Comments on: Fingerpicking Blues Lesson – Lonnie Johnson’s signature licks

By: Em1nenceFr0nt

Em1nenceFr0nt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:54:22 +0000

hey Daddy…Wanted to say thanks for the video. You’ve got a little bit of Robert, Lonnie, Muddy, Albert and Eric all wrapped in those fingers. Very soulful, and chicken pickin’ to boot.

Thanks !

By: bolson542

bolson542 — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:14:04 +0000

Thanks, cat. I wish many blessings upon you. You inspire me. Keep playing and I’ll keep listening.

By: LpBattousai

LpBattousai — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:49:27 +0000

Live long chap, live reaal long.

By: miguelmusicman

miguelmusicman — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:09:41 +0000

Great!5********!!!!!

By: JohnnyHorton

JohnnyHorton — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:11:20 +0000

yup! excellent!

By: 2009framat

2009framat — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:47:42 +0000

I thought Lonnie Johnson was exclusively a flat pick playing guitarist. Am I right and it is only your style combined with the style of Johnson you are playing on this video?

By: daddystovepipe

daddystovepipe — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:31:43 +0000

Till 1932 LJ fingerpicked his arrangements (99% were in his favorite tuning DGDGBE). He didn’t record for 5 years and changed to standard tuning and playing with a pick to meet up with the ‘market’ of those days (some say because of pressure of his recording company). When he was rediscoverd in the 60ies noone asked about his old style as hardly anyone knew about it….
I’m playing strictly his old pre 1932 style.

By: 2009framat

2009framat — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:53:04 +0000

Thank you. I did not know. On his old recordings I guessed he did finger picking but on photos and on film he always used the pick. Always thought he used standard tuning. Thank for that info. Do you know if Scrapper Blackwell was finger picker or flat pick user. I thought he was flat picking.
Have a nice weekend

By: daddystovepipe

daddystovepipe — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:31:47 +0000

Scrapper was a fingerpicker as well – he made quite a few solo recordings on which you can clearly hear this – the snapping of the strings is one of his trademarks.

By: 2009framat

2009framat — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:21:40 +0000

Thank you, was not sure about that because in his late 50’s recordings he played sométimes fast single notes relatively hard and fast. Because of that I was not sure.