Podcasts about acoustic blues

Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Donna HerulaDonna Herula is an award-winning blues singer, songwriter, resonator slide guitarist, bandleader, educator, and Chicago Blues Hall of Fame inductee whose music bridges Delta blues, early Chicago blues, folk, soul, gospel, Americana, and New Orleans rhythm. Hailed by Living Blues Magazine for her “superlative guitar prowess,” Herula has built a reputation as a powerful acoustic and electric blues artist with a gift for emotional honesty, intricate guitar work, and songs that carry both strength and vulnerability.Based in the Chicago area, Herula leads both the Donna Herula Trio, an acoustic folk-blues group, and the Donna Herula Band, a full electric blues ensemble. Across those settings, she moves with ease between intimate acoustic storytelling and high-energy band performances, keeping the blues tradition alive while writing from a distinctly modern and personal point of view. http://www.makingascene.org

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Skip James  | Cherry Ball Blues  | Hampton Jazz Festival  06-27-68  | Doug MacLeod  | Money Talks  | A Soul to Claim  |   | Marshall Lawrence  | Gotta Change Our Ways  | The Morning After (2008)  | Josh White  | Careless Love  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian  | The Bad Day  | Wake Up Carolina (Backlit Acoustic Session)  | Live and Loud  |   | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee  | Key To The Highway  | Blues Legends  |   | Blind Willie McTell  | Weary Hearted Blues  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Big Bill Broonzy  | I Can Fix It  | Big Bill Broonzy Vol 12 (1945-1947)  | Chris Barber featuring Eric Clapton  | Weeping Willow  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers  | Where Shall I Be  | 1950s Gospel Classics~Complete Recordings (1950-1958) DOCD-5464  | Chris Barber featuring Alex Bradford  | Couldn't Keep It To Myself  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Harlem Hamfats  | Live and Die For You.mp3  | Harlem Hamfats Vol 1 [18 April to November 1936]  | Ramblin' Thomas  | Hard To Rule Woman Blues  | Blues Images Presents Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's Ð 195  | Doug MacLeod  | Find Your Right Mind  | Exactly Like This  |   | Ma Rainey  | Runaway Blues 20883-3  | Recordings, 1923-1928

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells  | Catfish Blues  | Alone & Acoustic  |   | John Emil  | Leaving The Dirty South  | Timeline  |   |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | My Babe  | Parlour Blues  |   | Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers  | Standing in the Safety Zone  | 1950s Gospel Classics~Complete Recordings (1950-1958) DOCD-5464  | Blind Blake  | Bootleg Rum Dum Blues  | All The Recorded Sides  | Todd Albright  | Frankie  | Blues For Dexter Linwood  | Chris Barber featuring Albert Nicholas  | C-Jam Blues  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Ajay Srivastav  | Count Your Blessings.mp3  | Powerless  |   | John Lee Hooker  | I Wanna Walk  | Goodbye Newport [Newport Blues Festival July 1960]  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground  | Searching For Secret Heroes  | Document Records  | Henry Green  | Storm Thru Mississppi  | 1950s Gospel Classics~Complete Recordings (1950-1958) DOCD-5464  | Skip James  | I'm So Glad  | Legends of Bottleneck Blues  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Skoodle Do Do  | Do That Guitar Rag  |   | Josh White and Carl Sandburg  | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (feat. Carl Sandburg)  | Josh White and Carl Sandburg  | Miles Davis All-Stars  | Bags' Groove Take 2  | Bag's Groove  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Blind Blake  | You've Got What I Want  | All The Recorded Sides  | Ben Waters &Tom Waters | Roll 'em Pete (Live)  | Boogie 4 Stue (2026)  |   | Maria Muldaur, Roy Rogers, Roly Salley  | Me And My Chauffeur Blues  | First Came Memphis Minnie  | Bessie Smith  | Down-Hearted Blues  | Raw Blues Disc 1  |   | Brother John (Johnny Never & John Colgan-Davis)  | Sexy Baby Blues  | Black Crow  |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | 05 On Through The Darkness  | Northern Gothic  |   | Bret Marvin and the Thunderbolts  | If You Haven't Any Hay (Skip James)  | Stranger Than Strange  | AG Weinberger  | The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock'n Roll  | Mighty Business  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | Skip James  | Everybody Ought to Live Right  | Studio Sessions Rare & Unreleased  | Sonny Terry,  Brownie McGhee Big Joe Wiliams. Lightnin Hopkins,  | Right On That Shore (Great Gospel Blues)  | Folk Blues Revival  |   | Adam Franklin  | If Your Lord Deserts You  | Til I Hear You Talkin' (Extra}  | Big Bill Broonzy  | I Love You So Much  | Phonic June 2009  |   | John Emil  | Tomorrow's Song  | Timeline  |   |   | Amanda St. John  | Big Strong Man  | Grow  |   | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | John Henry Hopkins  | Saddle Up My Grey Mare  | The Hopkins Brothers, Joel, Lightnin' and John Henry (1964)  | Piano Kid Edwards  | Give Us Another Jug  | The Paramount Masters - CD 4/4  | Half Deaf Clatch  | A Web Across The Heavens  | Every Path Leads Here  | Andres Roots Roundabout  | Greengrass Stomp  | Three!  |   |   | Alger ''Texas'' Alexander & Benton's Busy Bees  | Easy Rider Blues (1934)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1930 - 1950)  | Cannon's Jug Stompers  | Walk Right In [Memphis October 1929]  | Vibraphonic #3  |   | Little Brother Montgomery  | Vicksburg Blues  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  | Geiger von Muller  | Europa  | Neocubist Blues  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | John the Revelator  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is  | Four Classic Albums Plus - CD One  | Andy Cohen  | Death Don't Have No Mercy  | Andy Cohen Tryin' To Get Home MP3  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Peace In The Valley (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manc  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series Volu  | Julian Piper  | Who Got The Olds? (When Johnny Ace Died)  | Terlingua  |   |   | Alexis Korner  | The Gambler  | Alexis Korner Blues  |   | Doug MacLeod (Acoustic)  | I Rolled A Nickel  | Brand New Eyes  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Alger "Texas" Alexander  | West Texas Blues (1927)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928)  | Pink Anderson  | Boll Weevil  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  | Mamie Smith  | Crazy Blues  | The Complete History Of The Blues 1920-1962  | Doug MacLeod  | Ain't It Rough  | Exactly Like This  |   | Dave Arcari  | Close To The Edge  | Still Friends  |   | Andres Roots Roundabout  | Moby Duck  | Three!  |   |   | Big Bill Broonzy  | Too Too Train Blues (18383)  | Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1  | Maria Muldaur  | Don't Love No Married Man  | One Hour Mama - [The Blues of Victoria Spivey]  | Paul Cowley  | Once In A While  | Long Shadow  |   | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Every Time I Feel The Spirit (Recorded Live At The Free Trade H  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series Volu  | Jerimiah Marques  | Down By The Riverside (Acoustic)  | Down By The River  |   | Blind Willie McTell  | I Got Religion, I'm So Glad  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Red McKenzie  | Deep Second Street Blues  | Red McKenzie 1924-1928 Volume 1 [Mound City Blue Blowers]  | Lightnin' Hopkins & Sonny Terry  | Last Night Blues  | The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins  | Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee  | Sail Away  |Sonny & Brownie

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Paul Gerimia  | Devil Got My Woman  | Kive From Uncle Sam's  | Ma Rainey  | New Bo-Weavil Blues 20233-1  | Recordings, 1923-1928  | Alvin Youngblood Hart  | Gallows Pole  | Big Mama's Door  |   | Eric Bibb  | Crossroads Marilyn Monroe  | One Mississippi  |   | Alberta Hunter With Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders  | St Louis Blues  | All That Blues  |   | Betty Harris W Sammy Price Trio  | Backwater-Blues  | Goodbye Newport [Newport Blues Festival July 1960]  | Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers  | Dance Hall Shuffle [1929  | Folks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!: Vintage Fiddle Music 1927-193  | Half Deaf Clatch  | An Unquiet Mind  | An Unquiet Mind  |   | The Old Ramblers  | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl  | Old Ramblers  |   | Royal Harmony Quartet  | (We'll Be Singing Hallelujah) Marching Through Berlin  | Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942)  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Adam Franklin  | If Your Lord Deserts You  | Til I Hear You Talkin' (Extra}  | AG Weinberger  | Just One Minute  | Reborn  | Bigfoot Records  | Big Joe Turner  | S.K. Blues (part 2)  | Blues: The Essential Album  | Blues for Neighbors  | Guillotine Song  | Rivers of Living Water

