Big Bill Bruinsie is a celebrated Chicago bluesman whose guitar playing could make your hair stand on end,

it could soothe your soul, and pretty much everything in between.

Now on today's show, you're going to want to have your guitar handy,

because we'll be learning some elements of his guitar style,

so you can start adding these big billisms to your own playing.

Hey, Tack family, this is episode 270 of the Acoustic Tuesday show,

a show packed full of inspiration and fun, designed to help you get more fulfillment,

progress, and joy from your acoustic guitar journey. Now throughout today's episode, I will be keeping

you in the loop with some good guitar news, which includes an acoustic duo that will take your breath away,

lost and found tonewood, and much, much more. Plus, you're going to meet

TAC family member Matt from Austin, Texas. He'll be sharing his guitar son with all of us,

and he'll give us some insight into a special project that he's working on that will benefit

every single guitar geek that's looking to get better, which is pretty much all of us.

That's what's on the horizon, but first let's learn from the great Big Bill Bruinsie.

Now, before I dig into these lessons, I do need to acknowledge two important people that made this episode be, that made this episode happen. Number one, Chris Walls from the

Old Town School of Folk Music. Back this last summer, I was in Chicago for the Fredboard Summit,

and Chris put on an absolutely amazing workshop involving the guitar style of Big Bill Bruinsie.

Not only did he teach his guitar style, but he also gave insight into who Big Bill was as a musical figure, as a armchair philosopher, and just as a historical figure.

Pretty awesome workshop that very much inspired today's episode.

Secondly, Tom Feldman.

Tom Feldman.

You need to know that name because if you want to learn Big Bill's songs the way he plays them,

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