Wednesdays, 7:00-8:15 pm, beginning November 7
$120.00 advance / $130.00 after October 29

In this class we will focus on a different early blues guitarist each week; learning two or three songs from their repertoire and discovering what made them masters of the instrument. Players will include:Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake, Son House and Mance Lipscomb. Songs will include: Crossroad Blues, 32-20 Blues, Stag-o-lee, Satisfied and Tickled Too, Hey, Hey, Saturday Night Rub, Pig Meat Strut, Diddie Wah Diddie, Police Dog Blues, Death Letter Blues, Charley James and more. We will play in standard as well as open G and D tunings. Participants should be able to play some fingerstyle blues (alternating bass/monotonic bass).

Pete Madsen is a teacher, writer, guitarist and performer based in Berkeley, California. He has written numerous lessons for Acoustic Guitar and Play Guitar magazines; and is the author of "FretMaster: Slide Guitar" and the "Fretmaster: Funk Book," both published by Backbeat books; as well as "A Guide to Acoustic Blues Guitar" and "The CAGED System for Guitar."

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