Actually, “Me And Old Crazy Bill” is a song that Bill Dees and Wes Helm wrote back in the 70s. Loretta Lynn cut it. So did Dinah Shore.
This is a photo from a sort of house concert a few weeks back…
photo by Jeanie Boultinghouse
Bill and I have been working on a duo thing. It’s really Bill doing his shtick and me accompanying. A few years ago, we did a number of shows together as a duo. At that time, I was using an Alvarez acoustic/electric because, Bill plays a gut string and it seemed like the obvious choice.
When we started getting together this time around, for some reason, I decided to try the Tele instead. Clean sound; no effects, not even reverb. Funny thing is; I find that the blend between the instruments is far better and easier to dial in. Also, I am constantly finding new options to color things-different inversions that didn’t work so well with the acoustic and tonal variations every time we get together.
Go figure,
At last a picture I can show the kids and friends when they say “Jack who?”
The acoustic and electric guitar are two distinct instruments that share a tuning. They behave far differently. Acoustics respond to dynamics a lot more than electrics. A friend on Twitter was saying he had to go the other way, trying to do Cornell Dupree licks on acoustic. Said he worked up a sweat.