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Hell is Full of Musical Amateurs - George Bernard Shaw

Author Topic: Mournin' Blues  (Read 533 times)

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Offline nobro

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Mournin' Blues
« on: November 12, 2012, 05:35:31 AM »

Offline sustaireblues

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Re: Mournin' Blues
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2012, 06:03:49 AM »
That's really nice Reggie!
Nice, mellow, rainy-day kinda blues.

Joe


Offline nobro

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Re: Mournin' Blues
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2012, 06:17:09 AM »
Thanks for lending an ear Joe!

Offline slideaway

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Re: Mournin' Blues
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2012, 07:45:24 PM »
some nice harp playin too!  :)

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Re: Mournin' Blues
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2012, 08:35:35 AM »
Thanks muchly slideaway!

I think the key was a little low in this rendition for my vocals. I later bumped that up a bit.

These are my verses but the chorus and the melody are based on a much older song. (Dave Macon) Uncle Dave Macon, with Sam McGee [?26, ?I?ve Got the Mourning Blues? Vocalion 15319] Jim Kweskin offered it as "Morning Blues".

I slowed the tempo to make it feel more sleepy and blue and added bottleneck slide

 


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