Blues Song Genealogy: “Talk to Your Daughter”
by David Hamburger Video guitar lesson, part 1: Click here for Part 1 of the "Talk to Your Daughter" tab. Video guitar lesson, part 2: Click...
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Blues Guitar Genealogy: “Outskirts of Town”
Updated video: Click here for the tab. I first heard “I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town,” titled simply “Outskirts of Town,” on Buddy Guy’s 1972 L...
Blues Genealogy: Key to the Highway
by David Hamburger Click here for the tab file. This was probably the first blues tune I learned that didn’t follow the basic twelve-bar blues pattern...
Blues Genealogy: “Statesboro Blues”
by David Hamburger Click here for the tab file. There are really two “Statesboro Blues” (blueses?). There’s the song as originally conceived and recor...
Blues Genealogy: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
by David Hamburger Click here for the tab file. Like a knucklehead, I remember walking through the mall with my mom in 1983 and seeing a big cardboard...