Blues – Page 5 – Jim Richter

Mandolin Blues Lick of the Day #6 – 7.14.23

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

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

Video of Gordon Bonham and I performing at the 2022 Richter Mandolin Camp for the Rest of Us. A great example of

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

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