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Blues Mandolin Lesson: SRV’s “Pride and Joy”

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.

The New Five Cents is a great old tune in D that’s a perfect tune to have ready for a jam. I

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

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Many moons ago, I aspired to be a Dead-head, in my tie-dyes, long hair, and malodorous hippie glory. Blues for Allah, along

I learned this tune through the John Hartford String Band. John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist, and Scott Nygaard had a great version kicking

This is a lesson from several years back demonstrating a common lick played over the IV chord. This is heard in the