Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down

Описание: Look. Listen. I am well aware that this is a Charlie Poole tune, or at least that he popularized it after learning it from a black guitar player somewhere in the early 1900s. And I know it has words and that this isn’t the “real” melody. But this is #texasstyletuesday so if we’re gonna play Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down, we’re gonna play it the way Benny Thomasson played it. Because really, that’s how Texas style fiddling often works. We take tunes (or often, songs) from all sorts of places and roll them around in some swing chords and some blue notes and see how they turn out. Did I know the whole history of this one when I learned to play it like this, 35 years ago or whatever? No, no I didn’t. But I do now, and I think that’s ok. Music is a journey. I love that we all keep learning. Also, this tune is super fun to play. And once you learn that there are only four chords and they just repeat ad nauseam, it can be a really good vehicle for practicing your improv ideas.

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