Allman Brothers "Stormy Monday"

[philipag]

The Duane Allman "Signature Licks" book has an excellent transcription and recreation on CD of Duane's Stormy Monday solo - and many others including Liz Reed, You Don't Love Me, Whipping Post, Mntn Jam, etc. If you really want to study his style this book is a great resource, especially for his non-slide playing.

http://www.amazon.com/Duane-Allman-S...7188603&sr=1-4

Personally I don't agree with avoiding tabs or any other resource that works for you - I use whatever I can, listening, playing with other musicians and copping from them,
internet lessons, books, etc - whatever it takes to "hit the note"! The "cheating" thing doesn't make sense to me. We are lucky to have these tools available to us and I fully intend to take advantage of whichever and whatever I find helpful.

And just my opinon but I've never heard Warren or Derek play a solo that MOVES me the way Duane's and Dickey's do on Stormy Monday. I have nothing but respect for Derek and Warren but Duane and Dickey speak to my soul in a way the others don't. Doesn't make me right - but it's clear as day for me.

[Rod]

Originally Posted by philipag

The Duane Allman "Signature Licks" book has an excellent transcription and recreation on CD of Duane's Stormy Monday solo - and many others including Liz Reed, You Don't Love Me, Whipping Post, Mntn Jam, etc. If you really want to study his style this book is a great resource, especially for his non-slide playing.

http://www.amazon.com/Duane-Allman-S...7188603&sr=1-4

Personally I don't agree with avoiding tabs or any other resource that works for you - I use whatever I can, listening, playing with other musicians and copping from them,
internet lessons, books, etc - whatever it takes to "hit the note"! The "cheating" thing doesn't make sense to me. We are lucky to have these tools available to us and I fully intend to take advantage of whichever and whatever I find helpful.

And just my opinon but I've never heard Warren or Derek play a solo that MOVES me the way Duane's and Dickey's do on Stormy Monday. I have nothing but respect for Derek and Warren but Duane and Dickey speak to my soul in a way the others don't. Doesn't make me right - but it's clear as day for me.

Clear as day for me as well Phil...

[FatJeff]

Originally Posted by hacker

The chord changes are not very straight forward. The D augmented chord may be brand new to most players, as well as the chromatic walk up. Also, they are not playing straight bar chords-there are double stop 6/9 moves and all that.

I think this is a matter of perspective. I think your typical guitarist will not necessarily be familiar w/ that dom#5 chord, but it's a shape that can be pretty easily learned if someone hips them to it. The overall harmonic progression is slightly more interesting than a typical 12-bar blues, as well, but I think most players will know the drop-2 min7 chord that is required to hit those changes, and really, it's a pretty standard progression as far as blues goes.

The point I'm trying to make is that while this may be a somewhat difficult progression to figure out for many players, someone with more advanced harmonic and chordal knowledge (specifically, jazz players) will not be challenged by it. It's really all about how big your ears are. And challenging one's self, rather than letting someone else do the work for you, is one of the best ways to make them bigger.

[o0Ampy0o]

Truefire has a few instructors who have approached this song. This video from the Truefire Blog by David Hamburger is very informative. Also, Jeff McErlain has a beautiful version (close Allman Brothers' version) on his 50 Eclectic Blues Licks course. It is Lick #23 "Tuesday's Just As Bad" You can join Truefire for free and watch all of the lessons during a 30-day trial period.

Jeff McErlain's Lesson: http://truefire.com/tftv/index.html?...eos/jm50ebl-24


Here is the entire Truefire Blog post on Stormy Monday with videos of T-Bone Walker, Wayne Bennett and The Allman Brothers (audio YouTube):

http://truefire.com/blog/uncategoriz...stormy-monday/


David Hamburger's three versions and history of Stormy Monday:

[jmcerlain]

Glad you like it!

Originally Posted by o0Ampy0o

Truefire has a few instructors who have approached this song. This video from the Truefire Blog by David Hamburger is very informative. Also, Jeff McErlain has a beautiful version (close Allman Brothers' version) on his 50 Eclectic Blues Licks course. It is Lick #23 "Tuesday's Just As Bad" You can join Truefire for free and watch all of the lessons during a 30-day trial period.

Jeff McErlain's Lesson: http://truefire.com/tftv/index.html?...eos/jm50ebl-24


Here is the entire Truefire Blog post on Stormy Monday with videos of T-Bone Walker, Wayne Bennett and The Allman Brothers (audio YouTube):

http://truefire.com/blog/uncategoriz...stormy-monday/


David Hamburger's three versions and history of Stormy Monday: