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Mandolin Blues Lick of the Day #2 (7.10.23)

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

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

I recorded this video in the first year of YouTube existence, so apologize for the quality. I’ll re-record in the future like

Tab today is East Tennessee Blues. My favorite version is by Butch Robins with Mike Compton on mandolin from Butch’s album Grounded

When I was younger, I lived and breathed SRV. In the early 1990s when I was gigging out as an early 20-something,

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I’m not the first to proclaim their love of Kenny Baker. I have all those County LPs and love each of them.

Part 2 to instruction in how to play The Wind Cries Mary Tablature at my patreon site

Instruction in how to play The Wind Cries Mary. Part 1 Tablature on my Patreon site