YO YO BLUES (Barbecue Bob) ~ 12 String Country Blues
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2025
- Lessons l playcountryblu...
Website l tomfeldmann.com/
Guitar: Hauver "Leadbelly" model: hauverguitars.com/
Strings: DR Strings Phos Bronze: drstrings.com/
Tuning l Spanish Tuning
My take on the classic YO YO BLUES. This song has been in my repertoire for nearly 20yrs as it's a real footstomper. I recorded pretty much the same version on my 2012 album "Lone Wolf Blues" available at: playcountryblu...
If you are looking for my lesson on Yo Yo Blues it can be found on a series titled, "Masters of Bottleneck Blues Guitar" for Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop: www.guitarvide...
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Yes, there should be more Barbecue Bob songs around, he was one of the best.
top level singing and playing
Love it wonderful interpretation and great low tuning it rings like a bell. Make me want to hear more stuff of Barbecue Bob
Wonderful playing, Tom! Barbecue Bob is truly one of the greats
That. Was. Awesome! Never heard of Barbecue Bob before, so thanks for that introduction.
Man’s name was Robert Hicks.
Very well done, Tom. You took it at full steam freight train speed. Enjoyed it!
His brother was laughing charlie linclon
Consistently awesome!
crazy great playing
Excellent! Love it.
Awesome! Love this 👍
That was awesome Bob👌
Very nice playing ! 👌🏻
Very cool
I'm looking to learn guitar soon and you've been a source of inspiration, from what I've read cottonfield blues pt.2 by Garfield Akers was played by 2, 6 string guitars in synchronization but I've been curious as to what it would sound like on 1 12 string.
Heck yes! Got a few questions I’d love to ask you! If there’s a better place to pose questions please let me know.
1. If playing Barbecue Bob, which tuning would you be playing in most, and what string gauges would you recommend?
2.) With the 12 string guitar, do you prefer different string gauges depending on which artist you’re playing?
3.) if you’re performing Leadbelly, what string gauges have you found to sound closest to Leadbelly and feel best?
You’re awesome and I’ve been watching your videos for over 8 years now. Great stuff! Would love to hear you play Champagne Charlie by Blind Blake! :-D
Use the string gauge that feels best to you and you're playing style. The few BBQ Bob tunes I play are in Spanish Tuning.
Tom's advice is correct, but to save you a lot of expensive string buying and changing, Leadbelly tuned down anywhere from Ab (So I've been told... Never heard anything lower than B by much) to C# (again, debateable, highest was C) with, if I remember properly, Mapes heavy gauge strings, (don't know what he used before Mapes - he started playing before they were founded) with something like a .14 High B and .70 low, top three courses strung in unison, and the lowest course the low B and the octave TWO octaves up- same note as the high string.
13s are more than heavy enough. J. Pearse makes a C# set for 12 strings that's 13-56. 12s are fine, too - Gibson and D'Addario make 12 sets for 12 strings as well. 10s aren't too great below D. Haven't tried 11s but they're probably good for around C# or maybe C, but I wouldn't go any lower than that with them as playability might be iffy.
Barebecue bob was... strange. Not sure on his gauges, but he seemed to tune to Spanish in... maybe G? A?, with his strings in unison - two sets of normal strings. I'd go for 11s here, maybe .12s if you feel you need the projection/volume and it works for your guitar and playstyle.
Good luck!
Excellent Tom. I wonder which came first this or Curley Weavers No-No Blues?
As far as recording/release. No No Blues was recorded first, 1928. Yo Yo Blues in 1929.
No octave strings on the 5th and 6th? I've got a Fraulini 12 string. Interesting idea.......
Lovely! That 12 string sounds great! Who made it? I know it says Spanish tuning, but what exactly is that on such a low tuned guitar? Is it the same intervals as open G or A? Thanks!
hauverguitars.com
Man that is sick
Fake act
That's not an English singer neither American it's Kinda fake
What part is fake?