Seasick Steve - Less is More

Filed under: Korea — Jeff in Korea at 6:46 pm on Friday, January 5, 2007

A friend of mine sent me the following video of a bluesman named Seasick Steve. It’s good to be humbled by things like this. Although very competant with six strings, in this video, Seasick Steve plays a driving blues piece called “Dog House Boogie” on a beat up old electric guitar with only three strings. He’s more than twices as good as I am with only half the strings.

Here’s a good video of Seasick Steve and the Level Devils doing a blues piece called “Cheap.”

Finally, here is the story behind Seasick Steve’s three-stringed guitar and about 10 minutes of good music recorded in Scotland.

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Comment by G L Wilson

28 June 2007 @ 6:59 pm

I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Seasick Steve play live. He is a fantastic guitarist. As well as the now legendary 3-string guitar another guitar he plays is this little beat-up parlor guitar with a pick-up screwed across the sound hole. It’s got cracks in the body and looks like a piece of junk but in Seasick’s hands it has an immense sound. I was also surprised to see that he plays mainly with the tips of his fingers - no plectrums or picks.

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