Category: Blues Guitar

SINNERS: Smokestack Twins (Ludwig Göransson) | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Smokestack Twins Directed by Ryan Coogler, the horror film Sinners unfolds in the Jim Crow-era Mississippi Delta in 1932. The film stars Michael B. Jordan in dual roles (as twin brothers) who return to their hometown to start again, only to be confronted by a […]

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Fingerstyle (Clapton) Blues + TAB

Fingerstyle (Clapton) Blues + TAB

Finding the Master “At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man (Robert Johnson) made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few […]

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The Glass Castle: Summer Storm (Joel P West) guitar line

The Glass Castle: Summer Storm (Joel P West) guitar line + TAB

Summer Storm The Glass Castle (the book and movie) recount the unconventional, poverty-stricken upbringing of Jeannette Walls and her siblings had at the hands of their deeply dysfunctional parents. The title refers to her father’s long held intention of building his dream house, ‘a glass […]

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True Detective 3: Death Letter Blues (opening) for guitar

True Detective 3: Death Letter Blues | fingerstyle guitar + TAB

Death Letter “We’re starting and ending the season with deep, deep classic American vernacular,” T Bone Burnett – music producer and soundtrack curator of HBO’s True Detective. ‘Death Letter Blues’ was originally recorded by Delta Blues artist, Son House, in 1965. Cassandra Wilson’s 1995 version […]

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Tin Can: easy bluegrass guitar + TAB

Tin Can I wrote this song for a film I was working on last year. (I was let go of the project.) However, I kept all of the music to release on my blog and SoundCloud. Even though the film didn’t work out for me, […]

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Don’t Come Around Here No More (fingerstyle guitar) + TAB

Don’t Come Around Here No More Very sad news about Tom Petty. He was a favorite of just about everybody. I had the opportunity to see him live a half dozen times since high school, AND just this past June — where he looked and […]

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Eric Clapton: For John W (a guitar tribute to John Wetton) + TAB

On Jan 31st 2017, King Crimson/Asia bassist, John Wetton passed away. On the same day, Eric Clapton posted a short, instrumental acoustic tribute on his Facebook page entitled, For John W……ec. You can see that FB post here. In addition to being a fitting tribute […]

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