BLIND DOG OZZY: NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA
BD OZZY: Hard rock, bluesy guitar riffs, sweet ballads, Joe Perry & Brad Whitford power rushes -- there's a little something for everyone in this package.
"BLUE" JIMMY: The only thing missing is some rambling acoustic guitar for dessert. I remember when every hard rock album had at least one track of acoustic guitar breakdown boogie to add texture to the mix, mostly because back in the 60's, all those skinny white boys in Great Britain wanted to be Big Bill Broonzy when they grew up.
BD OZZY: Listen to the first Humble Pie album man, before they became the bell-bottomed, bootstomping heavy metal boogie men of the "Rockin' the Filmore" album they were sitting cross-legged on the floor smoking a big, fat joint listening to Broonzy, Rev. Gary Davis, Doc Watson, Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Bert Jansch and a host of other buskers who were the coffee house rock stars of their time, slaying droves of hippies with a single acoustic guitar and gritty voice. Then there's the Stones.
"BLUE" JIMMY: Don't get me started. One of the greatest moments in Rock is Keith and Mick Taylor banging out "Wild Horses" on acoustic guitars.
BD OZZY: I wish I wrote that tune!
"BLUE" JIMMY: I wish I was in the room when Keith and Mick came up with that chorus at three in the morning after a barrage of beer and cigarettes.
BD OZZY: I got that part down.
"BLUE" JIMMY: Then there was Led Zeppelin III. When I first heard that album, I thought the band had lost it but looking back, it was pretty ingenious to put out an album of mostly all acoustic material. Later on, they would insert a whole acoustic set into their concerts and chicks would throw their undies onstage during "Gallows Pole."
BD OZZY: I want to learn how to play!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Here's something anyone can do. Take your low E string and tune it down to D. This is called dropped D tuning. Form some chords and move your fingers around so it looks like you're doing a whole lot even tho' you ain't. Don't forget to hit the dropped D string once in awhile to give your guitar that wide open, sold-your-soul-to-Papa-Legba sound. You can fingerpick or flatpick. In this example, I'm flatpicking unplugged on a fancy-ass Dean acoustic -- look at it shine!
BD OZZY: I gave it to him for Christmas!
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BD OZZY: Wow! Wow!
