Slipity Slide

So I've really been getting into playing slide on my guitar, which made me think why not do a slide edition of New Notes? So that's exactly what I'm going to do. I also realize that I haven't done a post in a while, and that is because I haven't really listened to anything worth posting in a little while. Anyways lets get to it shall we.

First up is the fantastic Derek Trucks. Derek Trucks I think is really important to the music scene, which (people may argue this one) I also think John Mayer is. I believe that they are important because with out guys like these the blues would die with the greats such as; Eric Clapton, BB king, Buddy Guy, The Blind Boys of Alabama, and we know that they can't last forever. Derek Trucks is an absolutely phenomenal slide guitarist and one thing that makes him even better is his music is diverse. Which I didn't realize was possible with slide. Derek Trucks is the youngest person to be featured on the rolling stones list of 100 best guitarists of all time. Derek Trucks main project is The Derek Trucks Band (go figure). Heres a couple of my favourite songs.



This second song isn't by Derek, but it is a really good song with Warren Haynes.



Second up is an oldie but a goodie, Ry Cooder. Ry Cooder gets major bonus points with me, as he was the one to perform and write all the guitar parts for the movie crossroads (definitely a must see movie). With exception to Steve Vai's solo from the guitar battle scene, which was written by the man himself. Ry Cooder is an interesting musician because he plays a couple of instruments you don't see very often, Mandolin, and the Mando-guitar. Then on top of playing both of those, he plays slide on them! I would never have even thought to play slide on either of them. Ry Cooder is Fairly old news, but who cares, if it's good it's good. I'd tell you more about him but I'm going to guess that most of your parents will be able to tell you who he is, or there's the possibility that you are old enough to have gotten one of his albums new (1970's-1980's) So I'll just give you a couple of videos.

(Mando-Guitar)




This last one is a group from Beautiful British Columbia, Vancouver. They are James Lamb, and while they are not a blues group of a slide group or anything like that their secondary guitarist plays a lap slide. I really Don't know alot about these guys, they're pretty under-ground. They don't have a website or anything that I know of and the only material I've seen of theirs is from Vancouver City Limits. So I'll just give you the video.