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Mitch Woods  | Broke  | Night in New Orleans  |   | Robert Johnson  | Me And The Devil Blues  | TR Downloads 2010-3  | Alger "Texas" Alexander  | Bantam Rooster Blues (1927)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928)  | Afton Wolfe  | Fault Lines  | Kings For Sale (Release Date - June 18 2021)  | Mitch Woods  | Shake Rattle and Roll  | Night in New Orleans  |   | Skip James  | Drunken Spree  | The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James - 1930  | Big Bill Broonzy  | I Feel So Good  | The Bluesmen  |   | Mitch Woods  | Cryin' For My Baby  | Night in New Orleans  |   | Benny Goodman  | St. Louis Blues  | The Benny Goodman Story - 25 Phonographic Memories  | Reverend Gary Davis  | You Got to Move  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  | Blind Willie McTell  | You Was Born to Die  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Dave Peabody  | Hard Times Knocking On My Door  | Hands Across The Sea  | Josh White  | Trouble  | The Elektra Years  |   | Mitch Woods  | Amber Lee  | Night in New Orleans  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Skip James  | Somebody Loves You  | Studio Sessions Rare & Unreleased  | Catfish Keith  | Keep Out The Way of The Sheriff.mp3  | Sugar For Sugar  |   | Ben Waters | Suitcase Blues  | Boogie 4 Stue (2026)  |   | Bluesblabber  | Playing Some E Blues & You Got To Have Your Dollar  | Live At Mike Pizza  |   | Ajay Srivastav  | Break The Circle.mp3  | Powerless  |   | Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin  | Buffalo Skinners  | Know You From Old  |   | J.J. Cale  | Clyde  | Naturally  |   |   | Elles Bailey  | Soul To Rest (Acoustic)  | Wildfire  |   |   | Bad Temper Joe  | Freight Train  | The Acoustic Blues Guitar Review  | Blind Willie Johnson  | It's Nobody's Fault But Mine  | The Complete History Of The Blues 1920-1962  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Feed Me Jesus (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis  | Make Believe Stunt  | Whistling Past The Graveyard  | Doug MacLeod (Acoustic)  | The Nature Of The Man  | Brand New Eyes  |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | The Ghost Ship - 02 The Ghost Ship - Part II  | The Ghost Ship  |   | Big Joe Williams  | Rollin' And Tumblin'  | All That Blues  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  |   | Bessie Smith  | Yodeling Blues  | Old Time Classics Volume 1  |   | John Emil  | Our Number One  | Timeline  |   |   |   | Mad Dog Blues  | Hear Me Crying  | Hot Harmonica Hokum  |   | Pink Anderson  | That's No Way To Do  | Blues Legend  |   |   | Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry  | I Woke up One Morning and I Could Hardly See  | The Bluesville Years, Vol. 5  |   | Julian Piper  | The Blues Ain't Got Me Yet  | Terlingua  |   |   |   | Mad Dog Blues  | It's Raining on My Chickens  | Hot Harmonica Hokum  |   | Blind Blake  | C C Pill Blues  | All The Recorded Sides  |   | Red McKenzie  | Deep Second Street Blues  | Red McKenzie 1924-1928 Volume 1  |Mound City Blue Blowers|  | Mad Dog Blues  | White Lightning  | Hot Harmonica Hokum  |   | Big Bill Broonzy  | I Wonder  | Four Classic Albums Plus - CD Two  | Skip James  | I'm So Glad  | Legends of Bottleneck Blues  |   | Blind Willie McTell  | Lord Have Mercy If You Please  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Sonny Terry, Brownie Mc Ghee, Chris Barber Band, April 1958 | Glory/I'm Going To Walk And Talk With Jesus |The Blues Legacy Lost and Found  |  | Harlem Hamfats  | My Daddy Was a Lovin' Man | Harlem Hamfats Vol 1 [18 April to November 1936]  | Mad Dog Blues  | Holding the Bag Blues  | Hot Harmonica Hokum  |   | Big Boy Crupup  | Give Me A 32-20 (1942)  | Broadcasting the Blues, volume 3  | Red McKenzie  | Blues In F  | Red McKenzie 1924-1928 Volume 1 [Mound City Blue Blowers!

