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Levee Jam

Posted by Uncle John on January 25, 2014 at 9:49am

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Uncle-John

"When the Levee Breaks" Written by Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy in 1929 in response to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.This was just a fun jam for me. I have learned here that some of us really feel the music and some feel the lyrics and story. I am more the story of the song kind of person, but once in a while I really do get to feeling the music.Some day I hope to find a better key to sing this one in and to get the lyrics down better... And redo it.But this is it for now. Played on a fretless GDg git cranked to A# F a#.This sounded good on a piezo and an Elmar, but the tone of the Dan Sleep Sleeptalker pickup used here was the best by far to my not so good ears.

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Uncle John January 28, 2014 at 9:39pm

Thanks Rich and Calim. Rich, I will message you.
Calim January 28, 2014 at 11:12am

great !
Richard G Caudill January 28, 2014 at 9:12am

Yes really good ,,, and u right ,, that the best sounding p/u I have heard in a long time ,,, Dan has a web site right ?? so we can order
Uncle John January 28, 2014 at 7:36am

Thanks, Tom.
Primitive Acoustics January 27, 2014 at 9:18pm

Uncle John,,

Loved that!
Maddog January 27, 2014 at 10:51am

I am calling on the 6 string Gods of Zoso to keep the Angry 3 string CBG Gods at bay, or at least "Cooped" up for a bit :-)
Uncle John January 27, 2014 at 10:45am

Antonio, thanks. There are free ways to convert vids to MP3 and then tech savvy folks can get them on IPODs. etc. I used to do that with a RealPlayer format., but it quit working and I am a tech dunce. Anyway, for young folks (under 60) there are free programs that I think will do it.
Maddog January 27, 2014 at 10:35am

The Sleeptalkers are really nice pickups, awesome tone! I used the one John gave me in this git, I still have it John. It's NFS :-) Love it!
14 buck bass (aka antonio) January 27, 2014 at 9:56am

man the more i listen to this the more i like it more and more. I like it as much as the zep version. I also wondered what a roland micro cube sounded like. thanks for them insights Unc. and that there pup is a sleeptalker you say aye ? iwish there was a way to get this music on my ipod so i could listen to you guys in my car when i drive . ? especially titties an wheels ahah
Uncle John January 27, 2014 at 7:42am

Thanks, Duck and Jim. Maddog has or had a Sleeptalker pickup and was really pleased with the warmth of it. This one was an early - learner- from Dan Sleep. Less winds than the later ones. No buzz and warm smooth tone for me.