10 Commandments of Guitar Playing

I picked up this tidbit over at the WFMU blog,“Captain Beefheart’s 10 Commandments of Guitar Playing”.

Here’s three of the ten commandments. I’m wondering if Dahr has ever done # 3 and if Derek has ever looked up the Statue of Liberty’s dress (#7). Here’s the rest: http://tr.im/i1Kh

3. Practice in front of a bush
Wait until the moon is out, then go outside, eat a multi-grained bread and play your guitar to a bush. If the bush dosen’t shake, eat another piece of bread.

7. Always carry a church key
That’s your key-man clause. Like One String Sam. He’s one. He was a Detroit street musician who played in the fifties on a homemade instrument. His song “I Need a Hundred Dollars” is warm pie. Another key to the church is Hubert Sumlin, Howlin’ Wolf’s guitar player. He just stands there like the Statue of Liberty-making you want to look up her dress the whole time to see how he’s doing it.

8. Don’t wipe the sweat off your instrument
You need that stink on there. Then you have to get that stink onto your music.

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