emeraldsoul
one take? sheesh that's how you play an axe.

Thank you for the Kind Words you said  emeraldsoul  I'm glad you enjoyed my playing
 
When I was still very young I had taken a fork in the Road .
The ability to improvise and play in the moment with confidence while expressing absolute freedom of expression has always been very high on my list of playing attributes I have striven to learn .
Some days I can just nail it ..
Other days with out any prior warning The Guitar & Music decides to show me who's the boss and Just Beat$ my A$$
Either way, whether I like it or not .
I will always let the chips fall where they may ....
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
 
 
 
 
 

Jesse Screed
i have nothing to add
 
wish i could share a cup with you
 
but we are worlds apart
 
besides, it is whatevah
 
 

He J S I 'm glad you heard the tune .
 
Say we can't all date the prom Queen .When life throws you a curve ball like that .
It's time to dig deep and reach inside your guts to call forth a  modern day Hemingway
 
Kenny
 

Freddy J
You definitely haven't lost your chops.  Great stuff Kenny.  I'm glad that your are back on the forum and I hope you are on the mend.

Hi Freddy ,
 
I 'm doing my best to hang in there . Some days can be challenging .
 
A big Thank you for the kind words .
 
all the best ,
 
Kenny

biodiode
Nice one Kenny; nothing to critique here. Sorry to hear that you have been in pain. It is frustrating when a physical ailment prevents you from doing what you love.

Hi biodiode ,
 
Oh my , I think I'm in deep $hit , I think the government must have raided my stash and slipped me an herbal enhancer that forces me to tell the truth no matter what I can not tell a lie .It was me . I did chop down that Tele Tree .
 
Anyway this is exactly the type of tune I like to put out when I'm just looking to share some guitar playing around here with the fellas or the one or two  ladies around here that may be in deep hiding .
I'm sort of glad when I get  no critiques  Only because I may be looking to get an occasional pat on the back 
 
nice talking with you ,
 
Kenny

Starise
As always Kenny I knew what to expect here. Only the best. I can tell you don't struggle with the guitar at all. One pass and no retakes further proves this.
 
Imaginative, well done. Top notch!

Hello Tim ,
 
Thank you for saying the kindest of words
 
I do struggle with the guitar , but not in the same way as most people do .
The short story is 10 years ago I had a real bad cycling accident .The doc put me back together w some metal parts in my left arm and he told me considering the extent of my injury's I was to consider myself very lucky .
He also told me he had done the best he could do .
 
As a result of this , I lost my normal comfortable playing posture of most of my guitar life with that accidents recovery . Then I spent 10 years trying to readjust myself to a new playing posture  ....
Now after breaking up the right side of my body ,  I'm back to having to readjust my playing to using  2 sides of my body where I have flexibility and range of motion issues on both sides
( trust me here when I say this ....a laugh smiley ain't what I want to put there ...)
 
As far as my whole playing a guitar solo in one take goes . I would not be willing to accept anything less for myself.
Now granted if you hit me with a tune I have no Idea how to play over or Giant Steps in the key of Cb  w a tempo of 287 ...
I don't know ...Hey wait Giant Steps starts out w a B Maj 7 ...oh well there goes that theory
 
IMHO , it's all about being comfortable in your own skin while your playing and being able to let go...
For that to happen one must have a large degree of inner trust in their playing abilities  and the desire to let the chips fall where they may fall as the music is being played in real time ....
Whats  the worst that can happen ?
My playing is gonna be black listed as An Atonal Musical Clam Bake
So What if that happens . I have survived my own suckyness  for decades and now it's time too pay some people back
(just kidding )
 
For those of you out there that want to improve your solo's and guitar playing , I can only offer you the very simple suggestions I have used all my guitar playing life .
 
These tips are of my own creation since nobody out there in music and the guitar world had the balls to hip me to these ideas. That be the truth Mo Fo's
 
When you practice,  learn to practice things that will also help you express ( eventually ) who you are as an individual player with the goal of having a sound that is uniquely yours ....
 
