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Old June 19th, 2009, 11:55 PM   #7 (permalink)
rangercaster
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great playing !!! Scooterazz has an excellent point, though ... if you call it Folsom Prison Blues or any standard for that pointi, you need to play "or quote" the actual melody of the song very plainly for listeners to reference a few times during the song(ala Duane Eddy or the Ventures) then go off and play ... the old be-bop jazz players did this (Coltrane, Charlie Parker) ... a few bars of "the head" then tear it up for a while and then bring it back to to the melody ... listen to Danny Gatton on an old jazz tune ... keep up the good work !!!
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