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Ben Waters  | Rooming House Boogie  | Boogie 4 Stue (2026)  |   | John Lee Hooker  | I Wanna Walk  | Goodbye Newport [Newport Blues Festival July 1960]  | Brownie McGhee  | Blues Had A Baby  |   |   | Doug MacLeod  | Find Your Right Mind  | Exactly Like This  |   | Blind Blake  | Doggin' Me Mama Blues  | All The Recorded Sides  | Alger ''Texas'' Alexander  | Lonesome Valley Blues (1934)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1930 - 1950)  | Sam Chatmon  | St Louis Blues  | Sam Chatmon's Advice  | Alvin Youngblood Hart  | Them Fair Weather Friends  | Big Mama's Door  |   | Charley Patton  | Some Summer Day (1930)  | Broadcasting the Blues, volume 3  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Can't Nobody Hide from God  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Didn't It Rain (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester)  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | Blind Willie McTell  | We Got to Meet Death One Day, Take A  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Alexis Korner  | Hoochie Coochie Man  | Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated At The Cavern  | Buddy Guy & Junior Wells  | Catfish Blues  | Alone & Acoustic  |   | Pink Anderson  | Thousand Woman Blues  | Blues Legend  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Falling Rain  | My Last Goodbye To You  | Pink Anderson  | Greasy Greens  | Blues Legend  |   | Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac  | Lazy Poker Blues  | Blues: The Essential Album  | Chris Barber featuring Albert Nicholas  | C-Jam Blues  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Benny Goodman  | Vibraphone Blues  | Rare Recordings 1935-1936  | Blind Blake  | Stingaree Man Blues  | All The Recorded Sides  | Paul Rishell  | Special Rider Blues [Skip James]  | Talkin' Guitar  |   | Billie Holiday  | Fine And Mellow  | Blue Ladies  |   | Dave Arcari  | Hellbound Train  | Still Friends  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Nobody's Fault But Mine  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Chris Barber featuring Paul Jones  | I'll Be Rested  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Butch Cage And Willie Thomas  | He's Got The Whole World In His Hands  | Goodbye Newport [Newport Blues Festival July 1960]  | James Buddy Rogers  | Can't Get You Off My Mind - Acoustic Version  | By My Side  |   | Ma Rainey  | Ya-Da-Do 1702-3  | Recordings, 1923-1928  | Doug MacLeod  | Hey Bartender  | Raw Blues 1  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Dida Pelled  | Sister Kate  | I Wish You Would  |   | Chris Corcoran  | Misterioso  | Bring It On Home  |   | Josh White  | Trouble  | The Elektra Years  |   | Washboard Walter  | Narrow Face Blues  | The Paramount Masters - CD 3/4  | Chris Corcoran  | Blues For Night Owls  | Bring It On Home  |   | Catfish Keith  | Wing And A Prayer  | A True Friend Is Hard To Find  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Shoo Blues  | Big Bill Broonzy Vol 12 (1945-1947)  | Holly Carter & Joe Wilkins  | Blueberry Hill  | Bring It On Home  |   | Robert Johnson  | Preaching Blues  | Legends of Bottleneck Blues  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Down By The Riverside (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | Blind Willie Johnson  | If It Had Not Been for Jesus  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Blind Willie McTell  | Lord, Send Me an Angel  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Big Bill Broonzy  | St. Louis Blues  | The Bluesmen  |   | Dariush Kanani  | Love In Vain  | Bring It On Home  |   | Alvin Youngblood Hart  | Joe Friday  | Big Mama's Door  |   | Davey Graham  | Broonzy Stomp  | Anthology 1961-2007 Lost Tapes  | John Emil  | Carolina Sunrise  | Timeline  |   |   | Ottilie Patterson & Chris Barber's Jazz Band  | Me And My Chauffeur  | Blues Book And Beyond  | Andy Cohen  | Reverend Gary Rag  | Small But Mighty  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Django Reinhardt (& Stephane Grappelli)  | Nuages (1940)  | BBC Jazz: Classic Cuts From 80 Years Of Jazz  | Half Deaf Clatch  | Hard Times Make Me Harder  | Fruit Trade Music Sessions  | Pink Anderson  | Boll Weevil  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  | Alger "Texas" Alexander  | Sabine River Blues (1927)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928)  | Lead Belly  | Leaving Blues  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  | Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow  | Hesitation Blues  | Working In The Wood  |   | Ottilie Patterson With Chris Barber's Jazzmen  | The Little Town In Ould County Down  | Blues Book And Beyond  | Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry  | Rising Sun  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  | Ma Rainey  | Those All Night Long Blues 1599-1  | Recordings, 1923-1928  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Take Your Stand  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards  | Pony Blues  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  | Chris Barber featuring Alex Bradford  | Couldn't Keep It To Myself  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Blind Willie McTell  | Don't You See How This World Made a Change  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Doug MacLeod  | The Seen And The Unseen  | Between Somewhere And Goodbye  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Mule-Ridin' Blues  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings  | Doc & Merle Watson  | Don't Think Twice It's Alright  | Look Away  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Memphis Slim  | St. Louis Boogie  | Deep South Piano Blues - Rockin The House  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Walkin' The Lonesome Road  | Four Classic Albums Plus - CD Two  | Adam Franklin  | Rollin' Stone (Waters)  | Guitar Blues  |   | Charlie 'Specks' McFadden  | Times Are So Tight  | Banker's Blues:  A Study In The Effects Of Fiscal Mischief (Vol  | Half Deaf Clatch  | Three Fates  | Metamorphosis  |   | Josh White  | Red Sun  | The Elektra Years  |   | Recorded Live By Alan Lomax  | Old Alabama  | Negro Prison Blues And Songs  | Alexis Korner  | Every Day I Have the Blues  | Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated At The Cavern  | Sonny Terry  | Sonny's Whoopin' The Doop  | Comin' Home To The Blues (CD 1)  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Jesus Is Coming Soon  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Blind Willie McTell  | I Got Religion, I'm So Glad  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Andy Cohen  | Death Don't Have No Mercy  | Andy Cohen Tryin' To Get Home MP3  | Mary Stokes Band  | Mighty Long Time  | Hometown Blues  |   | Neil Bob Herd and the Dirty Little Acoustic Band  | As Much As I Needed To  | Every Soul a Story  (Release Date - February 14 2020)  | Lonesome Pete  | Down By The Crossroads  | Devil's Deal  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | John Lee Hooker with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee  | Don't Make Me No Never Mind  | Soundtrack to The Color Purple  | Roofdog  | White Chimney Sunset  | White Chimney Sunset  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | Blind Blake  | Keep It Home  | All The Recorded Sides  | Blues for Neighbors  | Cuckoo  | Rivers of Living Water  | Lightnin' Hopkins & Sonny Terry  | Conversation Blues  | The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins  | Blind Blake  | Low Down Loving Gal  | All The Recorded Sides  | Todd Albright  | Drive Away Blues  | Blues For Dexter Linwood  | Blind Willie McTell  | We Got to Meet Death One Day, Take B  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | McCauley Spiritual Singers  | Jesus Gave Me Water  | This May Be My Last Time (CD2)  Raw African American Gospel On 45rpm  | Skip James  | I'm So Glad  | Hampton Jazz Festival  06-27-68  | Half Deaf Clatch  | Poor Sweet Eliza  | Dr Bloodwort's Nefarious Medicine Show  | Doug MacLeod  | Somewhere On A Mississippi Highway  | A Soul to Claim  |   | Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee  | That's How I Feel  | The Bluesmen  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Adam Franklin  | Dr. Jazz  | Outside Man  |   | Lonesome Pete  | Aint Got No Money  | Devil's Deal  |   | Dave Peabody  | Hey There Lucas.wav  | Hands Across The Sea  | Blind Willie McTell  | Talkin' To Myself -  | Total Blues - 100 Essential Songs  | Lonesome Pete  | The Devils Deal  | Devil's Deal  |   | Archie Edwards [Guitar & Vocal]  | The Road Is Rough And Rocky  | Classic Appelachian Blues From The Smithsonian  | Julian Piper  | Flood Coming On  | Terlingua  |   |   | Lonesome Pete  | Chain Gang  | Devil's Deal  |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | The Spook Of Misery Hill  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Let Your Light Shine On Me  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Chris Barber featuring Andy Fairweather Lowe  | Precious Lord, Take My Hand  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Chris Barber featuring Paul Jones  | I'll Be Rested  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Otis Spann  | Blues Never Die  | All That Blues  |   | Lonesome Pete  | Lonesome Highway  | Devil's Deal  |   | Big Bill Broonzy  | Just A Dream  | Raw Blues Disc 4  | 

Making a Scene Brings you Gerry Casey's Interview with The 100 Watt Vipers The 100 Watt Vipers are a powerhouse blues-rock duo hailing from Jacksonville, Florida. Known for their raw, gritty sound and electrifying performances, the band is a fusion of classic Southern blues and hard-hitting rock ‘n' roll. With J Burton on vocals and guitar and DJ Riddick on drums, The 100 Watt Vipers have carved out a unique niche in the music world, delivering high-energy tracks that resonate with fans of both traditional and modern blues. Their music is characterized by its soulful lyrics, thunderous rhythms, and unfiltered emotion, making each performance an unforgettable experience. Dedicated to keeping the spirit of authentic blues alive, The 100 Watt Vipers continue to captivate audiences with their relentless passion and undeniable talent. http://www.makingascene.org

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright | Andres Roots And Raul Terep  | Bullfrog Medley  | Trad.Alt.Blues  |  | Andy Cohen  | Built Right On The Ground  | Built Right On The Ground | The Old Ramblers  | My Fat Gal  | Old Ramblers  |  | Mama Yancey  | Make Me A Pallet On The Floor (1943)  | Broadcasting the Blues, volume 3 | Mary Stokes Band  | That's All Right  | Hometown Blues  |  | John Henry Hopkins  | Hey, Baby, Hey  | The Hopkins Brothers, Joel, Lightnin' and John Henry (1964) | Big Bill Broonzy  | Lonesome  | Where The Blues Began | Little Brother Montgomery  | Vicksburg Blues  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian | Maria Muldaur, Del Rey, Steve James  | Crazy Cryin' Blues  | First Came Memphis Minnie | Blind Willie Johnson  | Sweeter As The Years Roll By  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2) | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Every Time I Feel The Spirit (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall Manchester 1957  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series | Skip James  | Everybody Ought to Live Right  | Studio Sessions Rare & Unreleased | Robert Johnson  | 32-20 Blues  | The Complete Recordings;  The Centennial Collection | Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee  | I Was Born With the Blues  | An Introduction to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee | Eddie Bo and Chris Barber  | She Gay San  | The 1991 Sea-Saint Sessions

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Geiger von Muller  | Intro  | Neocubist Blues  |   | Victoria's Big Easy  | You Don't Belong To Me  | What The Tide Took Back  | Mary Stokes Band  | Mean Mistreater  | Hometown Blues  |   | Blind Blake  | Rope Stretchin' Blues- Part 1 - Vol 2  | All The Recorded Sides  | Victoria's Big Easy  | Take Me Down (Freedom)  | What The Tide Took Back  | Big Joe Wiliams. Lightnin Hopkins, Sonny Terry,  Brownie McGhee  |  Buked And Scorned (You Gonna Need Somebody To Go On Your Bond  | Folk Blues Revival  |   | Prakash Slim  | Blues Raga Part 2  | 8000 Miles To The Crossroads_  | Victoria's Big Easy  | Gonna Take That Train  | What The Tide Took Back  | Half Deaf Clatch  | Seeing Red  | A Road Less Travelled  | Blind Willie Johnson  | I'm Gonna Run To The City Of Refuge  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Rev. Sekou with Luther and Cody Dickinson  | The Devil Finds Work  | In Times Like These  |   | Reverend Gary Davis  | You Got to Move  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  | Andy Cohen & Moira Meltzer-Cohen  | Funnel Cakes  | Andy Cohen Small But Mighty MP3  | Adolphus Bell  | You Got To Hurt Before You Heal  | One Man Band  |   | Victoria's Big Easy  | True Love  | What The Tide Took Back

