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Old September 3rd, 2008, 05:36 PM   #17 (permalink)
Charlie Bernstein
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Originally Posted by msteurbaut View Post
Blues players didn't think in terms of scales.
But - before I assume I know what Msteurbaut means: Msteurbaut, what do you mean? What do we think of (Aside from diving into rivers of whiskey and turning our dampers down)?

And why the past tense? If you're thinking about authenticity, what's authentic in your book, beyond playing with a feeling? How does it connect to theory, legend, or history? Is playing blues a matter of selling your soul? Your woman running off with your blue tick hound? Riding the midnight mystery train? (As opposed to bombing on your GREs or learning to dampen your Martin so it sounds like a cracked Kalamazoo?....)
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