Bad Manners - Sally Brown - Cover

Bad Manners! You have them! Everyone has them! Sally Brown did not have them! Laurel Aitken is maybe the best known person to record this song. It's actually a sea shanty collected in the Roud Folksong Index as number 2628. It may be of Jamaican origin. The song migrated West and was used by lumberjacks as a work song. It is also known as "Roll and Go". It's about a girl who won't put out and will hit you with a stick if you ask her to. The Cukumaka stick is actually a coco macaque stick. It was first used by the Arawaks in battle, even though they were largely a peaceful people. The Arawak, or Taino Indians as they were sometimes called, were one of the native people of the Caribbean. No matter, she'll hit you with one if you bother her.

These videos serve as lessons on how I play this bunch of Pop, Rock, and Reggae songs - sometimes as a single guitarist playing the only guitar part, though that's rare. And sometimes if there is more than one guitar part, then trying to find the single good path through the tune. I complete one pass, demonstrating different Rhythm parts, styles, and techniques. There is no talking. No discussion. No note-for-note explanations. As such, for clarity, my guitar is supposed to be louder in the mix than it would ever be in a live setting. But, if you really want to hear what I hear, do what I do and put on a good pair headphones with great bass response! It's worth it.

Why this is important to Rhythm Guitar:
It's 50% Rock 50% Ska. That Bass line is pure old school Ska - roots and fifths. The task here is to play the same thing throughout the song. No variation. No embellishment. It's the funnest thing a Rhythm player can get to do - trance out!

The rest of it is just to get people dancing.

Which this does, handily.

#artofrhythmguitar #echohead #rhythmguitar

[theAxehound]

I'm feeling the original is A and D and the "Bad Manners" cover is Bb and Eb.
Are there any changes, or is it all just I IV?
Cheers and Oi!!