The Sky is Crying, at the 2014 Rawa Blues Festival. Wow! Thanks for pointing me in that direction.
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Listening to him now doing The Sky is Crying, at the 2014 Rawa Blues Festival. Wow! Thanks for pointing me in that direction.
brent
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
You're welcome. I've been a fan since '98 when my mom introduced me to him. Finally got to see him live at the Bayfront Blues Festival in Duluth, MN in about 2017 or 18? I don't remember which year. This past year has caused a memory lapse.
brent
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
I guess everyone is entitled to a bad night once in a while. I've only ever seen Elton John once in concert and it was depressing. I think he was suffering from depression at the time. I am no less a fan today, in spite of that less than acceptable show.
MinorT
Got My Mojo Working???
Never been a huge fan of pedal or lap steel, but if Junior Brown and his “Guit-Steel” are in town, it is an E ticket ride for sure.
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SuzanneShafer
Addicted to Bikes & Blues
I checked him out on YouTube. Fun!
Cowboy Bob
Horse Player/Guitar Wrangler
Junior Brown is a hoot in a live setting. Smaller venues are a real gas with him.
SuzanneShafer
Addicted to Bikes & Blues
Woo-Hoo! I finally have the 8-string lap steel Ryan Rukavina (Missoula, MT) made for me in hand. It's sweet! Junior Brown would feel right at home with it seeing as how I'm using his C6 tuning (BbCEGACEG). Spent half my day stringing it to that tuning then discovering the joys of having lush 7th chords available without having to slant the bar. Now it's time to get back to my pint-sized Manitou Les Paul and practice 7th chord arpeggios with Griff.
david moon
Attempting the Blues
I'm trying to find the lush 7th chords
On the lower strings b7 1 3 5 is kind of weird unless you're playing up the neck and someone else is providing the root
On the upper strings 1 b3 5 b7 gives Am7
I can't find any other dom7 or min7 chords in there with an unslanted bar. I could be wrong.
And it still has that C6 sound (the A) in the middle.
I don't see any way of getting a 9th sound
Just askin'. Congrats on your new acquisition
On the lower strings b7 1 3 5 is kind of weird unless you're playing up the neck and someone else is providing the root
On the upper strings 1 b3 5 b7 gives Am7
I can't find any other dom7 or min7 chords in there with an unslanted bar. I could be wrong.
And it still has that C6 sound (the A) in the middle.
I don't see any way of getting a 9th sound
Just askin'. Congrats on your new acquisition
SuzanneShafer
Addicted to Bikes & Blues
With 4 picks, I can get the skeleton of a C13 ( b7 1 3 6 ). But you're right - no 9th sound. Also, with the b7 on the bottom, 7th chord inversions using the high strings as I'd like to do, don't sound all that good. I thought I could put the b7 in the middle, but after some experimenting, I realized that would negatively impact playability. I'm considering moving it to the top string, but doing so would likely require a different nut. @piebaldpython has a Bb C E G A C E D tuning (the D is lower-toned than the E), and thus gets a 9th. But I'm not prepared to give up having a full major triad at the top because so many of the licks I hear in my head need it. I'll definitely do a bit more experimenting before I settle on a tuning. The Chrome Planet Wave tuning machines make changing strings so simple that it's just a matter of how many strings I'm willing to trash in order to try things out.
david moon
Attempting the Blues
Well you could go to a 9 or 10 string, and then add a way to change the tuning on the fly, like pedals or something. Oh wait...
Have fun with your new toy. It wouldn't be a big deal to tune that A to Bb for some tunes. Tuning the high G down to D probably wouldn't work with the same string gauge. You could tune it to F and get some sus4 sounds, but could probably get the same effect with a bar slant.