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Sleepy John Estes' Guitar Playing

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Forgetful Jones:
Not sure I’m adding much to the conversation here, but Sleepy John’s “Special Agent” is a favorite of mine, and I’ve always been a bit stumped as to what he was playing. Closest I ever got was Standard tuning, C position, but I wasn’t overly confident in that. The signature riff is a pretty cool one in his repertoire.



Cheers!

Edited to add link to the song.

Johnm:
Hi Forgetful Jones,
You're right, Sleepy John is playing in C position, standard tuning, as is his seconding guitarist, either Brownsville Son Bonds or Charlie Pickett, who is playing that great signature lick, also out of C position in standard tuning.
All best,
Johnm

Blues Vintage:
It's my favorite Estes song. I never heard a cover of it besides Paul Geremia or Rainer Brunn & Willie Salomon (below).

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