Meet Me In The City - Mississippi Hill Country Blues Guitar taught by Tom Feldmann

Free tab/music for this lesson can be found at: www.guitarvideos.com/free-tab...
Mississippi Hill Country Blues Guitar offers a look into the Hill Country technique byway of songs from legendary artists Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Junior Kimbrough, Rosa Lee Hill and Ranie Burnette.
For this lesson Tom Feldmann has compiled a grouping of songs that highlight the individualistic traits of each artist and also gives a well rounded grasp of the genre as a whole. Though many of these artists played slide guitar, Feldmann focuses solely on their non slide arrangements in Open G, Standard, Open D and Crossnote tunings.
Hypnotic grooves, steady guitar riffs, and few chord changes are the trademark of Mississippi Hill Country Blues and this lesson hands you the keys to some of the greatest examples the genre has to offer.
Titles include: Black Cat Bone (Jessie Mae Hemphill), Dough Roller Blues (Ranie Burnette), That's Alright (Fred McDowell), Poor Black Mattie (R.L. Burnside), Jumper Hanging Out On The Line (R.L. Burnside), Meet Me In The City (Junior Kimbrough), Standing In The Doorway Crying (Jessie Mae Hemphill), I'm Crazy About You Baby (Fred McDowell), Count The Days Until I'm Gone (Rosa Lee Hill)
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[@soulbass81]

Tom Feldmann has taught me practically everything I know about the Blues. I make a personal mission of mine to buy every one of his DVD's and I advise all who read this to do the same. Certainly money well spent his teaching style is the finest I have ever seen.

[@5150cappie]

Tom, I believe every bluesman you have covered in your lessons would be proud to have you as a torch bearer for teaching their music. I love your voice as much as your playing and teaching style; My heart hears your voice a millisecond before my ears do- maybe it is your heart I hear before your voice, if that makes sense. Something ethereal there. Your love for these fellas is obvious. Thank you for honoring these blues musicians with your talent, scholarship, and love, and keeping this beautiful music alive and such a pure joy to learn. Keep up the great work. Health & happiness to you & yours.

[@MrPsang]

PLEASE MAKE A WHOLE INSTRUCTIONAL DVD (OR MULTIPLE) OF JUNIOR KIMBROUGH SONGS!!!

[@mikebeaumont7558]

Not to be taken for granted. Harder than it looks and worth the effort. Thanks Tom.

[@WinsomeJohnny]

Love this!..Youre an amazing vocalist too! Hell I just like listening the performance of the song at the beginning as I sip my coffee in the morning.

[@microcosm6871]

Tom Feldman you're the man. Great passion for the art and it shows in your playing. So grateful for this lesson.

[@JAKENMK]

Need this whole DVD ! Perfect music

[@judwatkins9478]

Very plaintive, soulful sound with vocal and guitar! Thanks!

[@ronjpisciotta]

Just beautiful!

[@jessetryon5108]

I am truly enamored... your voice on this pieces excellent! I am a classical player that got into Blues because of an interest from a student. Since then, I'm head over heels... And you are my anchor. Thank you for all you do.

[@lilSnubby]

This is so great, that shuffle is hard

[@MrMattias1991]

You're blowing my mind dude! Play on!

[@goldiehill126]

this is my island song ,now to learn to play it .thanks for the lessson.

[@bys551]

Your voice is wonderful!

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

I've studied your work over and over.

[@snacktimevhs5286]

wow so glad i found this. awesome tutorial this rlly holds up

[@rorykarate]

Fantastic😊

[@thehardybrothers]

Bro you're amazing! Thank you so much for this breakdown. Such a good song. Island time :)

[@dansundquist2047]

Tom, you do a fabulous job with these videos! I'm a Burnside and Kimbough fan, along with others, and you have absolutely nailed the sound. Thanks!!!

[@rev.jimjonesandthekool-aid4488]

My favs too

[@gui-texzan7477]

Luther Dickinson does a killer job on this song

[@hozayatlarge]

love it 👍

[@James-ig4lt]

thank you! fun song to play

[@RasTuft]

Wow that was such a great video, thank you so much I thoroughly enjoyed it. I shall attempt to bring a little Mississippi Hill Country to the South of England :)

[@renecordova4066]

wow that's awesome

[@Carlwatkins1984]

Great lesson thanks

[@DavyRayBennett]

Thanks for making this video.

