set the record straight
One of my great loves and what perhaps has made me much of what I am today is music. I love that a single note can speak volumes and stir in up depths of emotion in us. Music is a powerful tool and one that I both love and hate.
please meet my love,
she has been good to me over the years, she loves me, likes it when i caress her, doesn’t get jealous when I shop around, and best of all she sings for me.
lately however we’ve been in a rocky spot in our relationship. I’ve become frustrated..maybe I just don’t know how to make her happy anymore. Every time I pick her up in anticipation I’m left wanting, wishing for more. I wish I could really play.
Isn’t it unfortunate that the thing you love the most cuts the deepest? All I want to do is make music. That is all I’ve ever wanted to do. I toil and slave over scales and rhythms but to no avail. Perhaps this just isn’t for me. Ok so maybe I’m not destined be a player then perhaps I can inspire you young string slingers out there to look beyond whatever it is you guys listen to (unless its j.mayer). As I wrap this up let me just say this and set the record straight; I am not good, never have been, never will be. Who is good you say? …presenting Stevie Ray Vaughan.
his intensity right around [2:10] sends shivers up my spine every time.
THIS IS THE BLUES. amen.
