How To Play A Crazy Mississippi Hill Country Rhythm | Tuesday Blues

Want to learn about the "other" Mississippi acoustic blues? In this lesson, we'll explore a fun rhythm pattern in the Mississippi Hill Country Blues style.
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[@PwnyDwn]

I was born and raise here in the mississippi Delta.. I been playing guitar for about 20 years now. Down here the blues isn't just the music, it's got it's own soul. The weird tunes.. the funky finger picking. the steel slide on an old dobro.. That's just how it's been here all my life. my dad said nothing has changed in his life time either. Lessons like this give me a bit of hope someone somewhere else may keep playing like this when we're gone. Thanks for helping keep our culture alive dude. You get a thumbs up from me. Just remember.. The music has a soul. dont taint it. Play it with feeling :D

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

+PwnyDwn excellent advice. Play with feeling! This music is raw and so impactful and hopefully us players from outside the delta help spread the spirit of the music too.

[@trustyaxe]

You said it! Southeast MS here:)

[@DreadKingSaucer]

Um...actually, saying "us players from outside the delta" suggest that this school of music comes from the delta. When in fact it comes from the hill country. Just saying...

[@stephenhanlin2388]

@benzolekkerkaalkanaal that’s great! How’s your playing goin now? Cool to see a youngster w an old soul

[@ljs2604]

@benzolekkerkaalkanaal And you make videos about 9/11 suicides? Nice channel dude..

[@bilalattique]

Hill country blues is the only genre in the world that creates magic with just one blues man playing all by himself with out the help of any other instrument

[@Rumpole1000]

I'm only learning guitar but love hill country blues. (Thats why I'm here). Can't wait to get this down.

[@jaredwatts3974]

I was born and raised in hill country where it started here in Holly Springs MS, and this lesson is great! Don’t forget to explore that open G style bc it plays a huge part in our distinct sound.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

I don't think Hill COuntry Music gets near the attention it should in blues conversations. Some great artists in this style. Very cool that you got to experience it right there where it started.

[@jetdeleon]

I love this style of blues. Please make more lessons on this style. Thank you so much.

[@jonbeckleymorrisblues]

Hi John. Really I should join your upper thing. This lesson takes me back to 1976 when I was 20 when I found a used Arhoolie Mississippi Delta Blues Volume 2 Album with R.L Burnside on one side with Rosa Hill on one cut PORK"BEANS, then R.L.'s first recorded classic songs by George Mitchell a folklorist from Atlanta in 1966. On the other side was Joe Callicot who lived near R.L., but while R.L. only played in E, maybe 1 song in A in standard tuning, then switch to open G Spanish tuning he called it, Joe who I sadly never got to meet, or play with played songs in standard G I remember. Could be that's all he played in G. His music is more lyrical like Piedmont Blues like John Cephas than R.L.'s, or Junior Kimbrough. Though from a hard driving Hill Country sound in standard E R.L. in Open G had depending on what he played could have a similar sound as Joe's. R.L. who was heavily influenced by Mississippi Fred McDowell considered Delta, and Hill Country Blues the same thing. Mr. McDowell was from Como some miles from the Delta, but when I first began listening to him mid 70's he was always referred to as a Delta Bluesman. I don't think the term Hill Country Blues was used at that time. I toured with Robert Belfour thru Germany for a couple weeks. Had to get lower Harps to be with him as he tuned down a half step. Whatever you call the music believe it to be America's version of Classical Music with Blue Soul. It's really fun to get down that R.L. groove he used on different songs like Jumper On the Line, .44 Pistol Blues, and a few others. Hard to get, but you can then apply it to other keys besides E. It's possible if the legal stuff gets right R.L. will have new recordings out we're both on next year. I've got my fingers, and toes crossed. If you're interested you can find us in various you tube videos, or on MC Records Acoustic Stories where along with Harp I play uncredited guitar on KINDHEARTED WOMAN, and MEET ME IN THE BOTTOM R.L's version completely different than Howling Wolf. I just had to listen to him switch chords follow him that way. He changed when he wanted. I'm also on WELL...WELL...WELL..a collection of recordings from my old shotgun house in New Orleans R.L made for me to practice to, and songs from gigs. If you want check out my You Tube channel Jon Beckley Morris. I play mostly Harp, teach play, some old style piano, and want to play more guitar on it. Thanks John for what you do. Very inspiring.

[@bearcatpapa]

Really dig what you're doin' brother.. Your lessons have improved my blues playing ten fold, so happy to have found a teacher that teaches the real deal. Blessings on you and your loved ones friend.

[@WinsomeJohnny]

I was first exposed to this style of blues through my guitarist best bud who recruited me as a harp player for his band a few years ago. Before, I had no idea the differences. Now that I've evolved to multi instruments including guitar, I truly appreciate these videos. Thanks so much.

