"If it's wrong, play it wrong. With me. If I'm wrong, you wrong too."

It's a cool song. I used to play it, but it drove my bass player crazy. She could never relax and just play - she counted everything.

Originally, my take was that Boozoo was "jumping time", and the band was just trying to hang on. Boozoo could be a little erratic at times.

But on the other hand, this song has been covered by many others, including Keith Frank, Brian Jack and Chris Ardoin. Theses guys are never erratic. And yet, they retain the weaving in and out of sync.

I guess it is a feature, not a bug.

I think it's a feature because it seems to be consistent. Only once in a while does it seem he's maybe, kinda, padding something or trying to catch up.

But, since you played it, is it a consistent timing, and, can it be quantified?

count the melody
see if it is always the same
there may be an A and a B part that only vary by number of extra beats

i know on 'you stole my monkey' it is totally irregular

he skips odd numbers of beats in random places

when my band plays that they just hammer on 1 1 1 1 1

no chord changes

no downbeat really or backbeat

i make that impossible!

wle

Thanks for the warning on "Who Stole My Monkey". That's on my list to learn.

I figure learning John Delaphose's "Joe Pete" put me into a higher category of trying to figure **** out, but, I guess there's even higher categories.

yeah if you do that one right , it;s impossible for the band to follow

just tell them to hit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 every beat!

even if they go 1 2 they will miss it about half the time

at least the way i play it


wle