Lonesome Road Blues..comments Appreciated

[bluesguy63]

Trying to learn to sing...comments much appreciated.

 

 

 

 

[mississippidave]

Enjoyed listening. You have a cool authentic blues-y/folk-y/country sound to your voice. Kind of like Waylon Jennings meets Woody Guthrie or something. I'm not a voice coach or anything so I can't offer you any vocal critique really other than to just keep at it! But wanted to show some love to your tune. 

[bluesguy63]

Thanks Mississippi....would something like this get me a passing grade at a jam session or maybe even an open mic....don't want to make a fool of myself.

[mississippidave]

Man imho you'd be totally fine at an open mic or a jam! I mean if it's some kind of a open freestyle jazz jam session you might not want to try that. But your music would work just fine in any old bar with open mic. ! If you did do open mic you'll probably want to come with at least 2 or 3 tunes you can play. Any experience with open mic I've ever had has been a very open environment with mostly amateur musicians who are just trying to be heard and get their feet wet playing live. Everybody has to start somewhere right? 

[bluesguy63]

Thanks man...I checked out a couple of your videos. I liked your stuff...I like Jimi and Dylan. Is your guitar a carbon fiber (rainsong?) or one of those black martins?

[mississippidave]

Hey thanks a lot. It's a HPL (high pressure laminate) guitar. But thus far it has been the best guitar I've ever owned. Very playable guitar and not too bad on the sound although I do miss that big body guitar sound. It's a Martin 00Cxae

[bluesguy63]

Thanks Hobo...that song has been around since the '20's. It has been done by Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe ...even the Grateful Dead over the years.

I appreciate the kind words...I'm not in Nashville but I am in the hills of East Tennessee.... a lot of musical talent around here though. My son is one of such talent...Check him out on youtube-"Jake and the Comet Conductors" his version of "How Blue Can you Get" is one of my favs. 

Re the Rainsong...I've always been intrigued by those guitars. They sound great.