"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Friday, December 30, 2016
Happy Feet Friday
Mat "Guitar" Murphy performs "Murphy's Boogie", with an assist from Memphis Slim on piano. Watch those fingers fly!
We all wanted to play like Jimi Hendrix back then. Even he had his bad days, and looked up to older bluesmen who were more consistent, wanting to get away from flashy tricks expected by fans and just play pure blues.
Ya know, back in 1968, I learned a hard life lesson: you can never play a guitar that well just with a lot of practice.
ReplyDeleteIt also (mainly) takes a lot of God given talent...which I lacked in spades.
I think you're right about the importance of God-given talent. Practice may make perfect, but it doesn't necessarily make awesome.
ReplyDeleteWe all wanted to play like Jimi Hendrix back then. Even he had his bad days, and looked up to older bluesmen who were more consistent, wanting to get away from flashy tricks expected by fans and just play pure blues.
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