Join me and some of Canada's top blues musicians for 5 days of group lessons, evening concerts, jams, dances, excellent meals and a student evening concert. 5 days of Blues Bliss! My lessons are as follows:
Mon -Wed Major Classes are all 3 days Mornings from 9:30-12:00 Minors are Afternoons from 1-3:30 Jack de Keyzer - Guitar
Major: Magic Sam Mon-Wed mornings 9:30-12:00
We will learn the heads, rhythms and key licks to as many of these great Magic Sam (Maghett) songs that we can fit in through the week. We will take a deep dive into West Side Soul, considered one of the greatest blues albums of all time. Lots of jamming and improvising over classic Sam songs such as Sweet Home Chicago, Easy Baby, Looking Good, All of Your Love, I Need You So Bad, My Love Will Never Die, and the amazing (I Feel so Good) I Wanna Boogie! .
Monday Minor: 2 Bones and a Pick -T Bone Walker
Learn 2 or maybe 3 classic T Bone Walker songs. Stormy Monday Blues and T Bone Shuffle. We will learn the heads and explore T Bone’s jazzy/blues runs and 9th and 6th chords and how to improvise over these grooves in the classic T Bone Walker west coast style that influenced everyone from BB King to Chuck Berry.
Tuesday Minor: Play like a King BB
We will learn and improvise over some of BB King’s greatest songs. The intros, signature licks and neck positions that made BB the King: Sweet Little Angel, Please Love Me, Rock Me Baby, Thrill Is Gone.
Wednesday Minor: Wednesday G that slides sounds good