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Mandolin Blues Lick of the Day #7 – 7.15.23

Today we look at Charlie McCoy. This is the head to the Mississippi Blacksnake’s Blue Sky Blues. Blues mandolin licks and tablature

This is a cool approach to backing up a 12 bar blues using a pattern seen fingerpicking guitar. It’s keeping a thumping

This is one of MANY turnarounds in the key of E. Turnarounds are a great way of rethinking double stops—instead of playing

Happy Thursday! This lick is an introduction to a closed pentatonic box shape. Today’s lesson uses an A minor pentatonic blues pattern

A quick rendition rock mandolin rendition of Paul McCartney’s Live and Let Die from many years back that I did for my

Another incredible tune from one of the Mississippi Sheiks configurations, this time under the Jackson Blue Boys. Recorded December 1928 in New

Common blues lick and comparable to licks in G that can be heard in Yank Rachell or Johnny Young. When I hear

Here’s another guitar-based blues lick commonly found in guitarists like T-Bone Walker, BB King, or Hollywood Fats. This is in G, but

This is a new series specifically focusing on Patreon members. Though video will be posted to YouTube, tablature will be exclusive to

Pilgrim’s Knob is a Monroe tune I learned directly from legendary banjoist Butch Robins’ almost 20 years ago. His recorded version is