I'm a wanna be lap steel player. Love the voice, and want to play the blues on lap steel. I have an old Dickerson 6 string, but haven't been able to figure out where to start. I've been messing around with open G.
Should I start with instructions for Dobro, or is there something better suited for what I want to play? I'm open to suggestions / directions. Thanks, Tony
Little help please
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Tony,
I'm in pretty much the same boat as you. I'm just getting started with the lap instruments, but I've playing bottleneck for a couple of years. Ben Harper is the guy who has inspired me to play lap and I would highly suggest you give him a listen (his CD "The Will to Live" is probably the most radio friendly with electried lap playing while his older CD's have more acoustic lap playing--All well worth hearing). He often plays in a EAEEAE tuning or you can drop that down a whole step to DADDAD which is fun to play in. I would suggest you listen to Harper or any other players you like and just try to copy their licks.
I'm in pretty much the same boat as you. I'm just getting started with the lap instruments, but I've playing bottleneck for a couple of years. Ben Harper is the guy who has inspired me to play lap and I would highly suggest you give him a listen (his CD "The Will to Live" is probably the most radio friendly with electried lap playing while his older CD's have more acoustic lap playing--All well worth hearing). He often plays in a EAEEAE tuning or you can drop that down a whole step to DADDAD which is fun to play in. I would suggest you listen to Harper or any other players you like and just try to copy their licks.
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Tony: The Kelly Joe Phelps Homespun video is an unbeatable introduction to blues lap playing. He's a very good teacher, and as anyone who's heard his CDs knows, an amazing player (check out the most recent album, "Shine Eyed Mister Zen" - some of the most dazzling playing you'll ever hear). All his playing is in open D.