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Curley Weaver  | Empty Room Blues  | Curley Weaver (1933-1935)  | The Communal Well  | Wanted Man  | Wonderland |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | 9 Behold! The Mesmereyes  | Dr Bloodwort's Nefarious Medicine Show  | Catfish Keith  | Wee Midnight Hours  | Sugar For Sugar  |   | The Communal Well  | Wonderland  |   | Andres Roots  | Jook Jones  | Loch Lomond Blues  |   | Alexis Korner  | Hit the Road Jack-Working in a Coalmine  | Alexis Korner Blues  |   | Brownie McGhee  | Black Snake Moan  | Brownie  |   |   | Alvin Youngblood Hart  | Mama Don't Allow  | Territory  |   |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Take Your Stand  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Blind Willie McTell  | Lord Have Mercy If You Please  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Peace In The Valley (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | Sonny Terry  | Whoopin' The Blues  | Total Blues - 100 Essential Songs  | The Communal Well  | Wonderland  | Wonderland  |   | Linsey Alexander  | Things Done Changed  | Come Back Baby  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Blues for Neighbors  | Cuckoo  | Rivers of Living Water  | Big Bill Broonzy  | I Got The Blues For My Baby  | Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1  | Reverend Gary Davis  | Maple Leaf Rag (Guitar Rag)  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  | Amaury Faivre  | Invité À Danser  | 2020  |   |   | Blues for Neighbors  | Greengrass  | Rivers of Living Water  | Sonny Terry  | Telephone Blues  | Down Home Blues: New York CD1  | Julian Piper  | Backfiring Now  | Terlingua  |   |   | Blues for Neighbors  | John The Revelator  | Rivers of Living Water  | Alger ''Texas'' Alexander  | One Morning Blues (1934)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1930 - 1950)  | Skip James  | I'm So Glad  | Legends of Bottleneck Blues  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | Adam Franklin  | If Your Lord Deserts You  | Till I Hear You Talking  |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | The Struggle Blues  | Simple Songs For These Complicated Times  | Blues for Neighbors  | Song For Dylan  | Rivers of Living Water  | Big Bill Broonzy  | St. Louis Blues  | The Bluesmen  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Leo Kottke  | The Sailor's Grave On The Praire  | 6 And 12 String Guitar  | Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow  | Hesitation Blues  | Working In The Wood  |   | Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee  | Make a Little Money  | Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee Sing  | Half Deaf Clatch  | Gravel Road Blues  | Retro Electric- Three  |   | Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow  | London Road  | Working In The Wood  |   | Ken Tucker  | St.James Infirmary Blues  | Acoustic Tendencies  |   | Blind Blake  | Good-bye Mama Moan  | All The Recorded Sides  | Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow  | The Ballad of Hendrix The Cat  | Working In The Wood  |   | John Emil  | The Roads Down  | Timeline  |   |   | The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi  | Our Father  | When The Church Hits The Charts - 2004  | Blind Willie McTell  | We Got to Meet Death One Day, Take A  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Afton Wolfe  | Lost Prayers  | The Harvest  |   | Sam Chatmon  | Vicksburg Blues  | Sam Chatmon's Advice  | Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow  | Mockingbird  | Working In The Wood  |   | Doug MacLeod,  | Dubb's Talking Religion Blues  | There's A Time  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Ernie Hawkins  | Hesitation Blues (feat. Joe Dallas)  | Monongahela Rye  |   | Ishmon Bracey  | Bust Up Blues  | Ishman Bracey & Charley Taylor -Complete Recorded Works 1928 -1929  | Red McKenzie  | Blues In F  | Red McKenzie 1924-1928 Volume 1 [Mound City Blue Blowers]   | Ben Waters  | Lonely Avenue  | Boogie 4 Stue (2026)  |   | Eric Clapton  | Layla (Acoustic Live)  | Unplugged  |   | Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley  | Papa's 'Bout to Get Mad  | Searching For Secret Heroes  | Document Records  | Bessie Smith  | Bleeding Hearted Blues  | Old Time Classics Volume 1  | Blind Blake  | New Style Of Loving  | All The Recorded Sides  | Leon Redbone  | Nobody Knows but Me (Liv  | Strings and Jokes  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | Blind Willie McTell  | Lord, Send Me an Angel  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Feed Me Jesus (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | Blind Lemon Jefferson  | Black Snake Moan  | Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order  | Doug MacLeod  | All I Had Was The Blues  | Raw Blues 2  |   | Raphael Callaghan  | Black Is The Colour  | Always In Arrears  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Big Bill Broonzy  | St. Louis Blues  | Blues Legends In London  | Rich Miller and Nick Beggs  | Catfish Blues  | Live at Upton Blues Festival  | Josh White  | Southern Exposure  | The Elektra Years  |   | Steve Howell & Fats Kaplin  | Cold Haily Windy Night  | Know You From Old  |   | Rich Miller and Nick Beggs  | Monkey Song  | Live at Upton Blues Festival  | Adolphus Bell  | You Got To Hurt Before You Heal  | One Man Band  |   | Otis Spann  | Blues Never Die  | All That Blues  |   | Rich Miller and Nick Beggs  | Gypsy Song  | Live at Upton Blues Festival  | Willie Dixon  | Big Legged Woman  | American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965  CD4  | Chris Barber featuring Alex Bradford  | Couldn't Keep It To Myself  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Jesus Is Coming Soon  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | Blind Willie McTell  | I Got Religion, I'm So Glad  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Rich Miller and Nick Beggs  | Broken Drum  | Live at Upton Blues Festival  | Doug MacLeod  | Somewhere On A Mississippi Highway  | A Soul to Claim  |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | End Credits  | The Album With No Name

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Blind Lemon Jefferson & George Perkins (P)  | Rising High Water Blues  | Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order  | Paul Gerimia  | Devil Got My Woman  | Kive From Uncle Sam's  | Pink Anderson  | Travelin' Man  | Medicine Show Man  |   | Django Reihardt  | Duke & Dukie [(From "Swing To Bop Guitar: Guitars In Flight 193  | From Phonic FM  |   | Paul Gerimia  | Death Don't Have No Mercy  | Love My Stuff  |   | Geiger von Muller  | Europa  | Neocubist Blues  |   | Adam Franklin  | Terraplane Blues  | Outside Man  |   | Paul Gerimia  | Dr. Jazz  | Gamblin' Woman Blues  | Andres Roots And Raul Terep  | Parnu Hambone  | Trad.Alt.Blues  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | The Rain Don't Fall on Me  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | When The Saints Go Marching In (Recorded Live At The Free Trade  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series Volu  | Blind Willie McTell  | Don't You See How This World Made a Change  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Afton Wolfe  | Truck Drivin Man  | Twenty-Three (mp3)  |   | Paul Gerimia  | Shuckin' Sugar Blues  | Love My Stuff  |   | Doug MacLeod  | Horse With No Rider  | Raw Blues 2  | 

    | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Lost John Hunter  | Lost John's Pinetop's Boogie - Take 1  | Blues Images Presents Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's Ð 195  |   | Alvin Youngblood Hart  | Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues  | Fight On! True Blues, VOL 2  |   | Big Bill Broonzy  | Oh Baby  | Big Bill Broonzy Vol 12 (1945-1947)  |   | Chris Barber  Sammy Price (p)  | Tailgate Boogie  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Josh White  | Jim Crow Train  | [Southern Exposure  |   | Guy Davis  | Deep Sea Diver  | Fight On! True Blues, VOL 2  |   | Andres Roots  | Build Me a Statue  | Mississippi to Loch Lomond  |   | Corey Harris  | What's That I Smell  | Fight On! True Blues, VOL 2  |   | Blind Blake  | Hastings St. - Vol 2  | All The Recorded Sides  |   | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis  | 5. Mr. Furry's Blues  | Whistling Past The Graveyard  |   | Reverend Gary Davis  | If I Had My Way  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  |   | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Old Time Religion (Reprise) (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Ha  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  |   | Blind Willie McTell  | You Was Born to Die  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  |   | Dee Dee Ford  | Good Morning Blues  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 3 DOCD-32-20-18  | Document Records  | Guy Davis  | Everything I Got is Done in Pawn  | Fight On! True Blues, VOL 2  |   | Amaury Faivre  | Heart Of Stone  | 2020  |   | Ben Waters  | Bio  | Boogie 4 Stue (2026)  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | John Hammond , Recorded in St Peter's Episcopal Church, NYC   | It Hurts Me Too  | Rough & Tough  |   | Roy Book Binder  | Bad Luck Blues  | Some People Who Play Guitar Like A Lot Of People Don't  | Doug MacLeod  | Unmarked Road  | Raw Blues 1  |   | Roy Book Binder  | I Got Mine  | Some People Who Play Guitar Like A Lot Of People Don't  | John Hammond , Recorded in St Peter's Episcopal Church, NYC  | Get Behind the Mule  | Rough & Tough  |   | Dik Banovich  | You Gotta Move  | Blue Days  |   |   | Adam Franklin  | Dust My Broom (RJ)  | Guitar Blues  |   | John Hammond , Recorded in St Peter's Episcopal Church, NYC  | Up the Line  | Rough & Tough  |   | Ottilie Patterson & Chris Barber's Jazz Band  | Sobbin' Hearted Blues  | Blues Book And Beyond  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Old Time Religion (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manche  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series Volu  | Skip James  | Oh, Mary Don't You Weep  | Studio Sessions Rare & Unreleased  | Ben Waters & WILLIE GARNET - SAX; IAN STEWART - PIANO; ROGER SU  | Bring It On Home To Me (Live)  | Boogie 4 Stu (2026)  |   | John Hammond , Recorded in St Peter's Episcopal Church, NYC  | No Place to Go  | Rough & Tough  |   | Roy Book Binder  | Travelin' Man  | Travelin' Man  | 

Artist Title Album Name Album Copyright Ottilie Patterson & Chris Barber's Jazz Band |Steamboat Bill Blues |Book And Beyond Latemouth Blake (Dave Allen)| Worrying You Off My Mind (Broonzy) |Latemouth Blake: Vintage Blues Prakash Slim |  Bhariya Blues   |Country Blues From Nepal Tampa Red  | Christmas And New Year Blues |  Papa Ain't No Santa Claus, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree Big Bill Broonzy   | Where The Blues Began |  Where The Blues Began Lightnin' Hopkins With Sonny Terry |  So Sorry To Leave   You |Last Night Blues  1960 Ben Waters & WILLIE GARNET - SAX; IAN STEWART - PIANO   |  Bring It On Home To Me (Live) |   Boogie 4 Stue (2026) Sonny Boy Williamson   | Good Morning, School Girl    | Blues Images Presents Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's Ð 195 Andres Roots   | Room Service | Electric Dixieland Blind Willie Johnson |  The Soul of a Man |  The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2) Afton Wolfe | Lost Prayers |The Harvest Reverend Gary Davis |If I Had My Way | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964 Duke Ellington | Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy) |Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 3 DOCD-32-20-18 Document Records Lightnin' Hopkins |Your Own Fault, Baby, To Treat Me The Way You Do | Lightnin'  In New York Afronaut   | Barfight | Africans from Outta Space

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Mississippi Fred McDowell  | 61 Highway | Blues: The Essential Album  | Todd Albright  | Shuckin' Sugar Blues  | Blues For Dexter Linwood  | Big Bill Broonzy  | Southbound Train  | Blues Legends In London  | Memphis Slim And Willie Dixon  | Joggie Boogie  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian  | Todd Albright  | Meet Me In The Bottom  | Blues For Dexter Linwood  | Ajay Srivastav  | Calling Out  | Karmic Blues  | Lonnie Johnson  | [untitled] [9 Nov 1927]  | Vibraphonic #3  | Todd Albright  | Death of Ella Speed  | Blues For Dexter Linwood  | Robert Johnson  | Phonograph Blues  | The Blues Collection #  6: Red Hot Blues  | Blind Willie McTell  | We Got to Meet Death One Day, Take A  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Chris Barber featuring Alex Bradford  | Couldn't Keep It To Myself  | Memories Of My Trip  | Dom Martin  | Daylight I Will Find (Live Acoustic Feat. Demi Marriner)  | Buried Alive  | Todd Albright  | If That Woman's Love Was Whiskey  | Blues For Dexter Linwood  | Mississippi Fever  | Out All Night  | 300 Miles To Memphis

Tom Dews is a masterful acoustic blues instrumentalist and songwriter, as well as being a talented rack-mount harmonica player.  Here is his story.

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Half Deaf Clatch  | 1930 Drought  | The Life and Death of A.J Rail  | Catfish Keith  |  Gambler's Blues  | Sugar For Sugar  |   | Doug MacLeod, | A Soul To Claim  | A Soul to Claim  | Blind Blake  | Slippery Rag  | All The Recorded Sides  | Catfish Keith  | James Alley Blues  | Sugar For Sugar  |   | John Emil  | The Weight Of Everyday War In Mind  | Timeline  |   |   | Big Bill Broonzy  | Meanest Kind Of Blues  | Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol. 1  | Catfish Keith  |  Wee Midnight Hours  | Sugar For Sugar  |   | Benny Goodman  | St. Louis Blues  | The Benny Goodman Story - 25 Phonographic Memories  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Bye And Bye I'm Goin' To See The King  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Blind Willie McTell  | Lord, Send Me an Angel  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Reverend Gary Davis  | You Got to Move  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  | Adam Franklin  | Cross Your Heart  | Outside Man  |   | Catfish Keith  | 7. I'm So Glad.mp3  | Sugar For Sugar  |   | Ottilie Patterson & Chris Barber's Jazz Band  | Burgundy Street Blues  | Blues Book And Beyond

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Ben Waters & Instrumental Ben Waters Piano  | Boogie Woogie Stomp  | Boogie 4 Stue (2026)  |   | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis  | Columbus Stockade  | Whistling Past The Graveyard  | George 'Bullet' Williams  | Frisco Leaving Birmingham  | The Paramount Masters - CD 3/4  | Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee  | I'm Leaving In The Morning  | Jazz Unlimited: American Folk Blues Festival 1962 [Manchester F  | Piccadilly Records  | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis  | Mr. Furry's Blues  | Whistling Past The Graveyard  | Half Deaf Clatch  | Pony Blues (Charley Patton)  | Borrowed Blues  |   | Pink Anderson  | Boll Weevil  | Classic Blues from Smithsonian  | Rich Miller and Nick Beggs  | Highway 51  | Live at Upton Blues Festival  | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis  | Handful of Frets (For Fats Waller)  | Whistling Past The Graveyard  | Blind Willie Johnson  | You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond(1)  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Julian Piper  | Stones In My Passway  | Blues In Devon - The Bunker Sessions  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Every Time I Feel The Spirit (Recorded Live At The Free Trade H  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series Volu  | Lead Belly  | Good Morning Blues  | Classic Blues Artwork From  the 1920's  | Andy Cohen, Eleanor Ellis & William Lee Ellis  | Pearl River Blues #2  | Whistling Past The Graveyard  | Doug MacLeod  | Dodge City  | Doug MacLeod~A Soul to Claim

