Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing
Ragtime Blues Guitar

This book presents three of the greatest ragtime blues guitar players from the 1920s-1940s. They all possessed what Rev. Gary Davis called that sportin’ right hand. Each could sing the blues or play a dance instrumental. They favored first-position chords but produced incredible textures and rhythms from these easy left-hand fingerings. There are years of exciting fingerpicking challenges in these pages. But what fun it will be once you can play these tunes!

BIG BILL BROONZY Big Bill Blues • At the Break of Day • Friendless Blues • Shuffle Rag • Worrying You off My Mind Bull Cow Blues • Five Feet Five

BLIND BLAKE Georgia Bound • Back Biting Bee Blues • Cold Hearted Mama Blues • Ice Man Blues • Righteous Blues • Tootie Blues Rope Stretchin’ Blues • Sea Board Stomp • Walkin’ Across the Country • What a Lowdown Place the Jailhouse Is

BLIND BOY FULLER Baby, I Don’t Have to Worry • Careless Love • Georgia Ham Mama • Keep Away From My Woman Somebody’s Been Playing With That Thing • Why Don’t My Baby Write To Me (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She’s Funny That Way • Jivin’ Woman Blues

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 1) Listen over and over to the original recordings available via the download link for this collection. 2) Get a program that can control digital audio files. Use this with the transcriptions and the recordings. 3) Be patient!! Practice, practice and practice some more!!