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Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

11 More Blues Guitarists to Tickle Your Eardrums ★ Acoustic Tuesday 289

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

Music

4.8842 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Acoustic Tuesday, we'll be exploring the life stories, unique styles, and techniques of 11 more incredible acoustic blues guitarists. By the end of this series, you'll have a wealth of 33 blues artists to add to your listening list! In this special episode, we'll be diving into some rare, intimate concert footage from acoustic blues musicians throughout the past century. Many of these guitarists have been lost to history, with only a few archival records remaining. I'll be sharing their captivating life stories, how they were discovered or rediscovered, and the invaluable contributions they made to the world of blues music. Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of these 11 acoustic blues legends: Kid BaileySylvester WeaverBo CarterSon HouseFrank StokesPink AndersonReverend Gary DavisBlind Willie JohnsonSam ChatmonJosh WhiteReverend Robert Wilkins Don't forget to check out parts 1 and 2 of this series if you haven't already, and let me know what you think in the comments! Submit your guitarsenal at the link below!https://airtable.com/shrpAVAi9HUGVUW8b  Duluth leadership guitar fundraiser:https://www.gofundme.com/f/leadership-duluth-music-for-life-project Featured in this episode...- Old Town School of Folk Music- Fretboard Journal  - The North American Guitar  - Thompson Guitars- Bourgeois Guitars - Alexandr Misko  - National Guitars  - Luca Stricagnoli  - Carter Vintage Guitars- Martin Guitar

Transcript

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0:00.0

Picture this. You're at your local record store. You're in the blues section. You're flipping

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through records. You're excited, but you don't know what to get. That changes today, because on today's

0:10.6

show, I'll be sharing with you 11 blues guitarists that you need to know, 11 blues guitarists

0:16.0

whose albums need to be on your record store shopping list. Get ready to have your eardrums tickled with

0:21.8

guitar goodness. Hey, TAC family, welcome to episode 289 of the Acoustic Tuesday show, a show

0:29.1

packed full of inspiration and fun, designed to help you get more progress, fulfillment, and joy

0:33.7

from your acoustic guitar journey. Throughout today's episode, I'll be keeping you in the loop with some acoustic news you can use, including a finger style, this or that, my current beef

0:44.4

with Martin, and much, much more. Plus, you're going to meet TAC family member Eric, who, with the

0:50.3

help of another TAC family member, created a plan to increase his consistency,

0:55.5

and it actually will increase your consistency as well.

0:59.0

That's all coming up, but first, you know the drill, open up your ears, and get ready to hear some amazing blues guitars that fly way under the radar.

1:09.0

First up on my list is Kid Bailey. A couple factoid about Kid Bailey. Little is

1:14.3

known about him. Even his birthday is a mystery. Two of his recordings have survived, Rowdy Blues and

1:20.7

Mississippi Bottom Blues. In most digital releases, however, the tracks are attributed to Willie

1:26.6

Brown, yet are evidently the same

1:29.0

artist credited as Kid Bailey on the original 78 RPM recordings so shrouded in

1:35.4

mystery it doesn't matter though kid Bailey is somebody that you need to hear so

1:39.8

let's go ahead and listen to rowdy blues right now. And I love you, baby.

1:46.0

You so nice and brown.

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And I love you, baby.

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You so nice and brown Because you put up slugglers

2:06.1

So it won't come down

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