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  |   | Alvin Youngblood Hart  | Joe Friday  | Big Mama's Door  |   |   | Tinsley Elllis  | To A Hammer  | Labor of Love  |   |   | Mat Walklate & Alex Haynes  | You Got Something  | Ain't That The Truth  |   |   | Roosevelt Sykes  | Come On Back Home  | American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965  CD5  | Tinsley Elllis  | The Trouble With Love  | Labor of Love  |   |   | Victoria Spivey  | Black Snake Blues  | Blue Ladies  |   |   | Lead Belly  | The Titanic [Library Of Congress Recordings]  | Tinsley Elllis  | Sweet Ice Tea  | Labor of Love  |   |   | Pink Anderson  | My Baby Left Me This Morning  | Blues Legend  |   |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Mother's Children Have A Hard Time  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  |   | Adam Franklin  | If Your Lord Deserts You  | Till I Hear You Talking  |   |   | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Feed Me Jesus (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series Volu  | Andy Cohen  | Bad Dream Blues  | Andy Cohen Tryin' To Get Home MP3  | Tinsley Elllis  | Whole Wide World  | Labor of Love  |   |   | Chris Barber featuring Albert Nicholas  | C-Jam Blues  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Bessie Smith  | If You Don't I Know Who  | Old Time Classics Volume 1  | Paul Cowley  | Crow Jane  | Long Shadow  |   | Blind Willie McTell  | Talkin' To Myself -  | Total Blues - 100 Essential Songs  | Prakash Slim  | Moon Going Down  | Country Blues From Nepal  | Little Walter  | Blue Baby  | Down Home Blues: Chicago 5CD Set CD1  | Wienerworld  | Julian Piper  | I Know I've Been Converted  | Terlingua  |   |   | Amaury Faivre  | Don't Think About It  | My Americana  |   | (John Lee) Sonny Boy Williamson  | Sonny Boy's Jump  | Mississippi Blues  |   | Half Deaf Clatch  | Contemplatin' Blues  | Forever Forward  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Reverend Gary Davis  | You Got to Move  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  | Tinsley Elllis  | Low Land Of Sorrow  | Labor of Love  |   | Helen Humes,  | Cross Eyed Blues  | Blue Ladies  |   | Bad Temper Joe  | If Tears Were Diamonds  | The Acoustic Blues Guitar Review  | Afton Wolfe  | Carpenter  | Kings For Sale  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Paul Cowley  | Big Hitter  | Long Shadow  |   | Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli  | Djangology  | The Ultimate Collection CD 1  | Half Deaf Clatch  | The Ballad of A.J Rail  | The Life and Death of A.J Rail  | Paul Cowley  | Time  | Long Shadow  |   | Barrel House Welch  | Larceny Woman Blues  | The Paramount Masters - CD 4/4  | Johnny Irion (US Elevator)  | Old Man Trump  | Single  |   |   | Ry Cooder  | Vigilante Man  | Broadcast From the Plant [Live on KSAN (The Record Plant) CA,  | Skip James  | Everybody Ought to Live Right  | Studio Sessions Rare & Unreleased  | Recorded Live By Alan Lomax  | No More, My Lawd  | Negro Prison Blues And Songs  | Butch Cage And Willie Thomas  | He's Got The Whole World In His Hands  | Goodbye Newport  [Newport Blues Festival July 1960]  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Peace In The Valley (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | Benny Goodman  | Someday Sweetheart  | Rare Recordings 1935-1936  | Paul Cowley  | Long Shadow  | Long Shadow  |   | Sweet Papa Stovepipe  | Mama's Angel Child  | The Paramount Masters - CD 3/4  | Adam Franklin  | Steve's Train (Instrumental)  | Outside Man  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Lead Belly  | Grey Goose  | Classic Blues Artwork From  the 1920's  | Martin Wood  | Rally Round The Flag  | All The Sky In Your Eye  | Mississippi Fred Mc Dowell  | Got A Letter This Morning  | American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965  CD5  | Benny Goodman  | Stompin' at the Savoy  | Rare Recordings 1935-1936  | Martin Wood  | Rosy (McClinron)  | All The Sky In Your Eye  | Bad Temper Joe  | Down the Dirt Road Blues  | The Acoustic Blues Guitar Review  | Michael Woods  | When You Wore a Tulip  | Bottleneck Ahead  |   | Alger "Texas" Alexander  | Sabine River Blues (1927)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 - 1928)  | Mary Stokes Band  | I'm A Stranger Here  | Hometown Blues  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | God Don't Never Change  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | Reverend Gary Davis  | If I Had My Way  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  | Chris Barber featuring Andy Fairweather Lowe  | Precious Lord, Take My Hand  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Blind Willie McTell  | Lay Some Flowers on My Grave  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1933-1935)  | Martin Wood  | Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Johnson)  | All The Sky In Your Eye  | Doug MacLeod, Denny Croy, Bass & Jimi Bott, Dms  | The Night Of The Devil's Road  | There's A Time  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Chris Barber Featuring Ottilie Patterson  | Jail House Blues  | Jazz Masters Beale Street Blues  | Blues for Neighbors  | Different Places  | Rivers of Living Water  | Lowell Fulson  | Good Party Shuffle (Christmas Party Shuffle)  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 2 DOCD-32-20-15  | Document Records  | Sonny Terry  | Leavin' Blues  | Total Blues - 100 Essential Songs  | Blues for Neighbors  | It's All That Simple  | Rivers of Living Water  | Benny Goodman  | Smiles  | The Benny Goodman Story - 25 Phonographic Memories  | Martin Wood  | All The Sky In Your Eye (Wood)  | All The Sky In Your Eye  | Doug MacLeod  | One For Tampa Red (instrumental)  | Break The Chain  |   | Adolphus Bell  | Alabama Women  | One Man Band  |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | Mother's Children Have A Hard Time  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1 of 2)  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Didn't It Rain (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series Volu  | Adam Franklin  | Nobody's Fault But Mine (Blind Willie Johnson)  | Guitar Blues  |   | Playboy Fuller  | Going Back To Mobile  | 20 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s  | Blues for Neighbors  | God Below  | Rivers of Living Water  | Michael Messer  | Robert Johnson's Wake  | King Guitar 2001  | 

Is this one of the best or worst method or repertoire books for learning to play acoustic fingerstyle blues guitar? You can learn to play music using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. Despite the book's title, this is not a traditional method book for learning to play fingerstyle blues guitar. This is a repertoire book containing fingerstyle blues arrangements in a variety of subgenres (i.e. ragtime and delta blues). The book does offer more than a traditional repertoire book in that it has technical and historical notes before each tune, and then it occasionally introduces a new technique through a tune. This book is suitable for late beginner to advanced fingerstyle players but is best for intermediate players. I really like the organization of the book: tunes are organized by subgenre, and within each section the tunes are arranged from easiest to hardest. If you have zero experience playing fingerstyle guitar or fingerstyle blues, this is not the best book to start with. If you do have some experience, this is a great book for learning fun tunes, improving your skills, and learning some background history. What stands out about this book is that some tunes include multiple choruses. If you've studied fingerstyle blues from books, you've seen one or two page arrangements that, as written, are too short for a full performance. You might have gathered that you should play the original arrangement and then create multiple variations to instrumentally simulate different lyrics for each verse of a vocal tune, to extend your performance, and to make it your own. However, most books don't actually write out any variations. The Complete Acoustic Blues Guitar Method is wonderful in that some of its arrangements do contain 2nd and 3rd chorus variations. These are great for beginners and players that just want to play a tune that lasts more than 30 seconds, and they are even more valuable for players that want to see and study concrete examples of variations. You can learn a lot from analyzing these variations and then you can implement these ideas into other tunes in your repertoire. Difficulty ramps up quickly in this book with the majority of the arrangements in that intermediate difficulty range. Beginner players may want to first use a traditional method book: A general fingerstyle method like Alfred's “Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar,” or A more focused method like Bruce Emery's “Travis-Style Guitar from Scratch.” Then you could utilize Woody Mann's book as a supplement as you're working through the method book. Later beginners should aim for the first tune or two from each different section and see what specific styles of fingerstyle blues catch their ear. You will improve faster and have more fun if you play tunes that are aren't too difficult, so don't get bogged down with the hardest tunes in the book. The Complete Acoustic Blues Guitar Method provides both treble clef and tablature for each arrangement, but neither fretting nor picking hand fingering is provided. At least you can tell which notes should be played with your thumb by looking at the treble clef – bass notes have down stems. Regardless, the skill of choosing sensible fingering is important, and you will need to look elsewhere to further develop this skill. Recordings are available online through Hal Leonard's website. These will be very helpful to many readers. It's fun and educational to hear some of the author's little variations and stylistic techniques (slides, bends, etc.) that aren't written into the music. The book doesn't use the modern percussive techniques used by modern players like Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Andy McKee, Mike Dawes, etc. No thumb slaps, guitar body percussion, or tapping. It says that the copyright is © 2014 Wise Publications, but the book seems to be published and distributed by Hal Leonard. My own books: Fingerstyle Blues Guitar: An In-Depth Study of the 12-Bar Blues in E Major – Books 1 and 2 are available in paperback or as an eBook through Amazon [https://a.co/d/g7Udsso (Book 1) and https://a.co/d/aDbh4H0 (Book 2)]. The first priority of these books is to quickly get you playing a solo instrumental 12-bar blues, and then to build on it until you can freely improvise or “jam.” You should be up and running by the end of the third chapter, and each following chapter will add icing on the cake. Arranging for Fingerstyle Guitar: go to http://joemcmurray.com/checkout/ to purchase a pdf of my eBook. Learning to arrange melodies will also help your fingerstyle songwriting and your understanding of the inner workings of fingerstyle guitar. My upcoming book, Arranging for Fingerstyle Ukulele, will be published by Mel Bay in 2026. My music is available on all streaming platforms at https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dcokTG6C598OhTslHH5uo?si=hrQb7FViSZewDRSgECw9Ew: Pins on the Map: my third fingerstyle guitar album was released on January 19, 2024. Watch the first single, “Open Road,” on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/uPBh8sZQsT4?si=EM_wAwnHFqU1VC9C. Riding the Wave and Acoustic Oasis: my first two fingerstyle guitar albums.

