Jr Parker's Sun Sides: Boogie from Memphis to Chicago Guitar Lesson

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This lesson looks at the hugely influential Sun recordings by Little Junior's Blue Flames (Junior Parker) with Pat Hare or Floyd Murphy on guitar on guitar. I stated it was Hare in the video, but on Feelin' Good, Love My Baby, Mystery Train, it was Floyd Murphy-- my apologies! This stuff is like a bolt of lightning sparking off rock and roll, rockabilly and a new kind of electric blues. There are two songs in E: Love My Baby and Mystery Train, and then two boogies in A, Feel so Good and Feel so Bad. Pat Hare is a bit like Robert Lockwood in that his evolution as a player started with deep Delta roots (Robert Johnson in the case of Robert Lockwood, and John Lee Hooker and proto- RL Burnside droning boogies in the case of Pat Hare) and went on to really sophisticated jazzy stylings-- check out this video of Pat Hare in prison to see what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2JIRfvDYmM There's a longer clip from Minnesota Public Television out there too that's well worth seeking out.

I'll also talk about ways to play this type of boogie with a pick (see the James Cotton "I Feel so Good" recordings on Verve and elsewhere with Luther Tucker) and the way Magic Sam brought a greater, city-fied intensity to the Memphis electric boogie in A.

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