Chuck recorded this as a live webinar on October 10,2020. Chuck uses three songs from his “Back to the Woods” album to share different approaches to playing the blues. The first song he teaches and discusses is “Vicksburg Blues” recorded in 1930 by Little Brother Montgomery. “Vicksburg Blues” is a more somber, basic I-IV-V blues in the key of E, with a walking bass line. The next tune he teaches is “If You Haven’t Any Hay” in the key of D, also recorded in 1930, by Skip James. “If You Haven’t Any Hay” is a brisk tempo, syncopated blues with almost a calypso rhythm. For the third, song Chuck teaches a minor blues song, “Losing Hand” in the key of G written by Jesse Stone ( aka Charles Calhoun) in 1953 and made popular by Ray Charles. Throughout the lessons, Chuck fields questions from …
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