#paul rishell

I do three, but he might have done it with two. It’s possible he did three. Either way, I don’t know, it’s hard to say. It sounds like he’s doing three when he plays. So he’s got the A going, the B string at the fifth fret, and the E string at the third fret. So that’s three fingers.

The artistry of blues musicians, really great ones, is often the last thing that you think about or that enters your mind. The subtleties and restraint that these guys are showing — those kind of words don’t come to mind when people think of the blues. But in fact, that’s what makes that music work so well — it’s an amazing application of discipline and restraint and good taste and all these things that people just don’t think of when they think of that music. There’s an elegant side to that music. And 'Lookin’ Good' is one of those real classic, funny, brilliantly put together little pieces of African American music.