"Statesboro Blues" taught by Ernie Hawkins (Part 1 of 3)
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Ernie Hawkins teaches the original 12 string version of Blind Willie McTell's classic "Statesboro Blues." In this part Ernie performs and introduces the song, and provides a complicated tune-up. From the DVD "The Guitar of Blind Willie McTell."
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This makes me appreciate Blind Willie McTell much more.
Wow, one day I will own a twelve string just to play this song, few blues songs cut you as deep as this. McTell was one of the best I think.
This is literally exactly what I did just to learn this tutorial ahah, btw absolutely worth it
The ladder braced 12 strings have the deeper sound McTell had… sounds too ‘bright’ on cross braced guitars
Ernie H is the goat 🐐 superb player and an inspiration to me for the rest of my days
Of all the versions, Ernie's is by far the closest. The 12 string really makes it work.
Great stuff!!
Man, this is fantastic.
Are you kidding? That's a superb sounding 12 string. It's got so many harmonics it sounds like a harpsichord. Check out Stevie Ray doing "Life By The Drop." It's just how they sound. Ernie did a great job this one.
Ernie is a class act. Wonderful playing and SINGING (something too many You Tube players omit or put little effort into doing well). His lesson is very thoughtfully put together.
Sounds fantastic - the pacing is sublime...
Amazing blues!!!! 100*
finally an actual version of the song that sounds like the original
Thanks, great!
@gtflyer of course it makes it work; it was originally recorded on one.
Good stuff
A master.
apparently blind willie mctell influenced bob dylan so much that he wrote a song about him,such a beautiful but haunting song
god damn i have to get me a 12 string
put this on 1.25 play speed and enjoy😄
fukin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a twelve string 50 years ago. There was no help then to tune it. man that was hard. Haven't had one since. Sheeit.
Great rendition! What tuning is this version played in?
Looks like Drop D
Haha! Guess I should've watched past the performance. Thanks for the heads-up.
This is by far the closest……ever!
does anyone know where i can find the slide version
Bob Dylan should write a song about Ernie Hawkins. Blind Willie would be thrilled with that rendition.
Bro shuddup
@jessupar
That's what I'm talkin bout..:)
hold on now! ive got to get me a resonator first 😄
he definitely farted at 3:08
:-)
Nic Escovedo lmao
Not going to tackle the Twelve String but manohman I will watch this rendition of a Classic. I do Fred Sokolow's version . Both he and this Gentleman have the right idea. Blind Willie McTell's original pastoral is the definitive version. I play slide guitar too and I love the Allman Brothers but I am really not into their interpretation of Statesboro Blues .
Dag Nabbit..( what a cool "tube" name") like Yosemite Sam " dag nabbiit rabbit !!💥🔫
Try Taj Mahal's version. He & Ry Cooder do one GIT DOWN version.. .ONE OF MY FAVORITES ...... FUCK BOB DYLAN'S OPINION ON ANYTHING...... LIKE HE'S THE LAST WORD..I LIKE MOST HIS STUFF BUT AIN'T NO GOD TO ME !! I PLAYED A 12 STRING MARTIN IN A MUSIC STORE.ONCE...SOME MEXICAN RANCHERA STUFF I KNOW 👌 SOME OTHER MEXICAN MUSICIANS WERE THERE AND JOINED IN..WHAT A DAY..ONE DUDE WENT OUT FOR A FIFTH OF TEQUILA AND IT WAS ON !!!.....SURE WISH I HAD THE SILVER FOR ONE.😍 THOSE BABY'S.
ernie needs to purchase a fraulini 12 string
I prefer Ernie's guitar playing to the original.
i think it'd sound cleaner and less muddy on a 6 string
But that's not the point of the delta
@evanwinsor lol
I'm finding this hard to even start. I have a 12-string that is quite capable of holding standard tuning. Why can't 12-string players get proper guitars that can take it?
...it's not about that dude. Even way back when, we had shorter-scale 12 strings and light strings; and COULD have tuned those instruments to pitch (even if it wasn't necessarily a good idea - see below). it's just that the blues players of the era preferred to tune down for various reasons - such as that the commonly available (Stella and Tonk Bros.) guitars had a long scale length that made tuning up to pitch kinda risky, and that the only strings that were usually available out in the country were heavy-gauge, if they could get actual guitar strings at all. That, and as I'm sure you've noticed, concert pitch tuning sounds a LOT different than low (C# and lower) tuning. Additionally, the same guitar will handle very differently with different gauges and tensions. I'm sorry that you're having difficulty with this piece, but the truth is that tuning low is, and for the last 50-60 years, has been a tone choice rather than worrying about your guitar exploding. At least, while playing it.
I have seen quite a number of recent - less than five-year old - 12 strings im/explode or at least fall apart due to being tuned to pitch constantly (that is, when they're not being played), even brand-name instruments like guilds kept in temp-and-humidity controlled areas. Besides tone (if that's your thing) having your guitar tuned low, at least when it's not being played, can help extend the life of the instrument as a whole, at the cost of your strings (if you tune up to play) and volume/projection (if you use light gauge strings and tune WAY down)
@@SkipPlaysStrings Yeah- it all makes sense- but I'm working with a fairly robust Fender Electric XII that's been at standard pitch for years with no problems. I just find it hard to follow the instruction in the video, because it's in a different key, and I don't want to re-tune my guitar back and forth and potentially re-adjust the bridge saddles, too.
@@ice9snowflake187 oh, yeah, for sure it is a pain in the hind if you don't always want it tuned down.
I had kinda only meant acoustic guitars when I talked about durability issues - an oversight, on my part.
Just tune and play relative to what you see and hear here, don’t push your guitar too far, just enjoy the process bro, someday you may be able to find an instrument that mimics Ernie’s sound perfectly but until then, have fun pissing about 🍻
@@JAKENMK I love the sound of Ernie's 12- string, but I don't want to imitate anybody's sound. I have my own. I'm currently playing my Squier "Paranormal Jazzmaster 12", with flatwound "8"'s and 3/64ths low action, and it plays at standard pitch more easily than my 6-string dreadnought acoustic.
Light Gage won't do it lol yeah they will
Depends on your guitar and what you consider "light" gauge, and the tuning you use as well. .010s Will feel different on a 23 inch scale Regal 12, a 25 inch Martin, and a 27 inch Stella, so will 12s on any of those guitars, and tuning changes it all up too. 10's might be perfectly acceptable for tuning to C# or D with excellent tone and loud projection on a 27 inch scale Stella, but they might be slinky as hell and muffled on a shorter scale guitar tuned down to B.
However, I do agree: although it's not ideal, 10 "lights" or even 9 "extra lights" will probably do as long as you stay above C on most instruments.
Honestly I can't see how anyone could follow the tuning instructions...not even close drop D I get why didn't you explain if v 12 string is relative to standard tuning
This video is a blessing! We just gotta take some time to study 📚
That's "passed" not "past." Sheesh.