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“All My Love In Vain” by Robert Johnson
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate
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“Mr. Conductor” by Big Bill Broonzy
Difficulty: Intermediate “Mr. Conductor” is classic fingerstyle acoustic blues. Big Bill Broonzy uses a lot of open strings to provide a bass line to accompany his bouncy rhythm parts. It should be a fun challenge for all you aspiring blues guitarists.
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“Easy Rider” by Blind Lemon Jefferson
Difficulty: Intermediate
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“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out” by Eric Clapton
Difficulty: Intermediate Intro Here’s an acoustic challenge for you from the Clapton MTV Unplugged session. It alternates bass notes on the bottom strings with melodic chord phrases on the higher strings. Pratice it very slow at first and slowly try to build it up to speed.
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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