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Blues Chronicles #22: Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 22, 2020

On Episode 22 of Blues Chronicles, we meet one of the greatest Gospel singers of all time, and the "mother of Rock 'n Roll," Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Having becom...

Blues Chronicles #21: Robert Johnson – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 21, 2020

On Episode 21 of Blues Chronicles, we learn about the amazing copyist and musical innovator, Robert Johnson. Rumor had it that if Johnson could hear a song just...

Blues Chronicles #20: Mississippi Fred McDowell – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 20, 2020

On this 20th Edition of Blues Chronicles, Rev. Jones introduces us to Mississippi Fred McDowell. Though he started playing guitar around the age of 14, he wasn'...

Blues Chronicles #19: Tampa Red – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 19, 2020

In this 19th Episode of Blues Chronicles, we learn about the "man with the golden guitar," Tampa Red. Red Was dubbed this nickname because of the limited editio...

Blues Chronicles #18: Blind Willie McTell – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 18, 2020

On this 18th Edition of Blues Chronicles, we learn about a widely covered bluesman, Blind Willie McTell. Despite being blind in both eyes from a young age, it i...

Ukulele Daily – Episode 1: Strums and Timing – Marcy Marxer

June 17, 2020

On Episode 1 of Ukulele Daily, Marcy Marxer kicks off this YouTube series with the concept of keeping time and using different strumming patters. Using open cho...

Blues Chronicles #17: Memphis Minnie – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 17, 2020

On Episode 17 of Blues Chronicles, we learn about a female blues guitar figure who often outdid her male counterparts: Memphis Minnie. Over the course of her ve...

Blues Chronicles #16: Mississippi John Hurt – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 16, 2020

On Episode 16 of Blues Chronicles, we learn about an important figure in Rev. Robert Jones' music career: Mississippi John Hurt. According to Rev. Jones, the fi...

Blues Chronicles #15: Lonnie Johnson – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 15, 2020

On Episode 15 of Blues Chronicles, we learn about one of the co-founders of jazz guitar, Lonnie Johnson. Raised in a musical family, Johnson could play piano, v...

Blues Chronicles #14: Big Bill Broonzy – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 14, 2020

On Episode 14 of Blues Chronicles, we discuss one of the first bluesmen to arrive in Chicago, Big Bill Broonzy. Originally a fiddler, Broonzy learned guitar fro...

Blues Chronicles #13: Rev. Gary Davis – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 13, 2020

On Episode 13 of Blues Chronicles, Reverend Jones tells us about Rev. Gary Davis, who was thought to be one of the great blues players inspired by Blind Blake. ...

Blues Chronicles #12 – Blind Blake – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones

June 12, 2020

On Episode 12 of Blues Chronicles, Reverend Jones sheds light on the career of east coast influential figure, Blind Arthur Blake. Not much is known about Blind ...