Monthly Archives: July 2010
On This Day In Music History: “That’s All Right (Mama)”
The first thing you hear is an acoustic guitar. That’s Elvis Presley, fingering an open-position A Major chord and setting the tempo with a solid Carter scratch: boom–chuck–boom-pa-chuck-a. After 4 beats, Bill Black’s slapping upright bass comes in, doubling the guitar’s alternating … Continue reading
On This Day In Music History: Mississippi John Hurt
In the August 2010 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine, interviewer Jeffery Pepper Rodgers asks singer/songwriter/guitarist Jakob Dylan about the Folk fingerpicking style he uses on his two solo albums, including his latest Women and Country. Dylan replies: “My favorite with … Continue reading
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