I could listen to that kind of thing all day and all night.

“In those days [late 1950s] everybody learned to play guitar, for some reason. Everybody was doing it. So on top of wanting to learn to play guitar for a long time and not being able to afford it, suddenly I was thrown into this place were there were lots of guys in various stages of learning. And you could always borrow a guitar.”

--Keith Richards, Guitar Player, November 1977

“I went into the heavy overlaying of guitars, all of them in different open tunings, like ‘Street Fighting Man’ and ‘Jumpin’ Jack Flash,’ which is in open E, because there’s a certain ring that you need there. And what’s always fascinating about open stringing is you can get these other notes ringing sympathetically, almost like a sitar in a way. Unexpected notes ring out and you say, Ah, there’s a constant. That one can go all the way through this thing.”

--Keith Richards, Guitar Player, December 1992

Guitar lessons at: [truefire.com]


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Aquamarine
I could listen to that kind of thing all day and all night.

Agreed 100%

For all the talk of a new Keith solo album, I wish someone would suggest, and that he would agree to, recordings of him on accoustic playing old blues, country, jazz, etc., tunes that he likes. Let him record on a back porch, living room, wherever. Just play for an hour and release it as is. I'd buy as many as he cared to release. As much as I enjoy what he plays "for me", I really think I'd enjoy listening to what he plays "for himself".

Peace,
Mr DJA

An album full of just Keith and an acoustic guitar would be quite the thing.

It would have to start or end with Malagueña though.





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there are boots like this of course....
that very of Cocaine blues is a killer

Keith



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32-20 Blues, or "Keith's Boogie"

My favorite part of Shine a Light is the deleted scene where Keith is just playing by himself on the stage, seemingly unaware of the cameraman creeping up behind him, and lost in the music. It just made me realize all over again why I love music, and especially the blues, so much.

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Aquamarine

I could listen to that kind of thing all day and all night. smiling smiley

..then you should get the Voodoo Brew cd2... It's probably somewhere in the Hot Stuff section

If I can find it, and it doesn't involve torrenting, I will!

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Aquamarine
I could listen to that kind of thing all day and all night.

Agreed 100%

For all the talk of a new Keith solo album, I wish someone would suggest, and that he would agree to, recordings of him on accoustic playing old blues, country, jazz, etc., tunes that he likes. Let him record on a back porch, living room, wherever. Just play for an hour and release it as is. I'd buy as many as he cared to release. As much as I enjoy what he plays "for me", I really think I'd enjoy listening to what he plays "for himself".

Like with the VOODOO boot box set! At least that we are aware of, it was recorded to tape - DAT. I'd LOVE to have an album of that kind of stuff, in full, but the immediacy of those noodlings is excellent - one of the greatest moments in rock'n'roll history captured on DAT.

A couple of those Voodoo Residue outtakes had some "definite possibilities"....

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Aquamarine
If I can find it, and it doesn't involve torrenting, I will!

You're in the New Orleans area, right?

The 2-CD Voodoo Residue is on:

Vigotone Records
565 LaSalle Street
New Orleans, LA USA

or you could probably download and "rip" it from here:

Thanks!

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Aquamarine
I could listen to that kind of thing all day and all night.

Agreed 100%

For all the talk of a new Keith solo album, I wish someone would suggest, and that he would agree to, recordings of him on accoustic playing old blues, country, jazz, etc., tunes that he likes. Let him record on a back porch, living room, wherever. Just play for an hour and release it as is. I'd buy as many as he cared to release. As much as I enjoy what he plays "for me", I really think I'd enjoy listening to what he plays "for himself".

Peace,
Mr DJA

Yes, this.

"just play for an hour and release it as is..." - which is more or less what the Voodoo Brew disc is: here are a couple more bits of it









However, on the evidence of VB2 and the older "Honeymoon Tapes" collections, if you sit Keith down with an acoustic guitar and let him play what he likes, you won't necessarily only get blues: the covers include the Beatles, Dylan, the Everly Brothers, country, folk, flamenco and film scores:





- and I'd guess these days you might get reggae and doo-wop as well. I'd buy it.

Thanks to all for posting/linking to all this cool bootleg stuff! As someone who hasn't explored that avenue before I'm loving it! I've only been able to listen to a small bit thus far but hope to be able to put in some serious headphone time tonight after work. Although it's a great sample, the one headphone on my phone here at the office (and the fact that I'm supposed to be working!) is a great tease/diversion, I'm looking forward to some immersion this evening!

Thanks again!

Peace,
Mr DJA

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Green Lady

However, on the evidence of VB2 and the older "Honeymoon Tapes" collections, if you sit Keith down with an acoustic guitar and let him play what he likes, you won't necessarily only get blues: the covers include the Beatles, Dylan, the Everly Brothers, country, folk, flamenco and film scores:


- and I'd guess these days you might get reggae and doo-wop as well. I'd buy it.

Just blues would be boring and kinda forced, him sitting and playing stuff he likes would for sure be better.

Seems we already have such a thing so no need to wait for him to do it.

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Aquamarine
If I can find it, and it doesn't involve torrenting, I will!

You're in the New Orleans area, right?

The 2-CD Voodoo Residue is on:

Vigotone Records
565 LaSalle Street
New Orleans, LA USA

or you could probably download and "rip" it from here:

Thanks for this, I would love to get a copy as well. If anyone else has a good place to look, please let us know.

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Thanks for this, I would love to get a copy as well. If anyone else has a good place to look, please let us know.

Hi latebloomer,

You can get this and two other 4-CD Voodoo outtake/session sets at:

[cdcollection.fcpages.com]

It's an excellent mail order catalog and they always fill your order prompty (usually 2 weeks or so after I mail it out there's another new treasure arriving in the mailbox).

I was lucky and found it at iOffer, so didn't even need to venture outside the house. There was only one on sale--I often find stuff on there, though.

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Thanks for this, I would love to get a copy as well. If anyone else has a good place to look, please let us know.

Hi latebloomer,

You can get this and two other 4-CD Voodoo outtake/session sets at:

[cdcollection.fcpages.com]

It's an excellent mail order catalog and they always fill your order prompty (usually 2 weeks or so after I mail it out there's another new treasure arriving in the mailbox).

Thanks very much stonehearted, I'll check it out.

Covering Buddy Holly....

Not just acoustic blues but this 3 volume boot is a nice mix of unofficial and official stuff:

As I sit waiting for the start of Game 2 (or The Big Bang Theory), I have the headphones plugged in to the computer and am listening to Voodoo Residue for the first time. Thanks so much for posting it her Stonehearted... I owe you... I hope to pay you back for this someday...

Peace,
Mr DJA

Mr DJA, your enjoyment at discovering the music is "payment" enough.

Cheers!

I know it's off topic, but with all the talk here about Keith maybe releasing a blues album, I thought this was the best place for these, short of starting a new OT thread. Found it on facebook this morning and it gave me a laugh. The Onion seems to like Eric Clapton.

Eric Clapton to release new album inspired by the blues

[www.theonion.com]

Eric Clapton wows audience with even slower version of Layla

[www.theonion.com]