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17Nov/090

Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) T-bone walker guitar lesson

In this video guitar lesson we hear Sandy Buglass play yet another T-bone track for spytunes Blues Legacy Series.

In this most famous blues track we hear T-bone complain that "they Call It Stormy Monday, but Tuesday is just as bad." A line that has come to represent the blues as much as "Woke Up This Morning" has.

Until the 'Blues Legacy' is complete, enjoy this new youtube video where Sandy Buglass plays T-bone Walkers 'Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesdays Is Just As Bad)'

-guru

9Nov/091

Spytunes updates and T-bone mixing

Been carrying on the endless task of writing the articles around each song, no one told me that playing guitar was gonna mean writing stuff on the computer all day!

I remember Ace saying that he started a band and ended up becoming a record company MD with Skunk, at the time I thought, well that was your choice though wasn't it? This comes back to me as I'm sitting here typing away...

So i'll stop complaining right now...

So, what's been going on lately at Spytunes?

Well apart from the article writing I have finally managed to get some google ads working yoo-hoo! and loads of articles done now, half way through intermediate with:

I'm Yours
Angie
Mad World
Blowin in the wind
1234
American Pie
Kiss Me
Hey There Delilah
and Fast Car

all done, I can't tell you how nice that feels!

I've been going between this and recording with Sandy Buglass for spytunes blues legacy series, he's back tomo again doing Clapton and Peter Green, maybe even some Jeff Beck, yes!

The process of recording, mixing, video editing is a long one, and it does take it out of me. Today I encountered the problem of how to mix the legendary T-Bone Walker.

T-bone is one of my favorites, he was doing the splits and playing the guitar behind his back when Jimi Hendrix was only a twinkle in his daddies eye, so if you want electric guitar, T-bone truly is the father, possibly with Charlie Christian as the uncle...

So i'm in Amplitube, which is where i spend most of my days, and I just realized that T-bone recorded before any of the amps in this program was even invented. Leo Fender hadn't even started building amps when T-bone was laying the foundations for modern electric guitar playing. Suddenly a '59 Bassman didn't seem so retro anymore...

-guru

9Nov/090

B.B King The Thrill Is Gone Guitar Lesson

Some more B.B. King from the forthcoming Blues Legacy series.

This time it's The Thrill Is Gone and as usual it's Sandy Buglass on guitar.
Following the first two Kings in this series next up will be the third King of the Blues!

Until next time, keep practicing

-guru

5Nov/090

Blues legacy continue with B.B King

The second video in this series is from B.B King, 'Paying The Cost To Be The Boss' is a major blues containing some of B.B's signature guitar licks.

Full lesson to follow, in the meantime, enjoy this youtube video from our spytunestunes account on youtube.
Sandy Buglass is the guitarist for all Blues Legacy vids

-guru

4Nov/090

Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Guitar Lesson

Sandy Buglass plays like Albert King. This is a video in a series to come called "The Blues Legacy"

The series will look at B.B. and Freddie King as well as T-Bone, Hendrix, SRV and John Mayer.

-guru

25Oct/094

SpyTunes updates!

If you follow me on facebook you all ready know this, all songs on the site are getting an overhaul!

So far i've sorted out:

Tears In Heaven

Wonderwall

Ain't No Sunshine

Drugs Don't Work

One More Cup Of Coffee

Redemption Song

The concept of this new style came from doing lots of gear articles, all of whom have had this new concept added to them. Check the pedals, and live equipment for examples. Most of the images you see are links to where you can buy these products.

Hopefully this should ad to the user friendliness of the site.

If I do 2 articles a day i'll be half way there by xmas!

Recordings

Tomo Sandy is coming back to record all the electric stuff we did just before i was burglarized and some bastard stole my computer and Sandys audio files.

-guru

   

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