Drunken Hearted Man: "depressing even for the blues" guitar

	Duration: 04:10 minutes Upload Time: 2007-08-09 17:46:42 User: GuitaristInProgress :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: I rolled out of bed this morning in a really bad mood, so I picked up my guitar and laid this R&B-tinged Robert Johnson cover down on the first take. I don't know if I felt better or worse after doing this. Not much to look at here, but my favorite take of the couple of times I ran through this old Robert Johnson tune. By the way, I play in open G tuning, that's how I was able to rub my eyes with my left hand in the middle of the song without stopping playing. Open G tuning is an excellent tuning for people whose eyes itch in the morning or when they play the blues.
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yowereHannaH ::: Favorites Ha, this is pretty tight. Hey, I know almost no blues artists but I've been digging the sound for a long time. Think you can recommend me some good stuff. I can by this song you got taste. 07-10-15 01:31:31 __________________________________________________
GuitaristInProgress ::: Favorites Robert Johnson is a must, he's the delta blues OG, and he only recorded 29 songs in his entire career so there's not a lot to track down. The album "The Swarthmore Concert" by Lightin' Hopkins was a huge influence on me. "Hard Again" by Muddy Waters is harder-edged electric blues but it's pretty great. I also really like Blind Blake, although I guess he's more ragtime than blues. And, of course, whatever John Lee Hooker you can get your hands on. 07-10-15 15:09:02 __________________________________________________
adminmsn548 ::: Favorites Hi I love Robert Johnson ! could you send me the chords ??? 07-10-12 14:15:35 __________________________________________________
GuitaristInProgress ::: Favorites Well, my version is not the best to learn from since I don't really play clean chords, and tend to push the chord changes around & play them a little earlier or later than I should sometimes, but here's the basic changes as I do them here: [G] Well I'm a drunken hearted man [C] My life [G] seem so misery Well I'm a [C]drunken hearted man, my life seems[g] so misery [D] If I could change my way of living [C] It would mean so [G]much to me [G] [D] etc. 07-10-12 15:04:52 __________________________________________________
Hazuki1983 ::: Favorites This is great! Saves to favorites! Keep on making good videos! You are really talented! 07-09-28 17:45:04 __________________________________________________
GuitaristInProgress ::: Favorites You know, after 20 years of sitting around my bedroom playing guitar for myself, I can't tell you how nice it is when people say things like this. THANKS 07-09-28 21:18:45 __________________________________________________
grindamadurin ::: Favorites man, this sounds great,so full of feeling, pure blues man, two thumbs up 07-09-08 12:40:52 __________________________________________________
GuitaristInProgress ::: Favorites Hey, thanks, man, that's always good to hear. 07-09-08 17:01:32 __________________________________________________
GuitaristInProgress ::: Favorites You know what's crazy, too, man, is my least favorite of the handful of videos I've posted gets twice as many views as any of the others. Can't figure it out. 07-08-22 16:24:38 __________________________________________________
GuitaristInProgress ::: Favorites WOW, man, you could seriously make a guy's morning, saying things like that. What can I say - glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot, man. You 've got some sweet playing over on your channel, too... the left-handed strat player is a hallowed tradition to uphold. 07-08-22 16:20:16 __________________________________________________