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Series 2: Lesson 1A Bottleneck Slide Blues Guitar Open G Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 290 seconds In this first lesson, we will begin by training the right picking hand. Practicing an alternating bass picking pattern while fingering notes on the treble strings, we will learn Henry Worrall's Spanish Fandango. A classic turn of the century parlor guitar piece that gained such popularity that Open G tuning is commonly referred to as Spanish tuning. Taught by Keni Lee Burgess Related: 1930, delta, dobro, mississippi, resonator, resophonic, stella |
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Eric Clapton Duane Allman Mean Old World Blues Guitar Duet Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 169 seconds Hello from Keni Lee. Welcome to my parlor. My good friend, Blimey Bill (no, it is not John Fahey)stopped by to play Mean Old World Blues by Walter Jacobs. He is playing a 1995 National Resophonic Tricone. I am playing my rebuilt 1935 National Duolian. We are both tuned to open G. ?????Kenji ???????????????????? ???????????????????? ????????? Related: 1930, bottleneck, delta, dobro, national, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Mississippi Fred McDowell You Got To Move Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 192 seconds This is my all time favorite traditional Bottleneck Tune. Thumping monotonic bass alternated with the slide singing the melody line. Classic field work rhythm with Gospel lyrics. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open C (CGCegc) Related: 1930, bottleneck, delta, dobro, gospel, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Muddy Waters Bottleneck Blues Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 200 seconds 1993 National Resophonic Duolian Guitar. (Thank you Don Young) I Be Troubled aka I Can't Be Satisfied by Muddy Waters. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open G tuning. Related: delta, dobro, muddy, resonator, slide, waters |
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Charley Patton Bottleneck Blues Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 162 seconds 2005 Galvo Resonator Guitar built by Donmo.com out of galvanized sheet metal. Moon Going Down by Charley Patton. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open G tuning. Please check out the duet version with special guest, Blimey Bill. Related: 1930, delta, dobro, national, resophonic, slide |
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Nobody's Fault But Mine by Blind Willie Johnson Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 136 seconds Nobody's Fault But Mine by Blind Willie Johnson. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess on a 1930 Stella guitar using the old style method of playing using only the Bottleneck and fretting no notes. Related: 1920, 1930, allman, clapton, delta, johnson, keb, mcdowell, mississippi, mo, national, patton, resonator, resophonic, stella, stones |
![I Believe I\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/aMRfC6DIKqQ/2.jpg "I Believe I\") |
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom Bottleneck Blues Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 200 seconds I Believe I'll Dust My Broom by Robert Johnson. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open D tuning. Okay, this is what I look like first thing in the morning when I'm singing the blues. Not a pretty sight! Related: 1930, bottleneck, delta, johnson, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Elmore James Shake Your Money Maker Bottleneck Blues Duet Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 160 seconds Hello from Keni Lee. Welcome to my parlor. One more tune for this set and then its time for a beer. Its Blimey Bill and myself for a boogie-woogie version of an Elmore James classic, Shake Your Money Maker. Normally this song is played in Open D or E, but here we are both in Open G. Related: 1930, delta, dobro, national, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Robert Johnson Walking Blues Bottleneck Guitar Take 2 Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 174 seconds Rebuilt 1935 National Duolian Guitar. Walking Blues by Robert Johnson. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open G tuning. Related: 1930, delta, mississippi, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Come On In My Kitchen by Robert Johnson Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 212 seconds Come On In My Kitchen by Robert Johnson. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess using the Bottleneck Guitar Style in Open G Tuning. See the Home Page for Free Instructional Videos and a Special Video CD offer. Related: 1930, delta, dobro, duolian, johnson, mississippi, resonator, resophonic, stella, tricone, triolian |
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Preachin' Blues Medley by Son House / Robert Johnson Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 258 seconds Preaching Blues Medley (including John the Revelator) by Son House and Robert Johnson. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess on Six String Resonator Cigar Box Guitar. Vestapol tuning: Open C (CGCegc). Related: 1930, allman, blues, clapton, country, delta, folk, instruction, johnson, keb, mcdowell, mississippi, mo, patton, religious, resonator, slide, stella, stones |
