If Smoke on the Water was played in a delta blues style on a resonator

guitars4you · September 2023

inewham · September 2023

To be fair he can make a shovel sound great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g

maltingsaudio · September 2023

I actually do Smoke on the Water as part of the acoustic set, in a swing jazz sort of style. Introducing it as aSwiss folk song about a great tragedy in a small Swiss town!

guitars4you · September 2023

maltingsaudio said:

I actually do Smoke on the Water as part of the acoustic set, in a swing jazz sort of style. Introducing it as aSwiss folk song about a great tragedy in a small Swiss town!

I do like it when you kind of re-invent a song in a different style- doesn’t always turn out well

Fly me to the moon was a 3/4 waltz until Quincy Jones re-jigged it for Frank Sinatra

I actually think that both Hotel California and Layla are better as the unplugged version

dazzajl · September 2023

I like that a lot but then I’ve never been a massive fan of the original. I know it’s a very very small club but I think Machine Head would have been a much better album if they hadn’t burned down The Gambling House.

guitars4you · September 2023

inewham said:

To be fair he can make a shovel sound great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g

I see Chicken' Bone John at many guitar shows that I exhibit at - He's big into this 'Sea Sick Steve' style and makes it look so easy - Some say the Ukulele is the easiest instrument to play - I challenge that and say a cigar guitar box is - Hard to play well but you can get something out of it almost instantly

Philly_Q · September 2023

guitars4you said:

If Smoke on the Water was played in a delta blues style on a resonator

....I was going to say "I wouldn't listen to it".

But actually I quite enjoyed that. I think the fact that he has a stab at the Paice/Glover rhythm section groove makes a big difference, although it still gets a bit twee at times.

guitars4you · September 2023

Philly_Q said:

guitars4you said:

If Smoke on the Water was played in a delta blues style on a resonator

....I was going to say "I wouldn't listen to it".

But actually I quite enjoyed that. I think the fact that he has a stab at the Paice/Glover rhythm section groove makes a big difference, although it still gets a bit twee at times.

check out some of his other clips - I couldn't listen to a whole gig/album, but in isolation it is interesting - Try Fleetwood Mac's Chain

Tannin · September 2023

I've been a Justin Joihnson follower for ages. He does good stuff. Always worth a look.

distressed · September 2023

I'd like to hear theremin version.

Philly_Q · September 2023

Tannin said:

I've been a Justin Joihnson follower for ages. He does good stuff. Always worth a look.

Oh, is his name Justin Johnson? To me, Justin Johnson is the guy who curates kids'/family films at the London Film Festival.

Justin Johnson BFI on Twitter You spend all day Monday waiting to meet one comedy legend then on Tuesday another one comes along BFIComedyGenius httpstco19orPqE2rE Twitter

Justin Johnson BFI on Twitter You spend all day Monday waiting to meet one comedy legend then on Tuesday another one comes along BFIComedyGenius httpstco19orPqE2rE Twitter

ElectricXII · September 2023

I wish he’d clip his strings.

Dominic · September 2023

liked the music but I really hate that slapping /drumming type rythmn thing ......there's some acoustic players who do it all the time and it gets on my willy

HAL9000 · September 2023

inewham said:

To be fair he can make a shovel sound great

To be fair so can Peter Kay...

https://youtu.be/WID4cGlP1mw?feature=shared

Ddigger · September 2023

inewham said:

To be fair he can make a shovel sound great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9-ltPsbw9g

I'm really digging it!

Voxman · September 2023

Loved it. Great slide playing.

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