What's the point of practicing scales if all your ever gonna do is put the guitar in drive , hit and mash the gas into the fret board and drive around the parking lot doing endless donuts and skid marks ? 
 
All things in music have a hidden structure and meaning ...
For example , scales can unlock all the relationships of harmonic content in music ...when you practice them don't just run them change up the sequence and order of the intervals and then run them . You may be pleasantly surprised at how easy this is to do and what you may find  .
 
More importantly because you can do this next one right now Here's a tip I came up with a long time ago that is worth it's weight in Strats and Les Pauls .
 
It has been said ...A Picture is worth a thousand words . Why not run with it and use this concept for music ?
 
I always create a story or a mental picture of what I want my musical parts / guitar playing  to sound like before I even play a note ...
Have you ever seen a little girl having an imaginary tea party ? all her tea party guests have names , they all have personality's and while they are there at the tea party they are LOVED by the little girl ....
 
Now Kenny isn't a little girl he is a big bad a$$ed smelly old fart  with a grey beard w a chip on the right shoulder balanced with a chip on the left shoulder sheesh he can't get a valentine on V Day because he ain't got nothing but lint in his wallet , but when it comes to playing guitar he does know a thing or two ....
 
For an example , I'm gonna use my Classic mental trick AKA "The ForestTeleGump "
This is true folks , sometimes I picture myself sitting there at the bus stop in character as ForestTeleGump .
While I'm sitting there I'm telling stories about each and every musical part of a song I'm working on .
Just like in the movie I have been everywhere and done everything with every one
I love making up names for each musical character and once I have an idea of what the overall personality of the part is gonna be I stick to the character while I am recording ...
 
Now I can go on and and on ...but I wont ...the essence of what I am saying here is to always tell a story when you play ...
 
Next time you sit down to play or record try it for yourself ...make up a story for the part you about to play and tell it .
 
any way I hope you have enjoyed the far side of my mind ..
As I like to say ,
If a picture is worth a thousand words then a ForrestTeleGump story on the fret board is worth a thousand notes
 
Kenny
 
 
 

Kenny
Well I was going to write something profound but I can't express it. Just saying
that I appreciate hearing about your approach to music.
And I really liked the song and how you played it.

You should consider getting a harmonic holder and becoming the world's greatest harmonic player. "Look ma, no hands!" 
 
Glad you're getting the hang of this guitar thing though. 

bjornpdx
Kenny
Well I was going to write something profound but I can't express it. Just saying
that I appreciate hearing about your approach to music.
And I really liked the song and how you played it.

Hi bjornpdx ,
I get where you are coming from , you don't have to say it .
I'm just glad I made a connection with you and brought a moments worth of genuine sharing to the table .
thank you for the song listen and comment .
 
Hi Bob ,
 
thanks for giving this tune a listen and welcoming me back here . It means a lot
 

Wayfarer
You should consider getting a harmonic holder and becoming the world's greatest harmonic player. "Look ma, no hands!" 
 
Glad you're getting the hang of this guitar thing though. 

 
Hi Bill ,
 
I had one of them harmonica holder things , I felt like a T Rex while wearing that thing while I was playing the guitar
It made my arms to short to grab the harmonica when ever I let go of the guitar to cup the harmonica .
I think I gave that thing to a neighbor who was having a week end garage sale ...
Last I heard some younger girl that sings and dances paid 50 cents for it and used it for a stage prop

 
Here is some of my harmonica playing
https://www.soundclick.com/html5/v4/player.cfm?songID=4688002
 
It sounds just like the way that girl in the pic looks
 
all the best,
 
Kenny
 

Excellent guitar playing - nice job.

Yes, I think you absolutely achieved your goal of simple and melodic.  Really tasty phrasing and note selection, and you can feel your restraint in the playing.  Excellent playing, man.