Tomo Fujita Guitar Wisdom

Here we go folks!

Freddy King:

Clapton (blues breakers):

SRV:

Thank you, Matt, for starting this thread. We look forward to seeing some Hide Away Challenge posts!

GM

Thank you Matt. I am in. I like this song.
Eiji

I found Tomo's lesson here.
Eiji

Tomo also breaks down the Freddie King and Clapton approaches to the first chorus in FB E Blues Soloing Ideas - Major and minor Pentatonic https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/foundation-core-music-lessons/videos/fb-e-blues-soloing-ideas-major-and-minor-pentatonic

Here is a Hideaway version release 2025. High energy version with modern production sounds. Picked up this CD in April and yeah, there are some fun guitar blues jams. Learning more about this song with every artists take. Thanks Matt for the challenge. It will be a while for me, yet all kinds of fun!! - johno

Let's get this party started!

This video is my progress after about a week on the first shuffle chorus and the first melody chorus. So many things to clean up and work on! Here are couple of things I learned from this recording (and many others I did while practicing this):

- Pick volume — As I play, I feel like I'm barley holding the pick and it sounds soft and gentle. But when I listen to the recording it sounds like I'm hitting the strings hard. Maybe that's because I turned the amp volume up, but I am still working on lighter picking.

- E to A on shuffle — One of the biggest challenges for me is moving cleanly from the E to A chord during the shuffle. I'm still not there but I've gotten better over the week. (I also routinely flub the pinky stretch on the B chord, as I did on this recording, but I've done better in others by moving my thumb back first).

- Metronome - I practiced without the metronome too, but I found that I would rush a lot (you can hear it in this video). The metronome (set to 57 in this one, I think) is helping me hold back.

Thank you Andy for sharing this video! I love it! It sounds so good! I love this groove (rhythm guitar) so much! Good job on melody too! This part is very hard. During this melody, you want to play softer rhythm guitar! So this part, you want to practice without a metronome. So good!

Tomo

I've been away from my guitar for a week or so, but planning to dive back into this deep. I'm almost through the first 12 bars. I'm really trying to not watch any lessons on this and figure it out by ear.

Awesome playing, Andy! Thanks for sharing your recording and notes with us. I find your list very helpful and easy to understand what you notice/what you're working on.

Pick volume - Check out this thread https://tomovhxtv.vhx.tv/forums/general/76045-picking-volume

Thank you Sammi for encouragement and sharing this lesson.

Tomo

Getting bluesy there Andy :) thank you for sharing. After watching all videos in this thread, there are several options to try with speed all over the place. I like how you kept this tune true to form and at your pace. Great progress for one week, this is like a happy blues song :) - johno

My Christmas Eve attempt at Hideaway on my 1979 Gibson ES 347 aka my "Black Beauty".
Lots of fun to keep working on this.
Happy Holidays!

Kurt

Lovely performance Kurt! I love it! Sweet tone from that guitar! Good job! Please enjoy!

Tomo