Home Cooking
With
Doug MacLeod
What's in the course
16 lessons (1h 51m) · 1 free
01. Intro to the course
Free lesson2:23
02. Tuning
1:30
03. Essential techniques for left & right hands
10:19
04. One Chord Groove
8:30
05. Octaves & Dynamics
6:45
06. You Can't Take My Blues
3:53
07. 12 Bar Blues
3:35
08. Turnarounds
3:34
09. Exploring the neck for greater range
10:27
10. Home Cooking
You are here4:08
11. 8 Bar Blues
16:56
12. Ain't The Blues Evil
3:07
13. Doug's Special "G" Tuning
16:07
14. Big City Woman (She Talks So Much She Makes Me Tired)
4:30
15. Open G Tuning
11:34
16. A Sweet Ride
4:04
Lesson transcript
Home Cooking Song: A Lesson in Blues
All right, now I'm gonna do that 12 bars for you. This song is called Home Cooking Song about a natural law.
The Natural Law
The natural law is this:
- If you can't get home cooking in your own home,
- You're gonna go to somebody else's home and get you some.
That don't make for a good relationship, but it makes for a good blues song.
The Sound
And it's gonna sound like this:
"Now, baby, I'm looking,
I'm gonna soon be booking.
Yes, I'm looking,
I'm soon be booking."
The Search
Find me a brand new little lady,
Give me some home cooking, baby.
You don't like the kitchen?
Just say something you like to do.
If you don't like the kitchen, that just ain't something you'd like to do.
I'm gonna find me a brand new piece of sugar,
And she gonna cook much better than you.
She gonna find me some chicken,
That little girl gonna fry me some chicken.
That little girl know how to bake my bread.
The Menu
They gonna be loving enough,
And I'm gonna eat until I'm fed.
- She got that sweet potato pie,
- She got a little ol' coffee too.
Yes, sweet potato pie,
Little coffee too.
You get you some down home cooking, son,
Sure cure a mess of your blues.
The Conclusion
You know how I'm looking, boys,
I'm gonna be booking.
Yes, I'm looking,
Ooh, I'm gonna be booking.
I'm gonna get a brand new piece of sugar,
Give me some down home cooking,
Down home cooking.
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Doug MacLeod is known for his superb songwriting, guitar wizardry, warm soulful vocals, wit and unforgettable live performances. At the heart of a Doug MacLeod performance is his knack for storytelling, bringing characters - from the faceless to the legendary - to strikingly real life. Doug is a multiple Blues Music Award winner, including the 2020 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year and the 2018 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year for 'Break The Chain', and a nominee for the 2021 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year.
His album with producer Jim Gaines was released in 2021.
In 101 Blues Guitar Essentials, Doug passes on the foundations of his craft - the grooves, techniques and feel that underpin authentic acoustic blues guitar - so you can build a real vocabulary on the instrument and start telling your own stories through it.
"Like all great blues men, MacLeod lives his music, and the songs are not just on the tips of his fingers and tongue, they are one with his being." - Blues Music Magazine
"One of the great blues artists... period!" - Jorma Kaukonen
