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Johnny Jenkins

Posted over 4 years ago
I have a little agenda. This is a way to play a guitarist I've loved from day one.Blues from Georgia.
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  1. yotochan
    yotochan says "Down Along the Cove" Who's that on guitar? ~IZrKn0i0cAS.mp3~ Another hint ~ews1hejvh6o.mp3~
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  2. Cody B
    Cody B says Duane Allman?
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  3. yotochan
    yotochan says Cody, I should have known you'd pick it up right away. Sounds great doesn't he?
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  4. Cody B
    Cody B says He does indeed..I originally bought this record because of his version of I walk on Guilded Splinters (sampled by Beck on Loser), and was glad cause I liked the whole record. Cheers
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  5. dermahrk
    dermahrk says Johnny sounds great. Never heard anyone but Muddy do this song.
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  6. Spike
    Spike says Johnny Jenkins sings the hell out of these, and the slide guitar and arrangements are killer. I've never heard him before, got to get him. Some interesting things about "Rollin' Stone" (Here Spike goes again.): The Rolling Stones named themselves after it. Muddy Waters used the same melody for other songs like "Still a Fool," "She's All Right" and "You Need Love," the last of which inspired Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." The only recording of the melody before "Rollin' Stone" was this 1941 recording. ~mtFvHI8OBeM.mp3~
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  7. mousetrap
    mousetrap says The Johnny Jenkins stuff is great, particularly the first, acoustic one. Thanks for the pointer to someone I wish I'd had on my radar a bit earlier - looks like he passed away just over a year ago, in June of 2006.
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  8. mousetrap
    mousetrap says Spike, loved your comments about the "Rollin' Stone" melody. It must be some fundamental motif of the blues form that was used interchangeably, the same way that the "Hoochie Coochie Man" pattern is used so widely. You know the pattern I'm talkin' about, of course... _da-da-da-da-*DUM*_ Gypsy woman told my mother _da-da-da-da-*DUM*_ Before I was born _da-da-da-da-*DUM*_ You got a boy child comin' _da-da-da-da-*DUM*_ Gonna be a son of a gun... _etc..._
    Permalink posted 07/27/2007
  9. Spike
    Spike says mousetrapmedia, those patterns were great. A repeated unison phrase like that goes back the 1920's Mississippi blues with guys like Son House playing "My Black Mama" and Hambone Willie Newburn playing the future standard "Roll and Tumble Blues," and not even jazz groups adopting unison patterns until much later. Go forward to every early young rock guitarist learning those patterns of "Louie Louie," "Day Tripper," "Satisfaction" and "Purple Haze"? What would heavy metal be without them?
    Permalink posted 07/28/2007
  10. mousetrap
    mousetrap says
    Permalink posted 07/28/2007
  11. Spike
    Spike says Finally, the perfect response. Bravo!
    Permalink posted 07/28/2007
  12. dermahrk
    dermahrk says Wayne and Garth, right? Hahahaha.
    Permalink posted 07/28/2007
  13. yotochan
    yotochan says See what happens when I keep my mouth shut. I learn something. It's great having you guys as mog friends. Each of you is special to me. Thanks. . . .really !
    Permalink posted 07/28/2007
  14. yotochan
    yotochan says Interesting that not a word about my focus, the man that played slide on everyone of one those cuts. This guy was playing with everyone from Herbie Mann to Aretha Franklin. If he had lived, you wouldn't hear the name Clapton nearly as much. The big three ( to my thinking ) Allman Green Clapton
    Permalink posted 07/28/2007

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