Reply With QuoteThanks for the post and link.
I'm a big Hiatt fan. Seen him a bunch of times, solo and with the Goners. Caught him at the old Bottom Line in NYC, a great show.
Now, about that three chord stuff.....
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John Hiatt Interview
From back in 2000, but interesting - he claims that he only knows 3 chords...! The article (from Acoustic Guitar) continues on a second page - link is at the bottom of the first page.
http://www.acguitar.com/issues/ag96/feature96.shtml
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Thanks for the post and link.
I'm a big Hiatt fan. Seen him a bunch of times, solo and with the Goners. Caught him at the old Bottom Line in NYC, a great show.
Now, about that three chord stuff.....
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There's also a negative side."
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Good article, thanks. Fun to read. He surely knows more than 3 chords, that liar!
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Most interesting I think is his description of how he goes about writing songs. He writes such great song-stories, I would have been sure that the words came first for him - but no! I would love to see John - I just got two new-to-me cd's: Master of Disaster and Perfectly Good Guitar - they are such amazingly different pieces, but both packed with great songs. 'Guitar' in particular has some killer electric guitar w/ great tone - I don't really know the guitarist on that album, but you can see him playing on the dvd that comes with Hiatt's latest album.
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"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clements...
Both those albums are great. Myra and I play Master of Disaster on all our gigs, great tune. Perfectly Good Guitar is awesome. Very rocky and lots of fuzz guitar on it. It's Michael Ward on guitar there - very cool guitarist!
The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
Master Guitar Academy - I also teach via SKYPE.
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