Topic: Lottie Beaman/Kimbrough Lyrics

[dj]

If someone has a reference on the meaning of policy numbers at hand, that might throw some light on the meaning of 38.

[Slack]

At first I thought 38 and blue was reference to the hand gun - as in 38 Special and color of the steel.

But she makes up with him at the end and so you would think she would no longer want to shoot him! 

[crustypicker]

i've been trying to figure what position she's playing out of on rolling log blues. sounds like there's 2 guitars on it maybe one in d position and one in e?

[Johnm]

Hi crustypicker,
I believe it is one guitarist, playing out of E position in standard tuning, but with a high octave G string substituted for the normal G string.
All best,
Johnm

[crustypicker]

you tune the g string to a higher octave? wow its one guitar that is amazing.

[Johnm]

Yes, you substitute a very light gauge string for the normal G string and tune it to the pitch of the first string, third fret.