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bluesbassman

(20,388 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 01:19 AM Mar 2013

One more Saturday night Blues tune. Otis Rush: As The Years Go Passing By

Otis has absolutely fantastic touch and tone, and one of the underated voices in Blues IMO.

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One more Saturday night Blues tune. Otis Rush: As The Years Go Passing By (Original Post) bluesbassman Mar 2013 OP
wonderful understated slow burn. kwassa Mar 2013 #1
Deceptively difficult to play too. bluesbassman Mar 2013 #2
sweet In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #3

bluesbassman

(20,388 posts)
2. Deceptively difficult to play too.
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 01:51 AM
Mar 2013

Most guitarists want to way over play songs like this. One of the things I took to heart early on is that it's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play that can make or break a tune.

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