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DEEP BLUES VIDEO LESSONS: North Mississippi Allstars, Junior Kimbrough, Mississippi Fred McDowell

Posted by Shane Speal on March 31, 2016 at 3:44pm in Feature Articles

C. B. Gitty Records artist, "One Hand Dan" Russell has just released three new lesson videos featuring some of the deepest blues this side of Mississippi.

NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS' "MISSISSIPPI BOLL WEEVIL"

 

HOW TO PLAY JUNIOR KIMBROUGH'S "NOBODY BUT YOU"

HOW TO PLAY MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL'S "WRITE ME A FEW MORE OF YOUR LINES"

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  • Ted September 7, 2017 at 5:11pm

    enjoyed the lesson Dan i was wondering about the pick you use i also have a aputated thumb its hard for me to pinch the pick any help it would be great  Ted 

    • Paul Craig > Ted September 8, 2017 at 10:12pm

      Have you looked into finger tip picks like the Banjo players use?

  • David Kaftal April 8, 2016 at 4:02pm

    What's the tuning for "Mississippi Boll Weevil"?  Is that one GDG too?

    Thanks.

    • Ron "Oily" Sprague > David Kaftal April 9, 2016 at 12:24am
      Yep. He's using the same git in the same tuning in all,three vids.
  • Ron "Oily" Sprague April 6, 2016 at 10:20am
    Dani & Bear,

    A "blues box" is a pattern of notes in a particular scale that forms a "box" pattern on the fretboard. Here's some free blues boxes to try:

    http://guitar4free.com/main/blues_articles/5_essential_boxes_for_bl...
    • Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear > Ron "Oily" Sprague April 6, 2016 at 10:28am

      Thanks Ron. I appreciate the explanation. Do you recommend any similar links for three string GDg tuning or four string AC#Ea? Thanks again Ron. :)

      • Ron "Oily" Sprague > Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear April 6, 2016 at 3:28pm
        Here's where a little music theory can be helpful. You need to learn the major and minor pentatonic scales, in the key of G for your GDG tuning. Then, you can map that pattern to the fretboard, once you have mapped all the notes on your GDG tuning to the fretboard (this is where a sketch of the actual fretboard with strings also comes in handy, or you can do the same thing with 3-string tab). It's not as difficult as it sounds. Here's a link to get you started ( same concepts would apply for your A tuned 4-stringer):

        http://www.guitarhabits.com/combining-minor-and-major-pentatonic-sc...
        • Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear > Ron "Oily" Sprague April 6, 2016 at 4:53pm

          Thanks again Ron. I'm on the job of the minor pentatonic blues scale already and am cheating with sticky dots. Next will be the major scale I guess. I was more intrigued with what and where the box or boxes are I think as I've not heard it referred to that way before. Huge thanks again, as always, for the help. Much appreciated.

          • Ron "Oily" Sprague > Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear April 9, 2016 at 12:22am
            Have a look at the still pic at the beginning of turtlhead's recent 12-bar blues jam track video. He has a 3-string fretboard showing several "boxes."
  • Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear April 5, 2016 at 7:37am

    Absolutely awesome. On the junior kimbrough video you talked about a box though? What or where is the box on the fretboard? Loved what you gave us so far man. Properly inspirational stuff.

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