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After doing my new lesson 'Tiptoe through the Blues', which uses the chord progression from 'The Birth of the Blues', I went to YouTube to see what I could find. This gem was there waiting for us: Sammy Davis Junior at a Royal Command performance in 1960 ... he sings the tune at the end all the while doing impersonations of other singers. Whether you like this kind of thing or not, or know the tune or the other singers, this is worth watching just to see a master performer at work. Also, anyone wondering what 'phrasing' means, have a listen to the way this little genius bends the lyrics around the beat during 'The Lady is a Tramp'. He truly was amazing. These days, of course, we have Britney.
I had almost forgot that he didn't always wear an eye patch.
If I remember right Sammy was considered the greatest single performer of his time. That was enjoyable Kirk.
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Whenever I think of Sammy, I think of an interview once where they were talking about golf. The interviewer asked "What's you handicap?", Sammy replied "Handicap? I'm a one-eyed Jewish Negro".
Download the PDF of the 'Guitar Chord Slide Rule', print it out, fold it together and you'll have at your disposal a very neat tool that will not only show you all the positions for the main flavors of chords, but will also teach you a very important lesson about how the guitar works... It consists of a folded sleeve and six double sided inserts, instructions for cutting it out and folding it together are included with the PDF ... it's very simple to do, and if you botch it, you can simply print it out again!
