Artist Study Songs - Learn from the Best
We can learn A LOT from the best of the best. These ARTIST STUDY SONGS are the result of years of studying the best players ever. While it would be true to say that Little Walter Jacobs probably had the greatest single influence of those represented in these songs, other important players include DeFord Bailey, Kyle Wooten, Palmer McAbee, Sonny Terry, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Rice Miller "Sonny Boy Williamson #2," "Big" Walter "Shakey" Horton, George "Harmonica" Smith, Jimmy Reed and various Cajun players. These are VERY detailed study songs that are complete instrumentals, often one-hundred percent in the styles of famous player, and to my knowledge, no such a collection existed before I stitched them together after countless hours of listening and analyzi their playing. Some of the hardest were tunes are Chasin' Lost Sonny, Sonny's Shuffle, Jail W Blues, John Lee's Blues, DeFord's Dream, Rice Cool Blues, Shakey's Boogie, Skip To My Lou and Need More Walter.
This song is a study of Walter Horton and how he would play a boogie type of blues. . .
This is a great song to help comprehend many aspects of the intricate playing styles of DeFord Bailey, Kyle Wooten and other solo players. All the notes are easily available in two octaves and the chords fit and support the melody perfectly in the low octave. This will touch on some of the most obvious ways to ornament what happens underneath and around the melody. . .
This song is a study of the 12 bar blues acoustic shuffle playing of Sonny Terry with most of his characteristic unique sounds, techniques, licks and phrases. It is my opinion that Sonny’s default embouchure is a one-hole tongue block