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright | AJ Fullerton  | Healing Takes Time  | The Forgiver and the Runaway  | Skip James  | Lazy Bones  | Studio Sessions Rare & Unreleased  | Mary Harris  | Happy New Year Blues  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Chris Barber featuring Trummy Young  | Georgia On My Mind  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Doug MacLeod  | Roll Like A River (2025)  | Between Somewhere And Goodbye  | Johnny Otis Orchestra  | Happy New Year Baby  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Lighnin' Hopkins  | Happy New Year  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Butch Cage And Willie Thomas  | The 44 Blues  | Goodbye Newport [Newport Blues Festival July 1960]  | Emma Wilson  | What Are You Doing New Years Eve Feat Rev.C Harles Hodges  | What Are Your Doing New Years Eve  | Chris Barber featuring Sonny Terry  | Do Lord, Do Remember  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | The Cameos  | New Years Eve  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 5 DOCD-32-20-25  | Document Records  | Peetle Wheatstraw  | Working On The Project (1937)  | Broadcasting the Blues, volume 3  | Lonnie Johnson  | Happy New Year Darling  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Andrew Tibbs With Sax Mallard's Combo  | The Holidays Are Over  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29  | Document Records

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Betty May Bowman  | (The) Last Month Of The Year  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29  | Document Records  | Lightnin' Hopkins  | Merry Christmas  | Christmas Blues  CD 1  | Austin Blues Revue  | Christmas Celebration  | An Austin Blue Christmas  | Sir Jablonski,  accompanied by Gean Jefferson and The Kings  | A Merry Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 5 DOCD-32-20-25  | Document Records  | La Fets & Kitty With The Sax Kari Band  | Christmas Letter  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 7  DOCD-32-20-33  | Document Records  | Julia Lee & her Boy Friends  | Christmas Spirit  | Christmas Blues  CD 1  | The Pilgrim Travellers  | I'll Be Home For Chrismas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 2 DOCD-32-20-15  | Document Records  | James Sugar Boy Crawford And His Canecutters  | White Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 7  DOCD-32-20-33  | Document Records  | Roy Milton Solid Senders  | Christmas Time Blues  | Christmas Blues  CD 1  | Mean Mary (Mary James)  | Blessed Are the Sad  | Misc Dec 2025  |   | Little Joe Isbell  | I Got To Have You On Christmas Day  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 5 DOCD-32-20-25  | Document Records  | Tampa Red  | Christmas And New Year Blues  | Papa Ain't No Santa Claus, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree  | Big Joe Turner whith Pete Johnson & his orchestra  | Christmas Date Boogie  | Christmas Blues  CD 1  | Leroy Carr  | Nineteen Thirty One Blues  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 7  DOCD-32-20-33  | Document Records  | Felix Gross  | Love For Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | The Moonglows  | Hey Santa Claus  | Christmas Blues  CD 1  | Tampa Red  | Christmas And New Year Blues  | Papa Ain't No Santa Claus, Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree  | Jerry McCain  | I Want To Be Your Santa Claus  |   | Sugar Chile Robinson  | Christmas Boogie  | Christmas Blues  CD 1

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Mary Flower  | Crooked Rag  | Livin' with the Blues Again (2019)  | The Moonglows With Red Holloway's Orchestra  | Just A Lonely Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 7  DOCD-32-20-33  | Document Records  | King Scratch & The Bay Street Boys  | Christmas Time In Nassau  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 5 DOCD-32-20-25  | Document Records  | Black Ace  | Christmas Time (Beggin' Santa Claus)  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Doug MacLeod  | I Don't Like Your Chances  | Between Somewhere And Goodbye  | Elzadie Robinson  | The Santa Claus Crave  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Uniques  | Merry Christmas Darling  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 5 DOCD-32-20-25  | Document Records  | Andy Cohen  | Spread the News Around  | Road Be Kind  |   | The Golden Gate Quartet  | Go Tell It On The Mountain  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 7  DOCD-32-20-33  | Document Records  | Chris Barber featuring Alex Bradford  | Couldn't Keep It To Myself  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | Blind Boy Fuller And Sonny Terry  | Bus Rider Blues  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 7  DOCD-32-20-33  | Document Records  | Cordell Jackson  | BeBoppers' Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 3 DOCD-32-20-18  | Document Records  | Bonairs  | It's Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29  | Document Records  | Ottilie Patterson & Chris Barber's Jazz Band  | Bad Spell Blues  | Blues Book And Beyond  | Mary Harris  | No Christmas Blues  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 2 DOCD-32-20-15  | Document Records  | Mound City Blue Blowers  | Arkansas Blues [Chicago 2.23.24]  | Vibraphonic #3  |   | Lionel Hampton  | Merry Christmas Baby  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 2 DOCD-32-20-15  | Document Records  | Benny Carter And His Swinging Quintet  | Jingle Bells  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 7  DOCD-32-20-33  | Document Records  | Sugar Chile Robinson  | Christmas Boogie  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records

 Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Alger ''Texas'' Alexander  | Justice Blues (1934)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1930 - 1950)  | Miles Davis with Bob Dorough  | Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern) (take 12)  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29  | Document Records  | Nino & The Ebb Tides  | The Real Meaning Of Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 5 DOCD-32-20-25  | Document Records  | The Larks  | Christmas To New Year's  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 3 DOCD-32-20-18  | Document Records  | Lead Belly  | Take This Hammer  | Classic Blues Artwork From  the 1920's  | The Blue Rhythm Orchestra  | Santa Claus Blues  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29  | Document Records  | Amos Milburn And His Aladdin Chickenshackers  | Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Blind Boy Fuller  | Rag, Mama, Rag  | Blues Images Presents Classic Blues Songs from the 1920's Ð 195  | Cordell Jackson  | Rock And Roll Christmas  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 3 DOCD-32-20-18  | Document Records  | Reverend Gary Davis  | Children of Zion  | Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964  | Victoria Spivey  | I Aint Gonna Let You See My Santa Claus  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 3 DOCD-32-20-18  | Document Records  | Jimmy Witherspoon  | How I Hate To See Christmas Come Around (Christmas Boogie)  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 1  DOCD 32-20-09  | Document Records  | Olivette Miller  | Real Cool Yule  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29  | Document Records  | Andres Roots  | Blues On Green  | Vol 12  |   | Wings Over Jordan  | Sweet Little Jesus Boy  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 2 DOCD-32-20-15  | Document Records  | Alger ''Texas'' Alexander  | Blue Devil Blues (1928)  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1928 - 1930)  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)  | Legends of Bottleneck Blues  | George Castelle  | It's Christmas Time  | Blues, Blues Christmas - Vol. 6 DOCD-32-20-29  | Document Records

