Blues can be fantastic dining music, as Jay and I know from our beloved Firefly's in Quincy. But that cover version is definitely not blues, and I can't call it punk because it has no emotive edge or drive. It's not music, as far as I can tell.
WRT electric guitar playing, I know from experience that it takes about 5 minutes to teach someone two basic chords, and then about 10 minutes practice to be able to shift back and forth between them. That's not "playing" the guitar, it's just using it in more or less a percussive capacity. I have, with my own ears and eyes, witnessed pre-schoolers play student guitars with much more mastery.
As for the singing, I can't tell if it's a woman or an adolescent boy, but it either case they sound remarkably drunk and devoid of talent.
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Date: 2010-07-05 03:42 pm (UTC)WRT electric guitar playing, I know from experience that it takes about 5 minutes to teach someone two basic chords, and then about 10 minutes practice to be able to shift back and forth between them. That's not "playing" the guitar, it's just using it in more or less a percussive capacity. I have, with my own ears and eyes, witnessed pre-schoolers play student guitars with much more mastery.
As for the singing, I can't tell if it's a woman or an adolescent boy, but it either case they sound remarkably drunk and devoid of talent.
Poor John Lee Hooker.