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In other words...It's easy...you don't have to think...you don't even
have to pay attention to the other musicians in the band...you just
run thru your scales in A because that the easy possition that any
one can improvise in...THATS NOT WHAT A JAM IS ABOUT...Sorry to
shout, but you cats are better than that...a jam is about streachin'
out...It's about playin' a little faster, with a little more
imagination...It's about exparimenting..It's about sittin' in with
better players and maybe learning something new...and trying to get
to that next level of musicianship. So please, if some day we share
a band stand or rehearsal studio, do me a personal favor...Don't play
Johnny B. Goode.
Thank you all for your replies. I really enjoyed this thread.
Dave "W"
--- In , The Swamp Coolers
<guildaristocrat62@y...> wrote:
> I have played in the "house band" in countless situations where
someone was sitting in and we we ended up playing Johnny B. Goode. I
have played that song more times than I can count, but it is a great
jam tune for a several reasons. When someone comes on stage to jam,
there is almost no time for discussion. If you are jamming with
musicians you don't know, in front of an audience, you want to pick a
tune everyone knows, that rocks, that is easy to follow, and that the
audience will like. Johnny B. Goode is one of those songs and
someone always knows the words. Of course, you play it in A! The
second choice usually seems to be Evil Ways for the same reasons.
> Terry
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