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Get Away Blues - Weissenborn lap slide - Robert Wilkins video

Robert Wilkins recorded this song in 1930. This is a nice example of a thematic bluessong; all the verses contibute to the story and are not, as most bluessongs, loosely related with the subject. Robert Wilkins recorded it with a fingerpicked accompaniment in the key of A (John Miller has a dvd lesson on this song - it's also transcribed in Woody Mann's book "Six Black Guitarists". I chose to make a version on my Brauchli lap slide guitar, tuned to open G with a capo on the 5th fret. In the background you see a reproduction of a painting by Belgian Paul Delvaux; many of his paintings figure trains so I thought it would be an appropriate background. And the silly hat, oh well, I guess I have the right to finally wear one :-) Check out my new cd at Youtune Records http://www.youtunerecords.com/daddystovepipe.html

Running time: 04:51

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