What are you listening to?

"A law passed in January 1865 promised freed slaves "40 acres and a mule". But Andrew Johnson, who becomes President of the United States in April of the same year following the Lincoln assassination, will refuse to implement it. So the government mule will be a broken promise."
For the origin of the name of the Warren Haynes' band.



https://youtu.be/9GzJcxHsfio

Where is the mule ? :deadhorse:
 
goyacobol said:
Just a trivia thing on Albert King's guitar, I notice he probably later in life decided to have the control knobs moved to the bottom like a regular guitar would position them.

Albert King
Instruments
King's first instrument was a diddley bow. Next, he built himself a cigar box guitar, and eventually he bought a Guild acoustic guitar. The instrument he is usually associated with is a 1958 Gibson Flying V. In 1974 he began using a Flying V built by Dan Erlewine, and after 1980 he also played one built by Bradley Prokopow.[8]

King was left-handed, but usually played right-handed guitars flipped over upside-down. He used a dropped open tuning, possibly more than one, as reports vary: (C#-G#-B-E-G#-C#) or open E-minor (C-B-E-G-B-E) or open F (C-F-C-F-A-D).[9] He never used the sixth string.[8] Steve Cropper (who played rhythm guitar on many of King's Stax sessions), told Guitar Player magazine that King tuned his guitar to C-B-E-F#-B-E (low to high).[10] The luthier Dan Erlewine said King tuned to C-F-C-F-A-D with light-gauge strings (0.009", 0.012", 0.024" wound, 0.028", 0.038", 0.050"). The lighter-gauge strings were a factor in King's string-bending technique.

For amplification, King used a solid-state Acoustic amplifier, with a speaker cabinet containing two 15-inch speakers and a horn ("which may or may not have been operative"). Later in his career he also used an MXR Phase 90.
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That is all very interesting, thanks. Playing a left hand V was his stock and trade, but the modifications are pretty unique (and a right handed guitar); I should have figured he had added some touches, and perhaps the pickups were modified too.

Was talking to a guy about people like Freddie, Albert and BB - and many more players, and their ability was described in such a way as it was not so much the notes that they played, although they can move notes so well, their real skill came in their timing - their pauses between notes. I may be off on this and some tunes just do not lend themselves to this pausing. However, I started listening for this more, if that makes any sense of pauses, and pauses are planned and natural. Some players don't seem to have this ability so much and they tend to always need to hit notes or shorten the pauses, generally not paying attention to when not to play. It still sounds good, yet listen/watch how these guys do this, it's neat. If I'm listening my mind thinks, okay, now comes the note, and then it does not happen - pause, extended pause, and then it happens. They just have great timing. :cool2:
 

https://youtu.be/zge6UEwUGn0

"Mind Games" ... :cool2:

We're playing those mind games together
Pushing the barriers planting seeds
Playing the mind guerrilla
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth
We all been playing those mind games forever
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerrilla
Some call it magic the search for the grail

Love is the answer and you know that for sure
Love is a flower you got to let it grow

So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future out of the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind
Yeah we're playing those mind games forever
Projecting our images in space and in time

Yes is the answer and you know that for sure
Yes is surrender you got to let it go

So keep on playing those mind games together
Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Millions of mind guerrillas
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel
Keep on playing those mind games forever
Raising the spirit of peace and love
(I want you to make love, not war
I know you've heard it before)
 
Re The White Buffalo; that was a petty neat video zak - loved the old dance steps! :bacon:

Concerning 'timing' and the 3-Kings, here is Freddie doing his thing in a couple of songs. There are many examples of how he uses delays and pauses - the more experienced musicians reading here might comment. Nonetheless, he plays with a great deal of feeling/connection.

Ain't No Sunshine


https://youtu.be/dVirtodd05k

Have You Ever Loved A Woman {I've no idea what the guy in the beginning is wearing on his head}


https://youtu.be/mE9H1bW-zQ4
 

https://youtu.be/Cl1O_Y8TD1U

well I guess this is all we have to do :cool2:

Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy all you have to do
Is fall in love
Play the game
Ev'rybody play the game of love

When you're feelin' down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game everybody play the game of love

My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins (play the game)
Driving me insane
Come come come come play the game play the game play
the game play the game

Play the game everybody play the game of love

This is your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game yeah play the game of love
Your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game - everybody play the game of love...

because we live in really MAD WORLD


https://youtu.be/ss8MZAKaLiw
 
Today is the Russian Airborne Troops' Day and also the Army Day in Syria. This song has become the non-official hymn of the Russian Airborne Troops:

Sineva (The Blues) by the legendary Russian Blue Berets


https://youtu.be/i8nHhyosZm4
 
sToRmR1dR said:
Today is the Day of the Republic or Ilinden-major religious holiday :)

Љубов голема (За многу години) -Great love


https://youtu.be/wCB2_yA-KWE
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Thanks for sharing, sToRmR1dR! Very beautiful song about Macedonia, didn't know that today is a major state holiday for Macedonians too. My sincere congratulations! :thup:

As for Ilinden, we call it Ilyin Den in Russia (St. Elijah's Day in English). Before Christianity, it used to be an ancient Slavic pagan holiday called the Day of Thunder and Lightning or Perun's Day (Perun is a Slavic pagan god of thunder and lightning similar to Zeus). It was believed that on this day 'the Sun turns its face away from summer to autumn'.
 
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