Lew's first clip post!!!

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I'm lovin' it! Sweet tone, great music, even better playing. Well done Lew! :D
 
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Nice, Lew. Great tune. Sherrie's voice reminds me a bit of later Maria Muldaur.
 
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Bruce Collins

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I just figured this connection out, back in 1995 I was living in Goldern, CO (Working at Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapon Facility) and used to get some of my gear from your brother.
 
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Bruce Collins

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I just figured this connection out, back in 1995 I was living in Goldern, CO (Working at Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapon Facility) and used to get some of my gear from your brother.

Oh yea, nice tune
 
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Nice smooth blues there. It slightly reminded me of Dikkey Betts or Jerry Garcia using a strat. I liked how you came into the solo around 2:24. A lot of good phrasing and note choices. I also liked the times you did a fast vibrato....nicely done.

Mixwise... The vocals could stand to be pulled down a little with more verb on her voice. I like the reverb on your guitar, but it makes her voice stand out too dry.

Like others said, we've imagined your sound to be pretty similar to this. I knew it wasn't going to be barre chord metal! LOL
 
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Wow, that's a pretty amazing tone.

Nothing thin or weak about that. Very fat and powerful!
 
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yeah, now that's what i'm talkin' 'bout

the world needs more talent like this out there ... nice solid performance of skilled musicians paying attention to quality of craft

and i wanna steal your riff from about the 4 minute mark or so :D
thanks for sharing it lew
t4d
 
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Nice one Lew, great tone, cool playing... ah, the years of experience mean so much.



Cheers............................wahwah
 
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Like others said, we've imagined your sound to be pretty similar to this. I knew it wasn't going to be barre chord metal! LOL

I got so caught up in trying to think who the singer reminded me of, that I forgot this point. But its true. Lew . . . you sound exactly as I pictured you sounding. (Thats a good thing.) ;)
 
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awesome dude. i wish i could get my strat to sound that good, lol. ive got my bucker tone nailed but never been quite happy with anything stratty yet. yours sounds fantastic man
 
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Nice smooth blues there. It slightly reminded me of Dikkey Betts or Jerry Garcia using a strat. I liked how you came into the solo around 2:24. A lot of good phrasing and note choices. I also liked the times you did a fast vibrato....nicely done.

And again: Thanks to everyone who has commented on this thread - your opinions mean a lot to me.

I owe Albert Collins more than a little credit when it comes to stinging those notes with that quick vibrato. Love his playing. I do tend to vary the finger vibrato and not play with the same vibrato in every phrase, although it's more of a natural thing and not something I think about when doing it. Believe it or not, I've always admired Yngwie's vibrato. I don't hear the Jerry Garcia or Dikkey Betts influence so much and I haven't spent much time listening to Jerry's electric playing at all. People have mentioned it though so there must be some similarity. I think it's just playing with a cleanish Strat tone. As far as Dikkey goes (so funny that we have to spell it that way to avoid the name being censored out! laugh!) I've always appreciated his cleanish tone and sense of melody. Love the original Allman Brothers stuff, although Duane was the man I admired most in that band. I don't generally go in for a lot of distortion or overdrive, although I appreciate many of the players who do - especially Jeff Beck.
 
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that was cool ... I wouldn't tell Lew to turn down like some people in the bars do. :)

I've heard Lew play though, so this is not a surprise. I could use a few lessons from Lew -- he's VERY good at controlling his tone and volume
 
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Great clip . . . I really like your lead playing and solo. The singer is quite decent too . . .
 
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Very nice Lew, I really dig this song. I have a lot less time to hang in the clip section, but when I saw this thread I had to chime in. Very cool vibe, great riff, and the lady has a wonderful blues voice. I think everything sounds overproduced these days, and I really miss stuff like that. Stuff that sounds real, unprocessed. Organic is the word, flesh and bones.

That's a shame we had to wait so long to hear you. You rock bro :)
 
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Very nice Lew, I really dig this song. I have a lot less time to hang in the clip section, but when I saw this thread I had to chime in. Very cool vibe, great riff, and the lady has a wonderful blues voice. I think everything sounds overproduced these days, and I really miss stuff like that. Stuff that sounds real, unprocessed. Organic is the word, flesh and bones.

That's a shame we had to wait so long to hear you. You rock bro :)

Thanks Sly! I insisted that the band record with everyone playing together so we could capture a moment in time. Personally, I prefer that sound and feeling of everyone getting off on each other and responding to each other in a real moment in time. IMO, Jazz HAS to be recorded that way or else it's not Jazz! And I think most rock, blues, folk and country should be recorded that way too. There's a magic that's created when people play together and respond to each other with everyone playing together on stage or in a room all together. It may be less than perfect and you may get some mistakes - but it has more feeling and humaness and connection. It's the only way I'll do it.
 
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