Elmore James with Wayne Bennett Guitar Lesson by Johnny Burgin, Knockin at Your Door

On a trip to Milwaukee this weekend I got together with guitarist/bassist/soundman/engineer/music educator Guy Fiorentini (Hot Club of Milwaukee, and soul blues singer Mighty Ms. Erica) and we jammed on a bit of Elmore James's Knockin' at Your Door and 12 Year Old Boy. Hope you enjoy this pre-lesson jam!

This lesson focuses on Wayne Bennett's explosive leads on these two songs.
Wayne Bennett did it all. It's pretty amazing to look at his progression from '57's furious session of "Knockin' At Your Door" and "12 Year Old Boy" and then look ahead to his instrumental version of "Casanaova" from '67. What a progression, but the hard attack and the unexpected bursts of energy are still there! Bennett started out in high school playing guitar for Amos Milborn during summer vacation. He went on to record classics for Bobby Bland and so many others. That style's in full display on Knockin' At Your Door, but it has more aggression and a tremendous overdriven tone. Have fun with this! He's gloriously over the top on 12 Year Old Boy, just a tremendous foil to Elmore's vocals and totally exciting throughout. I will definately come back to some more great Wayne Bennett sides in future lessons. Please share your WB memories in the comments, thanks!
P.S. check out this cool video of Wayne speaking at a guitar workshop a to get a deeper appreciation of his musical breadth and remarkable career.
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