East Tennessee Blues

[whitelines]

Delightful. I'm dying to learn to play it (do I really have a choice at this point?) but does anyone know if that was improvised, and if so to what extent? I can learn from the vid but it'd be nice to know how much they were building on East Tennessee Blues

[DHopkins]

.....but does anyone know if that was improvised, and if so to what extent? I can learn from the vid but it'd be nice to know how much they were building on East Tennessee Blues

I don't believe I've ever heard East Tennessee Blues played the same way, even by the same person. It's an easy song to add your own touches. I believe this was one of those where they start at the same time, go their separate ways and meet at the end.

[Mark Wilson]

I've not studied the song long but...

The first time around Compton stayed pretty close to the basic melody.