Major Class - Down Home Texas Blues
Intermediate to Advanced. Mississippi Delta Blues is more famous, and Piedmont Blues is seen as the other side of the coin, but Texas Blues offers another approach, and it’s had a strong impact since the earliest days. In this class we will dive into early Texas Blues, with that thumpy single note bass and other techniques. Our goal will be to get that muted bass going, while letting the treble strings ring. We will briefly touch on Blind Lemon Jefferson, then move on to Mance Lipscomb, J.T. “Funny Paper” Smith (The Original Howling Wolf), Li’l Son Jackson, and culminating in Lightnin’ Hopkins. (Note: we will NOT be studying Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, or SRV).We will work mainly in standard tuning. Students should have a basic understanding of either alternating thumb bass or single note bass techniques.