BOYS! IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS! HOW TO PLAY LEAD AND RHYTHM GUITAR AT THE SAME TIME

"BLUE" JIMMY:  GUITAR SLINGER

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"BLUE" JIMMY: You can tell a lot about a bluesman from their guitar style.  
For example, if they play a whole lotta slide guitar, they probably came from the Mississippi Delta or the south side of Chicago or were at least influenced by players from that region.  If they do a whole lotta fingerpicking, they probably hail from the Eastern Seaboard.  If they play a whole lotta jazzy chords and licks, the West Coast was their home.  

BD OZZY:  If they play damn loud through a big amplifier, they probably came up playing in raunchy, disorderly roadhouses where they had to fight to be heard.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  And if they sound like two fellas playing at the same time, they probably spent time playing out on the street for tips with just them and one guitar and no one else to back them up.  Players in this style include Robert Johnson, Lightning Hopkins and Snooks Eaglin, guitar players who sat on street corners and played a mix of blues, old favorites and novelty songs to earn a living while competing with other performers for the attention of people passing by.  If you couldn't play lead, rhythm, percussion and sound effects all at once on one guitar, you didn't get no money.

BD OZZY:  No whiskey and no women!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  The example in the video is a Texas shuffle combining riffs from a couple of my original songs.  I could've easily played the whole thing on acoustic guitar but this time around I played it on a Fender Stratocaster through a Marshall amp turned way down so you could hear all the pick and finger and string noise.  I'm playing it in the key of E and I'm using a lot of open string lead licks and sliding partial and full chords to get that street corner sound. If you see me on the street, please throw some change in my guitar case.

BD OZZY:  And a swig of whiskey for me!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Sake's Alive!

BD OZZY:  Wow!  Wow!