You Can't Take My Blues
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
You are here3:53
07. 12 Bar Blues
3:35
08. Turnarounds
3:34
09. Exploring the neck for greater range
10:27
10. Home Cooking
4:08
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
Closing Session with a Song
You know, this feels so good to me.
I think I'll do a song of mine and we'll close this session right now with a little song of mine. I'll show you how it all goes together.
Song Introduction
- Title: You Can't Take My Blues
There's a song called You Can't Take My Blues,
and we're gonna make a sound just like this on this DVD for you:
"You can take my money, take my car,
take my woman, if you can get that far.
There's only two things you can't do:
You can't walk where I walk, partner.
You ain't gonna take my boo."
You can take my bourbon, take my beer,
take yourself right on out of here.
There's only two things you can't do:
"You can't walk where I walk,
and you ain't never gonna take my blues, man."
Performance Notes
I gotta be careful,
because the stool's squeaking a little bit, but that's alright.
You can take my snap, take my stash.
You even take what she used to have.
There's only two things that you can't do:
"You can't walk where I walk,
and you ain't never gonna take my blues, man."
Now I'm gonna roll to the solo section.
Remember those things I told you?
Now see if I can't keep that in my mind
and make some good music for you here.
Keep the groove!
Continuing the Song
Yeah, you can take my song, take my guitar.
Fireflies die when they're trapped in the jar.
There's only two things you can't do:
"You can't walk where I walk, man.
You ain't gonna take my blues."
You take the credit, you should take the blame.
You're acting like a heavyweight,
and I know you're small change.
Only two things you can't do:
"You can't walk where I walk,
and you ain't never gonna take these blues."
Conclusion
Well, I think that will do it for this segment.
Keep those things I taught you in mind,
because we're gonna be using those
as we go on with this DVD.
Feel free to go back, check out everything
that you got on this thing: right hand, left hand,
use that technology.
Then you come on back,
and we'll go on and do a 12-bar blues
and see what kind of adventures
we can get into in there.
"You can't take my blues."
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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
