Classic Songs – Acoustic Guitar

“Angel from Montgomery”— Here’s How to Play John Prine’s Best-Known Song

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers“I am an old woman.” So goes the opening of “Angel from Montgomery,” fi... Read More...

Señor: Gillian Welch and David Rawlings’ Take on a Bob Dylan Classic

From the November/December 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Nick MillevoiAmidst the global pandemic, many musicians have been sp... Read More...

Learn a Guitar-and-Voice Arrangement of “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow”

By Craig HavighurstThis article originally appeared in the September 2002 issue of Acoustic Guitar and was reprinted in the September/October 2020 issue.... Read More...

Acoustic Classic: Learn Big Bill Broonzy’s “Baby, Please Don’t Go”

By Adam PerlmutterThis article originally appeared in the November 2014 issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine and was reprinted in the September/October 2020 i... Read More...

How Paul McCartney’s Fingerpick-and-Strum Guitar Technique Gave The Beatles’ “Blackbird” Its Distinctive Sound

From the September/October 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Andrew DuBrockOne summer day in 1968, Paul McCartney recorded “Black... Read More...

Acoustic Classic: Learn to Play Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” on Guitar

From the September/October 2020 issue of Acoustic Guitar | By Andrew DuBrock“Big Yellow Taxi” was the sole single from Joni Mitche... Read More...

World Premiere: “$20 Bill (for George Floyd)”

By Adam PerlmutterShortly after the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, Tom Prasada-Rao, a singer-songwriter based in Silver Spring, Maryland, was watching C... Read More...