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Blues, Play Like Your Favorite Guitarists

Learn to Play Guitar Like Charley Patton, the Father of the Delta Blues

Illustration (by Olivia Wise) of Charley Patton from the book cover of Play the Blues Like. Features Patton playing his acoustic guitar on a porch, with young people looking at fireflies in the background.

Widely known as the Father of the Delta Blues, Charley Patton is generally recognized as one of the most influential blues artists active in the first decades of the 20th century. Although no single individual can be credited with inventing…

Tom Feldmann
June 21, 2020

Blues, Play Like Your Favorite Guitarists

Video Lesson: How to Play the Blues Like Charley Patton

Get your guitar into open G tuning and learn to play bottleneck slide in the style of this influential blues guitarist.

Pete Madsen
December 12, 2017

Blues

Play the Blues Like… | Acoustic Guitar Champions

Learn the styles of 12 all-time great pre- and postwar guitarists, from Elizabeth Cotten to Charley Patton to Alvin Youngblood Hart.

Pete Madsen
October 9, 2018

Fingerstyle, Instrumentals

Woodshed: How To Play John Fahey’s ‘Uncloudy Day’

Fahey’s version of “Uncloudy Day” was originally released on his 1959 debut, Blind Joe Death.

Gwenifer Raymond
December 30, 2022

Album Reviews

Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky Shine in Southern Blues Workout ‘Digging in John’s Backyard’

The performances by Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky on Diggin’ in John’s Backyard sound like a couple of (really talented) pals casually sitting on the front porch pickin’, blowin’, and singin’.

Blair Jackson
September 20, 2022

Album Reviews

Charlie Musselwhite Finds Inspiration by Going Home on ‘Mississippi Son’

The mood on Charlie Musselwhite's Mississippi Son is laid-back, as the guitarist delivers fingerpicked country blues on both acoustic and electric guitars.

Greg Cahill
August 16, 2022

Blues, History and Remembrances

Out of the Shadows: Undersung Women of Blues Guitar

Here we highlight female blues guitarists who helped shaped the blues; masterly musicians who don’t always receive the recognition they deserve.

Valerie Turner
March 15, 2022

Fingerstyle

Learn the Essential Techniques of Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar

Explore history of fingerstyle guitar, as well as some of the more influential players and examples of the technique in different genres.

Doug Young
January 24, 2022

Guides and How To, Vintage and Collectible Guitars

Gearing Up: A Guide to Old-School Blues Guitars and Their Modern Counterparts

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The sound of blues players on a budget remains an aesthetic legacy to the present day.

Steve James
January 18, 2022

Blues

Learn to Play in Open G

four portrait illustrations in a side-by-side grid depicting Booker White, Memphis Minnie, Robert Johnson, and Elizabeth Cotten all playing acoustic guitars

A lesson on how to play fingerstyle blues in this popular open tuning, using examples from classic songs by Elizabeth Cotten, Robert Johnson, and more.

Pete Madsen
April 23, 2021