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Mandolin Blues Lick of the Day #13 – 7.21.23

I learned 30 years ago from a blues electric guitarist and have adapted as a mandolin blues lick. It’s a bit of

This is a great straightforward mandolin blues lick that serves as either an ending lick or turnaround in a C blues. Played

This isn’t so much a lick as one way to back up a blues tune. This is in the key of E

\ Today’s blues mandolin instruction: Howling Wolf! This website provides mandolin blues instruction by Jim Richter, acknowledged expert in blues &

Blue Sky Blues: Mississippi Blacksnakes (Bo Carter and Charlie McCoy) ~1930 – Brunswick 7199 Another Charlie McCoy blues mandolin tune, this time

Today’s This lick I learned from SRV’s playing. Originally a Howling Wolf tune, you’ll hear it on “Tell Me” from the Texas

This lick is one that I love to use over the IV chord. I first heard the lick used in the playing

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