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Muddy Waters Bottleneck Blues Baby Please Don't Go Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 125 seconds 1935 Regal Alhambra (M14 Fiddle Edge) Made by Dobro (Spider and Cone Resonator) Baby Please Don't Go by Muddy Waters. Open C (CGCegc)Arranged by Keni Lee Burgess Related: 1930, bottleneck, delta, dobro, national, regal, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Big Road Blues Tommy Johnson Bottleneck Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 159 seconds Warmer days are on the way! My version of Tommy Johnson's classic, Big Road Blues. This song is originally recorded in Dropped D tuning (standard tuning with low E dropped to D). Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open F tuning (Open E capo 1st fret) Related: 1930, delta, dobro, johnson, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Bukka White JitterbugSwing Bottleneck Blues Cigar Box Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 155 seconds Jitterbug Swing by Bukka White played on a Homemade Six String Cigar Box Guit-fiddle tuned to Open C (CGCegc). Includes the "Slap the Baby" lick. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess. Related: blues, bukka, country, delta, dobro, folk, house, johnson, mcdowell, religious, robert, slide, son, white |
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Delta Bottleneck Blues Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 161 seconds Six String Turbo Diddley Cigar Box Guitar built by www.schoenguitars.co m If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day by Robert Johnson Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open A Tuning Related: blues, cigar, dobro, johnson, national, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Charley Patton Banty Rooster Bottleneck Blues Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 205 seconds 1935 National Duolian Guitar. Banty Rooster by Charley Patton. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open G tuning. Related: 1930, delta, resonator, resophonic, slide |
![Muddy Waters I Can\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/A45M1vY98SM/2.jpg "Muddy Waters I Can\") |
Muddy Waters I Can't Be Satisfied BANJITAR Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 143 seconds I Can't Be Satisfied by Muddy Waters. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess on Six String Banjitar in Open A tuning. Related: 1930, banjo, bottleneck, bukka, delta, dobro, johnson, mcdowell, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Bottleneck Slide Blues Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 165 seconds Rebuilt 1935 National Duolian Guitar. When The Levee Breaks. Lyrics by Led Zepplin. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in the key of B flat (Open G tuning Capo 3rd fret). Related: delta, dobro, johnson, resonator, resophonic |
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Motherless Children 1930 Stella Bottleneck Blues Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 172 seconds Classic standard played on 1930 ladder braced Oscar Schmidt Stella. Classic tone. Old school method using only the slide (no notes fretted with the fingers) with the thumb alternating the bass notes. Great for antique guitars with lifted necks and high action. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open C (CGCegc). Related: 1930, bottleneck, delta, gospel, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Excellent Ebay Find Bottleneck Blues Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 129 seconds Hello Jimbo and all my Youtube Friends. What a great guitar I found on Ebay. Only $100 plus $20 for shipping. Most Asian built resonators are made from inferior materials with poor craftsmanship. This Fullerton Winslow guitar is not as good as a $1500 National, but if you are interested in learning Bottleneck,this guitar is great. A nice replica of a Regal 1930 catalog guitar. Related: 1930, bottleneck, delta, dobro, national, regal, resonator, resophonic, slide, stella |
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Mean Old World Blues Bottleneck Guitar Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 184 seconds Rebuilt 1935 National Duolian Guitar. Mean Old World Blues by Walter Jacobs. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open G tuning. Please check out the duet version with special guest, Blimey Bill. Related: 1930, delta, dobro, national, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Robert Johnson Walking Blues Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 147 seconds Six String Turbo Diddley Cigar Box Guitar built by www.schoenguitars.co m. Walking Blues by Robert Johnson. Performed by Keni Lee Burgess in Open A Tuning. Related: bottleneck, delta, dobro, national, resonator, resophonic, slide |
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Cigar Box Guitar Smokestack Lightnin Howlin Wolf Duet Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 151 seconds Smokestack Lightnin performed by Keni Lee Burgess and Bill Helferich. Large Cigar Box guitar tuned Open C (CGCegc) and small cigar box guitar tuned open A (EAEac#e) capo 3. I teach this arrangement on my instructional video CD. Please go to ebay and search: Keni Lee Related: 1930, allman, blues, clapton, country, delta, folk, instruction, johnson, keb, mcdowell, mississippi, mo, patton, religious, resonator, slide, stella, stones |
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Bottleneck Slide Blues Guitar CD Release Party Clips 4, 5 Posted by: KeniLeeBurgess
Video duration: 393 seconds On 3/8/08 at Cool Beans Coffee House in Oradell, NJ I hosted a Release Party for my new CD Good & Evil. These clips contain footage of some of the musicians that appeared on the CD. Clip 4: Frisco Lines Keni Lee Burgess - Bottleneck Guitar, Vocal Clip 5: Ramblin Blues Johnny Capp - Harmonica Keni Lee Burgess - Bottleneck Guitar, Vocals Related: 1930, allman, blues, clapton, country, delta, folk, instruction, johnson, keb, mcdowell, mississippi, mo, patton, religious, resonator, slide, stella, stones |