[@Philo68]

10 minutes effort and I have a great new tune to belt out and annoy the neighbours! Crystal clear instruction resulting in a new subscriber - many thanks.

[@lawyerlarrry]

Awesome. I find it helps to use my pointer finger as support to bend the string down but I’m somewhat of a beginner.

[@mannyfoglio9157]

Many thanks John, for this straightforward and super comprehensible breakdown to one of my favorite styles of blues.

[@wesbyers9210]

Great lesson! Got it down pat.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Awesome, Wes!

[@jeffreysladkus1227]

This is a fantastic lesson and explained very well. Breaking this into small parts is indeed the key. Thank you and I can’t believe how good this sounds from my guitar!

[@fritzruttimann1517]

Thanks for the very good lesson and the brake down John. That does allow me to practice the for me still rather difficult bits and pieces lol.

[@MyChrisfish]

thanks for this , it is nice to see a lesson on the great hills country blues style in standard tuning

[@robertsmithers9059]

Huge fan of these artists, hope you'll do more on hill country style.

[@vtwintora]

That is so cool, acoustic Blues rocks !

[@TheBudvtwin]

Don' forget Junior Kimbrough. Great lessons.

[@malaquiasalfaro81]

Awesome teaching style man

[@OneHarp]

My favorite style!! Thanks for the lesson, man!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Yeah this style of blues is pretty amazing. Thanks for watching!

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

Fabulous --I am following you John ---learning so much --love the Mississippi blues you teach so well ---thankyou!

[@monstertrucktennis]

Instant sub!Doable for a beginner/intermediate and yet not too simple.What a cool and different sound!

[@carltaylor4942]

Great lesson and thank you so very much for turning me on to R L Burnside! :

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

+Carl Taylor happy to make the introduction :)

[@jonathanyoung6397]

.. and if you like that, you should definitely check out Junior Kimbrough... just awesome

[@carltaylor4942]

Jonathan Young I already have done, Jonathan, thanks. Like you say, he's awesome. Can't believe I've been into the blues for half a century and never encountered these two before.

[@chrisjaybecker]

Besides RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, check out T-Model Ford. Mississippi Fred McDowell was also a great Hill Country player. It's all about staying on that one chord.

[@carltaylor4942]

chrisjaybecker Thanks a lot - I'm already a big fan of Mississippi Fred but I hadn't heard of T-Model Ford before. Definitely going to check him out.

[@vtwintora]

Fantastic ! and im not saying that because i would like a free CD,au contraire, Thanks for your lesson's. your a real gentleman and a very good teacher for me ,and others im sure,.All the best in 2018 !

[@edwardwright3644]

Well done . Best lessons Ive seen on HIll Country Blues.

[@ungratefulpeasant8085]

Great lesson, I have been hooked on this style of blue lately and stumbled across this video.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

+Wayne Groves thanks for the comment Wayne. I've recently been hooked by it too. Some really good players in this style. Thanks again!

[@CDMButterfly]

Watch a doc called " You Hear Me Laughin. About Hill Country blues. So good

[@bh9970]

Thanks for all teach

[@tfigmoney520]

wpuld love more videos of this style. more than what you've already posted!

[@IberianInteractive]

hey man you are doing a great service to the blues guitar community, keep it up!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thank's for the comment, really appreciate that and I'm happy to contribute to this great music.

[@77FINNBEAR]

Thankyou !!!Really enjoyed practicing this .keep up the great work

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thank you. Will do :)

[@rustyratmuddler]

Such a great teacher....thanks man!

[@nickromanek9444]

This was amazing, would love more of this!

[@desmo999]

Thank you very much pushing/ teaching this wonderfull, fantastic music!!! This tune souds really great with a loud "Tube Strat". :)

[@mrvrahmrvrah2788]

dude, i love this. was an easy one to pick up, thanks for posting!!!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you.

[@5455945459]

great lesson can you post another hill style lesson 👍

[@lawyerlarrry]

So glad I found this.

[@danindeed]

Probably the best lessons I've seen.

[@juancarloslopezleon292]

thank you my brother, im from colombia but your music its great.

[@imannonymous7707]

country blues are really my thing .....delta second.....but this stuffs great too...thanks

[@jonathanyoung6397]

This is great, thanks! I'm a big fan of R L Burnside and Junior Kimbrough - will you be doing more in this style do you think? Please!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

+Jonathan Young glad you liked it. I'm digging this sound and those dudes are the real deal. So...I think there maybe more to come on this topic.

[@rodneycampbell3825]

this is standard tuning? and could you do more videos of this style

[@tv-cx8gv]

Love the sound!

