| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Dr john | |
| shrock -- 06/04/2005, 15:29:08 -- #14540 | |
| Does anybody have a transcription of Dr johns solo Dorthy? | |
| marksdg -- 06/06/2005, 11:13:58 -- #14650 | |
| If you buy his third educational CD (called 'Sanctifying the Blues' I think) there is a 4 page transcription in the book that comes with it. The rest of the CD and book has some pretty cool stuff also. He has a very groovy funk vamp on a tune called "Qualified", which is also transcribed. The CD is kind of a random meandering through stuff, but is full of lots of good ideas, especially if you are a Dr. John fan. | |
| Fred Brown -- 06/06/2005, 20:01:16 -- #14686 | |
| I have the 3 vol. CD set--no Dorthy! You are right about the good stuff--I struggled to learn Texas Boogie & the 8/12 bar blues segments in 1st vol. up to speed. I'm working on 2/4 Boogie w/Walking Bass & Cow Cow Boogie--taking only a measure or phrase at a time, so it's really slow going. If I'm able to get both nailed this year, it will be quite a rewarding milestone for a 60 yr self-taught guy who lives/breathes to play jazz/blues keyboard! Ever seen Dr. John's hands??!! Regards, Fred | |
| sdm -- 06/06/2005, 20:21:42 -- #14688 | |
| No, haven't see his hands but didn't he take up piano because he couldn't play guitar after having a finger shot off? Almost seems it should have been the other way around! | |
| Fred Brown -- 06/06/2005, 21:00:52 -- #14690 | |
| LOL!--I don't know the story--just amazed @ the picture of hid "fickle finger of fate" inserted in the note section of the DJCD Creole Moon! Cheers! | |
| shrock -- 06/06/2005, 21:40:02 -- #14692 | |
| Dr john lost his finger? HOw long have you been playing for FREd? | |
| Fred Brown -- 06/06/2005, 23:37:15 -- #14697 | |
| I found the DJ lowdown @ northbay.com Entertainment--"Dr. John riffs on Jell-O" (Google). I've played a little 3-4 chord guitar on/off for 40+ yrs; finally started messing w/KB & picked up a '96 Alesis QS8 this yr. I'm getting out of playing what I'm willing to put in--hence, I'm having a blast because I'm doing what I've really wanted to do musically for a lot of years! | |
| marksdg -- 06/07/2005, 09:12:14 -- #14709 | |
| The Song "Dorothy" is the same as "Song for my Mother" on the volume 3 disk. | |
| shrock -- 06/07/2005, 23:28:25 -- #14734 | |
| Dorthy is the same as song for my mother. What cd is that one? I got the mac rabenneck. | |
| jletourn -- 06/11/2005, 16:08:42 -- #14945 | |
| I've transcribed a bunch of Dr. John, but not "Dorothy." Not to fear, it *is* transcribed, in the context of a teaching performance (as mentioned above), on the Homespun instructional tapes. It's certainly on the 5-cassette audio version, and is probably transcribed in one of the companion books to the CD versions of the same set. If you *cannot* find it on a published version, and I can verify that it's not included, I'd be willing to send a scanned copy of the pages which I have from the original version. | |
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