Keith Grimes Guitar Lessons

Hey Folks,
I am wondering---do the posts from that originate from here show up on the ol' regular FB? If so, somebody tell me, please.

Signed,

Curious Keith

A great thing about music--if you change the rhythm and melody, you can lift the chord changes from an existing song and come up with something completely different. One that took me decades to catch on to--"Long Train Running" by the Doobie Brothers uses the same chords as B.B. King's classic version of "The Thrill is Gone." Not a bad job of recycling!

Ho Ho,
I decided to delete yesterday's post, for fear it would make my non-music-reading students feel unloved. Have no fear. Anybody out there who's trying to do something with the instrument has my seal of appeal, even if they don't know an eighth note from a footnote. Just eat your vegetables and keep pickin'!

Finally got a replacement copy of one of my favorite recordings--"And Now--Booker T and the MG'S." Steve Cropper is the guy that showed me just how funky a Fender Telecaster could be. On this record, he takes a solo on a radically re-worked version of "Think", (The old Five Royales song) that is one of his best. He surrounds his great tone with silences that enhance its effect. Right on, Mr. Steve!

I'm pondering the startling fact that Johnny Cash does "Folsom Prison Blues" in the key of F #. Could've sworn it was in E. Well, almost. They're almost certainly thinking and playing in E, with a capo at the second fret. Live and learn!