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CBG Festival UK
I just wanted to post my very positive comments about the first CBG festival in the UK, held last weekend (3rd October) at the Crossroads Blues Club, Birmingham, UK. It was hosted and led by Chickenbone John, ably aided by Ken Stratford and friends and staff at the venue. It was a fascinating day, I learnt a great deal, met some great people, heard some even better playing, and to cap it all off Hollowbelly played the main gig at the end of the day. What more could you want? It was great… Continue
Added by Peter Jackson on October 5, 2009 at 10:31pm — No Comments
Kevin M. Kraft answers the question: When did you learn how to play the guitar?
Q: When did you learn to play the guitar?
Kevin: That's a difficult question to answer, especially since we're over here at the Nation. I'll answer it in a few ways...
I took a few lesson when I was about twelve or thirteen from a guy in town. I used a Hawaiian guitar strung with thick steel acoustic guitar strings! (laughs) Yeah, ultimately those strings destroyed that guitar! Anyway, after three lessons, the teacher just wasn't teaching me what I wanted to learn, so I slacked… Continue
Kevin: That's a difficult question to answer, especially since we're over here at the Nation. I'll answer it in a few ways...
I took a few lesson when I was about twelve or thirteen from a guy in town. I used a Hawaiian guitar strung with thick steel acoustic guitar strings! (laughs) Yeah, ultimately those strings destroyed that guitar! Anyway, after three lessons, the teacher just wasn't teaching me what I wanted to learn, so I slacked… Continue
Added by Kevin M. Kraft on August 28, 2009 at 6:15pm — No Comments
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Here is a short video with me in it playin g my CBG. Hope you injoy it. Larry
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Added by Larry McPheeters on July 25, 2009 at 2:36pm — No Comments
Beginning Tuning for Cigar Box (3 string)
Back from a month of field geology work. I took my CBG and Steel Resinator with me. More people got a kick out of the CBG then anything else.
I use two tunings to play around with.
First (from the top string down) D A D
Second (from the top string down) E E B
DAD tuning you have the following chords (if you are using a slide)
Starting at the tuning pegs:
Open D (no slide on the neck)
2nd E
3rd F
4th Gb
5th G
7th… Continue
I use two tunings to play around with.
First (from the top string down) D A D
Second (from the top string down) E E B
DAD tuning you have the following chords (if you are using a slide)
Starting at the tuning pegs:
Open D (no slide on the neck)
2nd E
3rd F
4th Gb
5th G
7th… Continue
Added by Ara on July 1, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Origin of Delta Blues Classics
My "Southern Classic" cigar box guitars resulted from a trip I made to the heart of the Delta Blues country - New Orleans. Throughout the French Quarter of New Orleans and all along the gulf coast, the trials, tribulations, and community bonds are woven deeply into the resonating sound of their music. From stories of the Depression, to long lost loves, mystery, and all the emotions that ebb and flow from a lifetime of Southern living, I'd found a style of music that fed into my passion for art… Continue
Added by Delta Blues Classics - JStoltz on February 3, 2009 at 11:50am — No Comments
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