Following on from the first volume of his bestselling Beginner's Songbook, Volume 2 boasts another 100 classic songs from the past and present, specially arranged for beginner guitarists. Featuring complete lyrics and chords, as well as tuition notes, with invaluable advice on strumming, chords and general playing tips. The Justinguitar.com Beginner's Songbook Volume 2 is a great companion to Just…

As the Country Blues began to be recorded in the mid-1920s it soon became apparent that the music was being played and appreciated not only by African-American musicians and audiences but by white musicians and audiences as well. Many of these white musicians played with and learned from black musicians for even in the Jim Crow Era there was always a good deal of musical interaction and exchan…

Par . The musical appeal of the Blues, as they began to be heard in the early twentieth century, was so infectious that musicians with open minds and ears were drawn to it as soon as they heard it. And that appeal crossed the racial and ethnic divides that characterized American society. So it was, that even before African American guitarists were recorded playing fingerstyle blues guitar, their w…

Atlanta in the period 1920-1940 rivaled Memphis St. Louis Jackson and Chicago in the strength and vitality of its blues scene. It was home to a unique school of 12-string guitarists that included Blind Willie McTell BarbecueBob Charlie Lincoln Willie Baker and George Carter.Also on hand were the slick slide guitarist Fred McMullen the accompaniment king Curley Weaver and the spectacular u…