"BLUE" JIMMY: SLIDEWINDER
BLIND DOG OZZY: NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA
"BLUE" JIMMY: Theodore Roosevelt Hound Dog Taylor was a bluesman extraordinaire who influenced pretty much everyone who put a slide on their finger and tried to make Hawaiian noises on a guitar. Born in Natchez, Mississippi with six fingers on each hand, he took Elmore James' style of slamming slide guitar, played it louder and harder and put out a series of albums and live shows that drove big Afro and bell bottom audiences into a frenzy mostly in the 70's.
BD OZZY: Together with his band The Houserockers, made up of Brewer Phillips on second guitar and Ted Harvey on drums, they literally rocked houses down and were a huge influence on George Thorogood, whose band The Destroyers were modeled after Taylor's band.
"BLUE" JIMMY: His buck-toothed grin and between-song jive made him a favorite with the audience even though no one could understand a word he was saying. Then he would take a sip of Canadian Club, put a slide made from the leg of a kitchen chair on his finger and peel the paint off the walls with a cheap, pawn shop guitar through an amp about to melt down with ear-splitting distortion. The example in the video is played on an Eastwood electric/resonator guitar through a 100 watt Marshall MG series amp on full gain using a tapered, heavy brass slide and a thumb pick. I'm not sure what tuning Hound Dog played in but the example is in open E tuning which will always give you that electrified delta sound.
BD OZZY: Skull and glass a whiskey optional.
"BLUE" JIMMY: Copy it as best you can and then take it somewhere with your own style. That's how Hound Dog would've told you.
BD OZZY: Maybe someday they'll write on your gravestone what Hound Dog wanted on his: "He couldn't play s**t, but he sure made it sound good!"
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BD OZZY: Wow! Wow!
BD OZZY: Together with his band The Houserockers, made up of Brewer Phillips on second guitar and Ted Harvey on drums, they literally rocked houses down and were a huge influence on George Thorogood, whose band The Destroyers were modeled after Taylor's band.
"BLUE" JIMMY: His buck-toothed grin and between-song jive made him a favorite with the audience even though no one could understand a word he was saying. Then he would take a sip of Canadian Club, put a slide made from the leg of a kitchen chair on his finger and peel the paint off the walls with a cheap, pawn shop guitar through an amp about to melt down with ear-splitting distortion. The example in the video is played on an Eastwood electric/resonator guitar through a 100 watt Marshall MG series amp on full gain using a tapered, heavy brass slide and a thumb pick. I'm not sure what tuning Hound Dog played in but the example is in open E tuning which will always give you that electrified delta sound.
BD OZZY: Skull and glass a whiskey optional.
"BLUE" JIMMY: Copy it as best you can and then take it somewhere with your own style. That's how Hound Dog would've told you.
BD OZZY: Maybe someday they'll write on your gravestone what Hound Dog wanted on his: "He couldn't play s**t, but he sure made it sound good!"
"BLUE" JIMMY: Sake's Alive!
BD OZZY: Wow! Wow!
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