Internet Marketing Consultant
Archive for the Songs Category
Mississippi John Hurt “Big Leg”
78 rpm releases
“Boom Boom” by John Lee Hooker
Riff Rundown
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Born near Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1917 to a sharecropper family, John Lee Hooker was one of the last links to the blues of the deep South. He moved to Detroit in the early 1940′s and by 1948 had scored his first number-one jukebox hit and million-seller, “Boogie Chillun.” Other hits soon followed, “I’m [...]
Read more“Sweet Home Chicago” by Robert Johnson
“Sweet Home Chicago” is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson. Over the years the song has become one of the most popular anthems for the city of Chicago despite ambiguity in Johnson’s original lyrics.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Read more“Scuttle Buttin” by Stevie Ray Vaughan Guitar Tab-Lesson Breakdown
Riff Rundown
Difficulty: Advanced
Main Riff
“Scuttle Buttin’” is an instrumental show piece of Stevie Ray’s lightening fast chops. It’s built around a standard 12 bar blues progression at 160 beats per minute (bpm).
It will not be possible for many players to learn it at full speed, but you should give it a try anyway. With steady practice [...]
Read more“Crossfire” by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Riff Rundown
Difficulty: Easy
Here’s the main riff to the song. It’s easy stuff, kind of like a variation of the riff in the song “Pretty Woman”. The guitar doesn’t actually play this part in the SRV recording, instead the bass and keyboards lay it down.
Read more“Avalon” by Mississippi John Hurt
No blues singer ever presented a more gentle, genial image than Mississippi John Hurt. A guitarist with an extraordinarily lyrical and refined fingerpicking style, he also sang with a warmth unique in the field of blues, and the gospel influence in his music gave it a depth and reflective quality unusual in the field. Coupled [...]
Read more“Hey Hey” by Eric Clapton
Riff Rundown
Difficulty: Intermediate
You should fingerpick this one. Notice the constant bass quarter notes one the low E and A strings. You should pick these with your thumb. Includes video, audio and full guitar tab.
Read more“The Thrill Is Gone” by B.B. King
Riff Rundown
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro Solo
Here is a breakdown of the intro solo to “The Thrill Is Gone”.
