Blues Jam Tracks

It’s been quiet here because life’s been very busy recently, so I haven’t had the time to do much playing (plus I knackered my thumb in a bike + beer accident, so playing has actually been painful).  So let’s point the finger of publicity at someone else’s hard work: Adrian’s new venture, bluesjamtracks.com.  I particularly enjoyed watching the videos of Guthrie Govan in the VIP Suite section; his name was familiar to me, but I’m not sure I’d ever heard him play.  I think the phrase “Jesus Fucking Christ” sprung to mind after watching them; he’s as talented as he is hairy.  I particularly like the “Suhrphisticated” one, probably because just before the busy-ness invaded my life, I’d been working my way through Robben Ford – The Blues and Beyond, and I think I hear some of the same scale use.  Actually the main thing I’m trying to integrate into my playing at the moment came from that DVD: using the half-whole diminished scale as a linker between the I and IV chord of a blues progression.