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John Lee Hooker and Ry Cooder 1992 (Original Post) dipsydoodle Mar 2012 OP
Great blues from great artists... Scuba Mar 2012 #1
Using the youtube link dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #2
I took up guitar two and a half years ago, at age 61.... Scuba Mar 2012 #3
Then I'm really proud of you dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #4
My favorite Beatle on a uke... great.... Scuba Mar 2012 #5
Watch this while you're able to dipsydoodle Mar 2012 #6
Damn, there's water in my eyes. Hadn't seen that. Thanks. Scuba Mar 2012 #7

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
2. Using the youtube link
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 08:10 AM
Mar 2012

there's as stack of other numbers by them too.

Yes - the downbeat. I've been dancing for oh so long now I feel that in my stomach and am just aware of the music.

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
3. I took up guitar two and a half years ago, at age 61....
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 08:15 AM
Mar 2012

... I love the blues and "feel" the music. At my lesson yesterday, I played a simple blues rhythm while my instructor played lead and it was euphoric.

I've been a Ry Cooder fan since I first heard him play Willin' with Little Feat and I've even got some John Lee vinyl. Hearing them together is great. Again, thanks for posting.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
4. Then I'm really proud of you
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 08:31 AM
Mar 2012

I'm 68 and over the past 10 years I've collected about 160 banjos, now reduced to c. 80, 25 or so guitars, 10 ukuleles one of which is a 1919 Martin, 3 lap dulcimers and other odds and sods like octave mandolins etc.

I can't play any them but have booked a ukulele lesson for April 1st which is bundled in with a tea swing dance. If nothing else I want to be able to play this like George :

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
5. My favorite Beatle on a uke... great....
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 08:39 AM
Mar 2012

... when you wrote George with uke, I gotta admit though, I thought of George Gobel first.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
6. Watch this while you're able to
Wed Mar 7, 2012, 08:54 AM
Mar 2012

Its the end of the Concert for George. Those youtubes of the finale gets deleted frequently. The high quality on the DVD of that concert which I've got anyway is a real tear jerker when millions of petal are dropped from the ceiling of the Royal Albert Hall. Used copies of that DVD over your side are about $10 on Amazon - I just checked. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dmovies-tv&field-keywords=concertr+for+george
All star line up with Paul McCartney, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Albert Lee, Andy Fairweather Low etc

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