The Chetboard

Here are the first two videos on my new YouTube channel. Hope you enjoy!

Craig

That's some great music, Craig. It really showcases your outstanding abilities in arranging and playing. I especially liked the Beatles number. Very good. Weeping Willow is also part of my repertoire. I enjoyed your 5string banjo treatment of it.

Richard

Thanks Richard!

Here's the link to my channel. (Forgot to include it last time.)

http://www.youtube.com/user/craigdobbinsmusic?feature=mhum

Craig

P.S. The May issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine (on sale now) features my Jerry Reed lesson/workshop.

Good stuff!

Reached over and copied a good portion of 'Willow' on my Dobro.

One gets one's licks where one can find them...

Thanks Norm. I stole most of those licks from Earl Scruggs and Allen Shelton. The clawhammer verse was mine, but I lifted the ending from Buck Trent.

Craig

Really enjoyed both of those, Craig. "Help" took me back in time and I remember buying a nice thick book back in the 60's containing most of the Beatles tunes up to that point (lyrics, music and guitar chords). I'll have to see if I can find it and brush up on some of my favorites. -Tom W.

I LOVE 'That's My Boy'! (and a bunch of others)

Craig, I remember one year in the mid 90's when you described your tuning for"That's My Boy" and it changed my entire approach to the song. I had been trying to play that primary chord as an E6. Using an "Open G" tuning and then not even playing it in the key of G opened my eyes to many possibilities and new approaches. Thanks!

Great stuff, Craig!

I may actually be doing a couple of your hymn arrangements as part of a prelude for an upcoming wedding.

Thanks,

Bill B.

@ Doug: I love "That's My Boy" too! (Am I allowed to say that?)

@ Rande: Yes, it opens up a lot of possibilities. At some point, I realized that the open chord in an open tuning doesn't have to be the 1 chord. (I'm slow about these things.)

@Bill: That's great. I'm told that "The Ballad of Fred Smith" works well for weddings. (That's a J-O-A-K, as Chet would say.)

Craig