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Stranglehold Style Jam (Guitar Instrumental)

Jamming to Stranglehold Style Chord Progression.
Posted by Island Guitar Studios on Saturday, June 27, 2015
Recorded June 20, 2015 @ Eric's House, Baltimore, MD

Maggot Brain (Guitar Instrumental)
Unplugged and Overserved Players:
Bass Billy K. Maye, Drums Sticks Chaney, Guitar Brian Bigham,
Guitar Harry Bigham, Guitar Pete Loyka, Lead Guitar Burt Jamison

E Minor Pentatonic Scale with a Wah Pedal

Please give it a listen with head phones, or powered external speakers. 
To me it sounds terrible playing through laptop built in or cell phone speakers.
TURN IT UP!

Maggot Brain Take 1 
Full Song 6 minutes 
Recorded At "The Barn" April 18, 2015



Maggot Brain Jam
Sound Bite 3 minutes
Recorded March 20, 2015

The song was recorded with a Zoom stereo recorder (hand held style) so the mix is not as good as we had hoped. 

I tried to put some feeling into it. I hope the listener will experience some of it.

I played a 2002 PRS CE24 Maple Top with PRS 57/08 pickups (thank you Paul), my go to guitar.  Effects are a vintage Tube Works Real Tube Overdrive (thank you Chris) and a Morley wah pedal (thank you Deano).  The Amp is a Carr Mercury set at 2 watts with Boost (thank you Judy). 

Again, please give it a listen with head phones, or powered external speakers.  To me it sounds terrible playing through laptop built in speakers or a cell phone. TURN IT UP!

Click Here to hear me play the classical guitar song Mood For a Day (Yes)


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Maggot Brain was released in 1971.  I would have never guessed it was Funkadelic. The song t became an instant guitar player classic.  When I heard it at age 15 it blew me away.  I had never heard anyone use a wah wah pedal the way guitarist Eddie Hazel did.  Maggot Brain is now found on the Top 100 lead guitar songs of all time list and other top spots.  IT'S ABOUT TIME! 

Are you ready to tackle Maggot Brain?  Learning Maggot Brain will build technique and teach you how to use a wah pedal.  The chord progression ("A" and "Am" Based Bar Chords Fingering Position) using strings 5,4,3 & 2. Em - D - Bm - C   Repeat from Em.

Maggot Brain Chord Tab

E-------------------------------------------------------------
B--------8----------8---------7----------7------------3-------
G------9---9------9---9------7--7------7---7--------4---4-----
D----9-------9---9------9--7------7--7-------7----4-------4---
A--7-----------7----------5---------5-----------2-----------2-
E-------------------------------------------------------------

E---------------------------------------|---
B---------3-----------5-----------5-----|---
G-------4---4-------5---5-------5---5---|---
D-----4-------4---5-------5---5-------5-|---
A--(2)----------3-----------3----------(7)<--Start Over
E---------------------------------------|---

Learn how to create your own Tabs!

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