Blues Chronicles #13: Rev. Gary Davis – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones
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. ...
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Blues Chronicles #12 – Blind Blake – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones
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 ...
Blues Chronicles #11: Skip James – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones
In Episode 11 of Blues Chronicles, Reverend Robert Jones tells us about Skip James, who learned to play the guitar in an unusual D minor tuning. In his early da...
Blues Chronicles #9 – Son House – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones
On Episode 9 of Blues Chronicles, Rev. Jones touches on one of the greatest blues performers to ever come out of the Mississippi delta, Son House. Though many b...
Blues Chronicles #4: Blind Willie Johnson – Guitar History Lesson – Reverend Robert Jones
On this fourth episode of Blues Chronicles, Rev. Robert Jones talk about another important figure in blues history: Blind Willie Johnson. Johnson used a a techn...