This is from the Mile High Blues Society Jam at Ziggies in Denver last night. In this clip Nic does a good job of illustrating a couple of the soloing strategies we teach at our "Blues Jam 101" seminars. He starts out simple and repetitive, with mostly single notes low on the harp. Through the solo he builds tension by moving up the harp and playing more double stops and chords. He does some interesting things here.
Nic is playing a Mission 32-20 1x12 amp that Bruce Collins built for a good local player. He is using my 1959 Shure 440SL microphone and zero effects.
The jam was packed! Great music and great people. All jams should be like that.
Nice! That's a great sounding rig. I much prefer the sound of a mic straight into an amp with no effects.
Last Edited by Kingley on Apr 22, 2013 12:36 PM
Fun. Must say I recognize a lot of those strategies. Nice to have a band patient enough to let the solo build over 90 bars. I was happy to hear him sing and it's great that he's doing that now. Nobody will let me sing. Good thing.
This is a superbly structured and played solo; this young man has some major skills/ ---------- Ted Burke http://www.youtube.com/user/TheoBurke?feature=mhee
Listen to the bass player in that clip. That is solid. As a harp player you can just lean against that bass groove and rip. His name is Mac McMurray. Great guy, great player. He has become the regular in the host band for the jam.
Hondo, are you in the Denver area? The Blues Jam 101 seminars are live events at a blues club. The students are coached on jam etiquette and rules, and then they get on stage with a pro blues band to work on stagecraft and soloing. It only costs $10 and you need to join the Mile High Blues Society. There will be more info at the website.
Nic Clark was a guest instructor at the last seminar we presented.
Again, Nic singing is good to see, and well done. I appreciate the trading and lack of head cutting here. Nic was obviously playing a support role and that's beyond his years as a young gun. Both of them.
