The Blues Guitar

In this video I want to share with you my version of the 'Stuck in the Middle With You' by Stealers Wheel. The song was first released in 1972 and became popular again when it was featured in the Quentin Tarantino hit movie Reservoir Dogs in the infamous 'ear' scene. The original is quite a jaunty but soulful piece of music. In my version I have given it a more bluesy laid back feel whilst still trying to retain the character of the original. The music is played on a guitar in Open D Tuning and is in the Key of D. It is in 4/4 time and it is a fingerstyle piece incorporating a bass picking pattern throughout. I have played through the main section of the music and this just gets repeated through the whole song. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab. Stuck in the Middle With You Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT   Missing Melody -  As you may have noticed, I have left out some of the melody notes which form the lyrics...

  In this video I want to share with you my version of Tampa Red's 'Boogie Woogie Dance'. This is a fast, catchy piece of early blues music dating from the 1920's. The music is played on a guitar in Open D Tuning and is in the Key of D. It is in 4/4 time and it is a fingerstyle piece incorporating a bass picking pattern throughout. Tampa Red was famous for playing with a slide but I have chosen not to use a slide in this version. I will discuss this below.  In this video, I will play through the music at normal tempo first, and then I will play through it again more slowly and put the tab onscreen. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab. Boggie Woogie Dance Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT   Using a Slide -  Tampa Red was famous for playing with a slide and I believe he used it in the original recording of this piece. However, in the version I have given you there are only the fill sections where a slide would be u...

  n this video I want to share with you my version of John Fahey's of 'Poor Boy Long Ways From Home'. This is a nice piece of folk blues music in the American Primitivism style which Fahey is famous for. The music is played on a guitar in Open D Tuning and is in the Key of D. It is in 4/4 time and it is a fingerstyle piece incorporating a standard Travis Picking pattern throughout. In this video, I will play through the music at normal tempo first, and then I will play through it again more slowly and put the tab onscreen. Below are some tips to help you play this piece, and links to download the tab. Poor Boy Long Ways from Home Downloadable Tab - Power Tab - PDF - TXT   Bends -  There are a number of bends throughout the music and these take place on the 8th fret of the second string. Throughout the music I have written these as half note bends just for ease, but they don't all have to be played as half note bends. You will notice that I play these bends dif...