The Blues Guitar

Henry Thomas (1874, Big Sandy, Texas -1930?) was an American blues singer, songwriter and musician. After leaving home in his teens he drifted along the Texas rail lines as a hobo before earning his way as an itinerant songster.

Contradiction Blues is a short fingerstyle blues piece I wrote. I called it 'Contradiction Blues' because of the contradiction between the mellow, laid back section at the start and the more punchy and bluesy second part of the tune. The piece is written for a guitar tuned to Open D and predominantely uses a travis picking pattern with a regular alternating bass line.