Description

Jackson, Mississippi attracted a host of blues musicians from 1910–1940. Transcriptions and teaching of recorded performances from Tommy Johnson; Itta Bena natives Rube Lacy and Ishmon Bracey, with their distinctive vocal head tones and intense playing; Geeshie Wiley, a woman who played and sang as strongly as any man; Walter Vinson, guitarist & lead singer for the Mississippi Sheiks; and Bo Carter, with his rich chordal vocabulary and Jazzy sound. A wide range of left and right hand approaches and ways of keeping time to expand your abilities, moving far from simple alternating bass. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file, with lyrics and original source recordings. Intermediate. 97 min.