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1. SaferSephy Says:
   August 25th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

   Hey Anthony,

   I LOVE your site…been a while since i last spent 4 hours non stop on one website (knowing that i’m also a (web) programmer that is saying something )

   Anyway, i’m loving these lessons and they’re really helping me playing like the master although i keep running into this problem.

   You see like this riff, SRV uses a lot of these crazy fast riffs in his slower blues songs. I absolutely adore them and think they are one of the key elements in Stevie’s songs. Anyway i can play some of these fasties without music, but when i use a backing track i totally loose timing since i can’t seem to find out the note lengths. They sound like they’re as much as notes pressed into a few measures but that can’t be right because otherwise it would be impossible to end on the right note on the right time. Do you know how to practice that effectively?

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on August 30th, 2008:

   What you are describing is one of the most difficult hurdles to playing this style of music. The fact that you are aware of the need to improve is a sign that you’re on the right track. Some people play like crap their entire lives and never realize that if they would just tighten up the rhythm of their licks, time it out a little, and pay attention to the accents, their playing would go to a completely new level.

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2. Jonathan Martin Says:
   August 10th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

   Dude, i discovered you on youtube, and since then i learned pride n joy, lenny, and a bunch of riffs, including this one. You are awsome for doing this,seriously, your aid with the blues boxes made me solo like a champ, i owe u dude, thx

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3. Randy Says:
   July 29th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

   I love this solo, great job detailing the notes. A couple of comments:

   At the beginning of the video, where you demo the solo, at the very end of that solo you add a few (very nice) ending licks, one of which is a slide up to around the 15th fret or so, where you play a small lick on the higher notes, which sounds really cool… any chance you could do a mini-lesson or a tab on these ending licks to this piece?

   Also, in the one lesson I purchased, which is a great lesson (#32), it was really nice to have the backing track mp3 included, but one thing I found myself wishing for was a similar mp3 of you playing the piece along with the backing track (other lessons might already have this). This allows one to load it into a daw along with the backing track, for quick reference on how it’s supposed to sound while you’re working on it. I found this really useful on other “play-along” CD’s I’ve used. For this video, I found some software to extract the audio to create a plain mp3 of you playing it, but it took several steps…

   I’m really enjoying this site, you are doing a fantastic job of opening up SRV techniques to players like me.

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on July 29th, 2008:

   Hi Randy,
   I’ve taught some other licks from Live At El Mocambo in the podcast so I’ll keep that one in mind.

   I never thought about having the demonstration track included as an mp3. That’s a really good idea, and shouldn’t take me too long to do either! Keep a watch in the store, I’ll put it up there for a buck with the demonstration tracks for the other lessons as well. Great idea!

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4. zak Says:
   February 14th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

   hey i love all these lessons on texas flood cause thats my favourite song to play but i cant get this one part in the song and i was wondering if u could help me out
   in the live at el mocambo video on youtube its that series of cool bends he does at around 4:50 in the video and i just cant figure out how hes doing that so if u could make like a really quick lesson on it or just e mail me on how to do it that would be a big help
   and keep doing wat ur doing cause this site u have made and ur lessons are the best!

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5. Pat Says:
   February 6th, 2008 at 12:40 am

   what about that little interlude with the 2 bends at the end??

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   Anthony Stauffer ( StevieSnacks Teacher ) reply on February 9th, 2008:

   Where in the song are you referring to?

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   pat reply on February 14th, 2008:

   as soon as the video cues into you playing it, i got the riff down from the video but i don’t know how to get there

   by the way this lesson is sick and you’re the man

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6. Wes Says:
   January 31st, 2008 at 12:06 am

   Sweet playing, great breakdown!

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7. Travis Says:
   January 25th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

   You my friend are a beast and a half. Amazing.

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8. Rick Says:
   January 13th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

   HAHA, that’s some sick playing man. Great stuff, love the site!

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