[@angrest1]

Awesome! Can anyone recommend tabs or videos to learn more hill country blues? I am totally in love with the sound and the people after watching the documentary

[@cagatayarkdal2813]

Great song and lesson Thank you very much. I want to learn rest of this song !!! how can I find it ?

[@leswagstaff4908]

Excellent...

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks for watching, Les!

[@alexandrebezerradasilvabez6990]

Blues Guitar Institute What scale do I use to do this.

[@kenairockband]

Listen to RL Burnside or Fred McDowell for great examples of hill country music

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Love RL Burnside. I'd throw Robert Belfour's name into that list too.

[@kenairockband]

@@BluesGuitarInstitute and T model Ford

[@alexmedina7304]

thanks for the lesson!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thank you for the comment!!

[@stijn4771]

What artists play these kind of blues? Would like to have more to listen to cause it sounds amazing!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Check out Junior Kimbrough, Robert Belfour, RL Burnside they are great and have a very cool sound. Very raw.

[@stijn4771]

Blues Guitar Institute Thank you, I'll check them out. Keep on making these vids. They are excellent!

[@vtwintora]

Robert Belfour - Hill Stomp The Best !!!!!

[@JB-wk4xz]

Great!

[@reinaldoreyes5631]

Another great one! Subscribed for while now.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thanks for being a subscriber! Really appreciate it and hope the lessons are helping!

[@perring715]

Thanks for a great lesson. Just got tuned into your channel. Superb lessons. Lovely Larrivee. I have the 03 model. What strings are you using? Best, Marcus

[@dorflerkonstantin701]

wonderful, thanks! is this piece „similar“ to any known song? i would love to have a melody and lyrics to cover and hide my poor guitar skills with my loud voice as usual? :-)

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

Nice..nice!

[@ALittleGreenBox]

Found this channel couple days ago! Are you planning to do something for total begginers (i'm asking about theory as well as practice)? By total I don't mean I don't know how to hold a guitar, but you are certainly doing things that are quite advanced :D btw u are a beast mate! love your channel.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

+ALittleGreenBox I'm getting several requests for this so...Maybe soon. I do have a beginner level blues lesson pack on my site called Acoustic Blues Jumpstart. You may be interested in that. Thanks for the kind words about the channel!

[@MJ46.91]

Man it took me like 20 times of slow playback to see how you rang the string leting it go in the third step, should've thrown the "please note !!" thanks for the video, can't seem to figure out the tempo though

[@jdharmo]

I find it a pity that the name Eric Clapton is mentioned to summarise and generalise blues from the region of Mississippi. There are musicians who are originators of Mississippi Delta blues guitar that blow Clapton out of the water..

[@CDMButterfly]

Amen to that. Have you seen the documentary Deep Blues?

[@stewartlocklear4546]

Thank you so much!

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Thank you!

[@ItalianStallionBDM]

Check out "black boot" by radio moscow

[@antonioziz]

Hi John i was asking me why you use only the index finger to play the three strings and if is this the only right way to play the piece. Thank you.

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

+Antonio Cuocolo there's no one right way, but I found that using just my index finger helped me get the strumming vibe going

[@boomboxbadboy1]

Hey! Ima new subscriber, thank you very much for your fantastic videos..this reminds big bill broonzy, I'm sure you're a busy man but...any chance of a lesson of hey hey..thank you so much ..lee

[@TheBudvtwin]

And Junior Kimbrough.

[@pelumaad331]

Delta, Hill country, Jackson and Memphis if you consider John Hurt are all Mississippi styles....

[@paulkeinrath3252]

I have that shirt

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Ha! I actually had two of them at one point...wore them both to threads!

[@skyportalmusic7178]

Jesus Loves You

[@doyrayburn2668]

Well, better late than never.

[@SuperMelodic]

I call it backwoods blues

[@SaniatAhmedChoudhury]

What guitar are you using?

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

+Saniat Ahmed Choudhury hey! The guitar in this vid is a Larrivee OM09

[@danc7234]

Tabs?

[@BluesGuitarInstitute]

Hey Dan, if you're a premium member you can get this tab by looking for lesson id: TB135.

[@mikedownend6861]

I broke my middle fingernail today. Bad times!

[@danielge9988]

man, this guy looks like RICHARD NICKSON

[@deltabluesdavidraye]

I could show you a thing or two about this music.

[@SvOekel]

Do me a favor and tune up next time you do a tutorial!

[@doyrayburn2668]

A year ago? And youre a blues guy? Tsk tsk but then youre young....you get a pass this time lol.

[@leprisonnier7957]

You speak too much dude

[@jonfeltner5945]

Bad ass picker. OK is it me or did God put his eyes to close together. I know I'll burn in hell. Js

[@Gargaslicer]

C'mon, the man's a great teacher, sharing these lessons for free. There's no need for that.

[@crasherxtreme]

How can you mention R.L. and not Junior Kimbrough?