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While I'm here, I'm going to: a) make a recommendation to myself, and b) break my own rules. For a modern take on my premise, everyone should check out Veronica Lewis, a very talented young new(ish)-comer: Technically, there's some saxophone in there, but it doesn't really add a lot to the sound for me, and the song would be just as good with her vocals and piano accompanied by the drums.

D, Gauss: Cool, thanks! That’s actually pretty blusey, I like it. Sounds like he’s got piano and organ overdubbed, but I could arrange something like that with split / dual voices on my DP. SamuelBLupowitz: Dig it! Elton’s the man, no doubt. Auxiliary percussion is somehow even better than set when paired with piano.

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JamPro: Thanks for the encouragement! That’s the eventual goal, to play out in small, quiet venues. The missus is up for it: she’s played since high school, has a strong jazz background, plays with brushes a lot, which really fits well with the piano. I still need to get a lot better though! I came to piano late, and blues even later, so I have some catching up to do … Adan: Yah, the classic blues I listen to is often solo piano or piano with someone else, but not usually bass. The barrelhouse and boogie woogie piano styles take care of the bass lines nicely with the left hand. As far as piano and drums, definitely check out the Memphis Slim and Michel Denis combo. That’s my ultimate goal! It requires some different drumming that the usual blues band, rock, or jazz styles, and we’re still figuring that out. SamuelBLupowitz: Thanks, I’ll check that out. Even non-blues stuff could still be handy to help us think about arrangements. Drawback: Yes, the brushes approach is really nice so far. Since traditional blues piano left hand takes care of the “rhythm section” part, it frees her up to do a lot of nice brush work on snare, ride cymbal stuff, etc. BTW, if anyone is interested, here’s a couple of videos of us. It’s not the straight-up blues I’m aiming for, just a couple of 80s tunes that I made blues-ish arrangements of for fun. (I was inspired by Larkin Poe’s blues arrangements of a bunch of 70s and 80s tunes on YouTube over the pandemic). Enjoy! (BTW: Is there a way to include links without the automatic preview? I hate to be obnoxious about it ... )

TL;DR: Can you recommend any good duos consisting of piano and another instrument, in the blues genre (broadly construed is fine), other than the following (of which I obviously already know): Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell Charlie Spand & Blind Blake Big Maceo Merriweather & Tampa Red Peetie Wheatstraw & Kokomo Arnold Memphis Slim & Michel Denis Context: I'm an aspiring blues pianist; my spouse plays percussion (drums and mallets). I'm looking for some good inspiration for the two of us to do our own little duo thing. The other instrument can be a melodic and/or chordal instrument (great inspiration for her mallet playing) or straight-up drums / percussion (set or auxiliary). One or both members singing is cool, as is purely instrumental. I will allow recommendations (so magnanimous of me! ) of more than two if you think there's something about them that naturally fits what we're up to (e.g., three people, where one sings, one plays piano, one plays guitar). Thanks in advance!

Oh, and the mic collection I've been assembling has some similar choices: Shure SM57 for snare Shure PGA 52 for bass drum AKG P170 for the two overheads

I'm interested as well. I plan to do some recording of a more serious nature soon, and I'd like to mic my wife's drum set more or less professionally. From what I've been reading, I think four mics will work for me: one for snare, one for bass drum, and two overheads. I'll definitely have to do some experimenting to find the right placement.

Smart! If they don't disappear on their own soon, I'll do just that. Thanks!

Gee, what made you think I was talking about those threads? Thanks for the response, though. I guess I'll just have to ignore certain threads manually ...

Sorry if I missed it -- I did look around first. Is there a way to ignore threads? I mean, obviously, there's "don't click on it." But I mean so you don't even see the thread title show up in the feed? Just curious, thanks.

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This is definitely harder than it seems, in lots of different ways. For me, I tend to use the C major blues scale (C D Eb E G A) more than the minor blues scale, so I'll have to fight a bit of muscle memory. I'll definitely give it a shot and post before too long!

Oh, yeah. When I was growing up, my Dad had a whole room devoted to his hifi system, with four (!) Marantz Imperial G6 speakers mounted in the four upper corners of the room. We'd hang out there and just listen to music, maybe while playing pool, but often just sitting and listening to Moody Blues, Supertramp, Beatles, you name it. I need to turn off the damn TV and do more of that sort of thing ...

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For me: bad DP < bad AP < good DP =< good AP (depending on the music style) Also for me: spinet = bad AP (okay, maybe mediocre AP depending on the spinet)

Funny you mention this, I was just thinking about it recently. In December, I attended a couple of different holiday parties at the homes of co-workers. Both had a spinet, and I had the opportunity to play a bit on both. I kept thinking how much nicer my Rolands play and sound ... These days, I think you might as well stick to a DP and then move to a decent upright like a Yamaha B3 or U1, and skip the spinet stage in between.

Damn, I came here to post this one. And I'm originally a bassist!

Hey, be nice to singers. They don't have as many opportunities to indulge GAS as the rest of us. He probably just bought it because it was shiny!

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Robert Palmer's Deep Blues. It's yet another blues history that focuses on the Delta - to - Chicago thread to the near exclusion of much else, but it's still very good. I especially appreciate that he takes the time to mention some pianists here and there!

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The cajon I ordered for my spouse showed up today, Pretty nifty!

More 80s Keith -- now with walls o' keyboards!!