{"id":121112,"date":"2020-11-15T07:13:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T15:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=121112"},"modified":"2023-05-31T20:22:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T03:22:19","slug":"brandon-lee-adams-performs-and-teaches-a-nostalgic-bluegrass-tune-acoustic-guitar-sessions-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/brandon-lee-adams-performs-and-teaches-a-nostalgic-bluegrass-tune-acoustic-guitar-sessions-in-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Lee Adams Performs and Teaches a Nostalgic Bluegrass Tune | Acoustic Guitar Sessions in Place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brandonleeadamsmusic.com\/\">Brandon Lee Adams<\/a><\/strong> sings in a timeless Americana style\u2014and he\u2019s a hell of a flatpicker, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For his AG Sessions in Place, Adams performs <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/35rTpHu\">\u201cI Long for Seventeen,\u201d<\/a> a song he wrote and recorded with the bluegrass great <a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/learn-tony-rices-take-on-house-of-the-rising-sun\/\">Tony Rice<\/a>. Though arranged for voice and one guitar, the piece sounds rich and full, thanks to Adams\u2019 dynamic solos, bass runs, and chord voicings\u2014not to mention his early \u201970s <a href=\"https:\/\/reverb.grsm.io\/ag?query=Martin%20D-41\">Martin D-41<\/a>. (The serial number falls close to the end of 1971 or beginning of 1972.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch past the performance to learn Adams&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/crosspicking-101-a-private-bluegrass-lesson-with-molly-tuttle-video\/\">crosspicking patterns<\/a> and fretting-hand techniques. For anyone writing their own songs, there&#8217;s a ton of good information here on keeping arrangements fresh and avoiding the monotony of playing just a few chords the same way over and over for the duration of a tune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m always thinking about bass notes,\u201d Adams says, \u201cIt can sound almost like you\u2019re playing two instruments if you keep [the bass] busy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, grab your guitar and get inspired!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more from Brandon Lee Adams, you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/adamsbrandonlee\">follow him on facebook<\/a><\/strong>, or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/brandonleeadamsmusic.com\/home\">visit his website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adams performs \u201cI Long for Seventeen,\u201d a song he wrote and recorded with the bluegrass great Tony Rice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"Adams performs \u201cI Long for Seventeen,\u201d a song he wrote and recorded with the bluegrass great Tony Rice.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1528],"tags":[1332],"ppma_author":[1542],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Brandon-Lee-Adams-Bluegrass-Acoustic-Guitar-Session.jpg?fit=900%2C474&ssl=1","authors":[{"term_id":1542,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"joeystringletter-com","display_name":"Joey Lusterman","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/436b88127a7aed4992dc57eb6efc6353?s=96&d=mm&r=g","user_url":"","last_name":"Lusterman","first_name":"Joey","description":"Opinionated creative slash beginning guitarist. 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