Since Tom Waits was just inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, I figured I'd make a video of the kind of stuff I've been working on.
It is by no means perfect, and I didn't figure on my first post of this guitar and rack stuff being a song played in third position. Oh well, any hints or tips would be greatly appreciated. Doing all of this at once is a little challenging.
I've only been playing guitar for about a year and am self taught. I know it's basic, but I don't know how much more complicated I'd make it at this point. Again, any pointers would be appreciated.
your kidding me ,You only played guitar a year,wow,Your harp sounded great but man you was doing some complicated barr chords that Ive have trouble with after years,But then again I suck,but you dont that was some tight playing.Im impresssed ,and the harp was good to.;-) ---------- Hobostubs
sounds good to me! You are on the right track. Marc Ribot, Waits longtime guitarist went through public school with me. We jammed many a nights and I often wondered where he would end up, but never thought he would end up with such a gig. Walter ---------- walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year. " life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
I really enjoyed that Kinko. Huge Waits fan. Temptation, Down in the Hole and 2:19 are regulars with me and my jam buddies.
I really like your voice. Very natural souldful low register. I'm jealous.
The third position harp is good too. I onlyl tried playing on a rack breifly - and it's a lot tougher than it looks. The guitar is a little chunky yet - but is pretty darn good for a year in - especially for playing while singing and harping.
@ Walter - Who the heck haven't you played with, hung out with or gone to school with? Geez - That list might be shorter. Marc Ribot is a great guitarist - especially playing with Waits . ----------
bonedog: growing up in the Newark NJ area meant it was only a short ride on the PATH train to NYC. I started going over there when I was young to check the music scene. That connected me with a lot of guys. Also from our hometown is Max Wienberg, Springsteens drummer. I never played with him but would listen at his basement window as he played with his bands down there. I use to hang with the beginings of sugar hill on the street corners of Newark too. Also all I did was music and this attracted me to such people. Wilbert harrison pulled me over in his caddy as I walked down south orange ave in Newark, NJ. I was delivering drugs/collecting money for the mob. I would blow my harp everywhere I walked and when I figured out some guitar walked with that and the harp on the rack. That led to living with louisana red, helping sonny terry get around, the NY Dolls, and other...... Soon I had enough of the NYC area scene and ended up in SF. I have no kids, had no real job, no house. I was 100% music. I would move anywhere, anytime, for music. That is how I met and got to play with so many people. In reality very few pro musicians do this. Most stay put in one place most of their lives. That limits ones possible connections. I lived in NYC, SF bay area, austin, Pheonix, Brussels, and oslo, while doing music full time. Things are all different now. It seems more like a university scene than a club scene today. There aren't any real scenes to travel to today like I came up in and it seems these seminars are the new thing. I prefer a funky bar on the bad side of town with some old blues guys holding court. You paid a small cover, got to know these guys and they gave you a shot. If you were good enough you got in their bands and were instantly imersed in some real deal scenes. The sad thing is a huge % of the guys I knew are now dead or dying and of those alive many have left the places they got famous playing in because it got to expensive to live there and are not hardly playing anymore. I left austin because our $150/month house went up to $1,000/month when we left. The scene was in real bad shape when we left in 96 and my friends down there tell me it has never recovered. Clarksdale may be a new scene in the making. I have been emailing with Charlie Musselwhite recently and he mentioned that. It will be up to the young people to recreate such places. That is historically how they have evolved into scenes like SF, NYC, and Austin once had. Young people are more carefree because they have just entered the adult world. that carefree spirit creates scenes and then they seek out the older guys to hone their talents. The internet has been a pretty much been a death sentence on this part of the art of learning music. I was invited this weekend for a black cat lounge reunion down on the gulf coast in Texas. I wish I had money for the airfare. I just heard about it this week via a release of a ton of photos a guy took in austin. I checked the airfaires and they are crazy on such short notice. I am going to be there next year. Walter
sorry to side track this thread. I will refrain from doing it further.
---------- walter tore's spontobeat - a real one man band and over 1 million spontaneously created songs and growing. I record about 300 full length cds a year. " life is a daring adventure or nothing at all" - helen keller