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In this episode I give you my top 10 tips for playing acoustic blues. 1. Learn the 12-Bar Blues Form Inside OutThe 12-bar blues is the foundation. Practice it in different keys (E, A, G) until you can play it without thinking. This will make learning songs and improvising far easier.2. Master Shuffle and Swing RhythmsBlues rhythm isn't straight—it's felt. Work on:Shuffle feel (“da-DA, da-DA”)Light swing These grooves make even simple chords sound authentic.3. Use Alternating Bass PatternsA thumbed bass line (with your picking hand thumb) adds depth:Thumb alternates between root and fifthFingers play melody on top This classic delta & country blues technique makes solo performances sound full.4. Start Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale EarlyIt's the essential blues scale. Begin in A minor pentatonic and E minor pentatonic—both fit comfortably on acoustic and match common blues keys.5. Add Blue NotesIncorporate:♭3♭5♭7 These give blues its voice. Practice sliding into them for expression.6. Work on String Bends & VibratoBending on acoustic is harder than on electric, but doing it well makes your playing expressive. Start with:Quarter-step bends (very bluesy!)Slow, controlled vibratoSimple half-step bends on the B and G strings7. Learn a Few TurnaroundsTurnarounds signal the end of the 12-bar form and make your playing sound “finished.” Classic turnarounds in E and A are essential vocabulary for blues players.8. Use Hammer-Ons & Pull-Offs for Acoustic “Snap”Blues on acoustic thrives on percussive articulation. Practice short licks that combine:Open stringsQuick hammer-onsSnappy pull-offs They create that raw delta feel.9. Study “Call and Response”Think like a singer:Play a short melodic “call”Answer with a rhythmic or melodic “response” This makes improvisation sound intentional instead of random.10. Listen and Imitate Blues LegendsAbsorb phrasing, tone, and feel from players such as:Robert JohnsonMississippi John HurtBig Bill BroonzyLightnin' HopkinsEric Clapton (unplugged style)Learning even a few of their licks will deepen your style dramatically. Become a plus member now: https://www.buzzsprout.com/950998/subscribeSupport the showTo become a MEMBER and get access to over 2 Years of guitar lessons for just $5/Month head to https://www.buzzsprout.com/950998/subscribe

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  | Benny Goodman  | Big John Special  | The Benny Goodman Story - 25 Phonographic Memories  | Mat Walklate & Alex Haynes  | She's My Fire  | Ain't That The Truth  |   | Doug MacLeod  | The Seen And The Unseen  | Between Somewhere And Goodbye  | Half Deaf Clatch  | Far Beyond The Known  | Gazing Through Aeons  | Mississippi MacDonald  | Slim Pickin'  |   |   | Amanda St John  | Muscle Shoals  | The Muscle Shoals Sessions  | Blind Willie McTell  | My Baby's Gone  | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1931-1933)  | Bessie Smith  | Bleeding Hearted Blues  | Old Time Classics Volume 1  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | When The Saints Go Marching In (Recorded Live At The Free Trade  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | Blind Willie Johnson  | Praise God I'm Satisfied  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Julian Piper  | Stones In My Passway  | Blues In Devon - The Bunker Sessions  | Memphis Minnie  | Bumble Bee  | Blue Ladies  |   | Josh White Jr.  | I Can Be Had  | Blues At Kerville  |   | John Lee Hooker  | The Right Time  | American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1965  CD1

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 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright  |  | Aaron Burton  | If Mama Ain't Happy Nobody's Happy  | If Mama Ain't Happy Nobody's Happy  | Half Deaf Clatch  |  Garden  | A Secret Life  |   |   |Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry  | Wholesale Dealin' Papa  | The Bluesville Years, Vol. 5  |   | Frank Stokes  |  I'm Going Away Blues  | 20 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s  | Aaron Burton  | Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'  | If Mama Ain't Happy Nobody's Happy  | Rev F.W. Mcgee  | Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room (1930)  | Broadcasting the Blues, volume 3  | Lightnin' Hopkins  | Come Go Home With Me  | Classic Blues from the Smithsonian  |   | Pete Johnson  | Buss Robinson Blues  | Jumpin' With Pete Johnson  |   | Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee  | Harmonica Blues  |   |   |   | Blind Willie Johnson  | If It Had Not Been for Jesus  | The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (2 of 2)  | Sister Rosetta Tharpe  | Every Time I Feel The Spirit (Recorded Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester  | Chris Barber Presents The Blues Legacy Lost & Found Series  | John Emil  | Hill Stomp Blues  | Timeline  |   |   |   | Big Bill Broonzy  | Texas Tornado  | Four Classic Albums Plus - CD One  | Aaron Burton  | A.B. Stomp  | If Mama Ain't Happy Nobody's Happy  | Chris Barber  | Rose Room  | Memories Of My Trip  |   | 

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Is this one of the best or worst method books for acoustic fingerstyle guitar? You can learn to play music by simultaneously using a variety of resources including teachers, online resources, and books. Rainer's Acoustic Blues Guitar Picking School, written by Rainer Brunn, is a method book for learning to play solo fingerstyle blues guitar.  The material is generally appropriate for late beginner to intermediate players who want to learn this style.  The material progresses logically from an easy introduction to Travis style/alternating basslines and quickly ramps up to late beginner difficulty.  Text is kept to a minimum, so readers should spend some time analyzing the playing examples.  The entire book is fairly short and concise at 53 pages. The majority of Rainer's Acoustic Blues Guitar Picking School focuses on playing the blues using an alternating bassline, although some examples feature a monotonic bassline.  Each chapter generally features a concise explanation of one or two new concepts (i.e. inner and outer right-hand positions, the “long A” chord shape, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, etc.), provides a few playing examples to demonstrate, and finally provides a full 12 or 16 bar blues chorus utilizing the new concepts. My overall impression from going through this book is that it contains valuable information, but it is not as comprehensive as some other books.  You will gain important technical/physical skills to play fingerstyle blues, but there isn't much explanation on how to approach a new blues tune, music theory to help you choose the proper notes while improvising, etc.  Still, some people might prefer the concise text.  My advice would be to work through this book with a teacher or to combine this with another more comprehensive method book.  This book might make a great 2nd or 3rd book in your fingerstyle blues collection.  I got a great workout going through the book, I have immediately begun implementing some of the new ideas and chord shapes into my own playing, and I will be using some of the examples with my students. Chapter by chapter breakdown: Ch. 1: Intro to Travis style/ alt bass in blues keys of E, A, and C.  Intro to syncopation very soon.  If you are new to Travis style, then this will be difficult.  If you have some experience with Travis style, then this will quickly get you sounding bluesy. Ch. 2: Inner and outer RH positions – shifting thumb to pick 4th and 3rd strings while i and m fingers shift to 2nd and 1st strings.  Accompaniment behind a blues tune in D. Ch. 3: “Long A chord” – use pinky to reach 5th fret A note on 1st string.  Introduction of double alternating bass. Ch. 4: Hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides.  Intro to monotonic bass.  Intro to triplets.  Keys of E, G, and D with alt bass.  Intermediate territory. Ch. 5: Shuffle rhythm.  Advanced chord shapes (up the neck) for keys of E, A, D.  This is getting significantly more difficult – too difficult for beginners, in my opinion. Ch. 6: Thumb over the top.  Rag in C – really nice 16-bar tune. Ch. 7: Trickier hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides over Travis bassline.  Keys of E and A. Ch. 8: Using alternating m and i picking hand fingers.  Lots of cool chromatic melodies. Ch. 9: Accompaniment.  Variations to keep you from playing the same accompaniment pattern over and over. Ch. 10: “Moveable modules” – chordal or interval ideas that can be moved around to fit over different chords/in different keys. Ch. 11: Turnarounds – some good introductory turnarounds to learn and start implementing into your blues playing. Ch. 12: Two blues tunes with discussions/analysis. Videos available online – solid performances of examples that are helpful to view. The book doesn't use the modern percussive techniques used by modern players like Michael Hedges, Don Ross, Andy McKee, Mike Dawes, etc.  No thumb slaps, guitar body percussion, or tapping.