[@the-lonely-ous1767]

say good bye money! awesome material

[@lebrownson]

Tom - super fine.

[@nathaniel.7172]

I actually figured this out by ear a bit awhile back an I only had 5 strings hehe broke my high e an so that b string came in handy

[@9below011plus11]

I love you.

[@damianodoherty]

What's the track being played at the end? I'm going to buy me that DVD/download as well ...

[@lukesabia9902]

where is all of this footage of junior playing this?!?!

[@mikewesner9712]

Tom, Thanks for the great lesson , I plan on getting the DVD this week.. what model of guitar are you using?

[@m.w.542]

It's a Franklin Jumbo. www.franklinguitarcompany.com Nick Kukich, the luthier behind Franklin Guitars, is one of the top builders working today. He is responsible for the renaissance of the OM body guitars starting back in the 70s and, with input from Stefan Grossman, developed the Jumbo body guitar in the 1980s.

[@davidanderson5362]

Cool, I'm going to practice this. It's very close but something about it doesn't sound quite like the JK cd I've got.

[@supragraf]

David Anderson JK has a sloppier style entirely unique to himself

[@gui-texzan7477]

This is too precise and technically perfect. And it's being played on a $4K dollar acoustic instead of an old beater. Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars) absolutely kills this.

[@narch45]

I can’t get my thumb to do the bass notes. Does anyone have any exercises or video instructions for a fellow player

[@stubdo16]

narch45 keep practising and in a few months it'll be second nature. Try starting just doing bass notes IN TIME for ages and add in the odd note from the 'thin' strings, gradually adding notes. Might take a few weeks or more but you will get there.

[@writerNB]

@@stubdo16 basically, yeh... if you listen close to tom he mentions watchin' junior's live recordings. it's a musician thing... in sense of how seamless you can make the changes (and that comes with focus and practice.. a lot of that). i'm not even sure it can be "taught". tom is close to junior's style, but junior's playin' is incredibly smooth (like a lot of the great blues players). considering junior does this on an electric (that uses harder strings), you gotta respect these guys for their dedication. peace. thanks for reading.

[@youngphilip]

I'm struggling with the timing of this song. Some bars seem to be in 6/4 and most of the song in 4/4. Anyone have a chart for the structure of this song? The tab isn't all that clear to me. I go by feel and can't use the metronome on this one because of this.

[@hayden1234ish]

Good stuff. You don't happen to have made a tab for this version?

[@ronj9448]

+Acetylene If you read the detail you'll see that the course has full tab.

[@draleighd]

By Junior kimbrough

[@breng9652]

Need tabs

[@chadmccaa4139]

I wish you would break down the lead line a little bit slower for the slow among us. Great version

[@ronj9448]

Under the video there is a gear for settings. you will will see "normal" which you can click and change speed. Have fun.

[@12Radius]

Nice playing.weird unwound G string.

[@lexrex3]

+12Radius I wonder what kind of strings he's using. Maybe, he's using silk and steel strings. The tone is kind of soft and not as bright as some strings.

[@12Radius]

Yeah i don't ever see unwound G string..strange

[@PlayCountryBlues]

+12Radius. In country blues an unwound G string is very common. Fred McDowell, R.L. Burnside, Son House, John Hurt, Skip James, Brownie McGhee, Lightnin' Hopkins...just to name a few, all used unwound G strings. Not necessary to use one, but I prefer it. Best, -Tom Feldmann

[@PlayCountryBlues]

+lexrex3. DR Phos Bronze, lights.

[@12Radius]

Thanks for that info.All great blues men. I may try those strings.

[@fitchsen]

With respect - The term "country blues" is commonly misused. This is the original form of the music which was around about 40 years before any country music appeared. I like country music but it needs to get it's own name - lol. Here's an example of country blues.kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGqXZZ2Dqdpph8U. lol

[@steffenmball]

wow the only fault in this video is how perfectly it is played in the beginning. it makes my attempts feel pathetic.

[@TheOfficialZERGRUSH]

The lesson starts at 3:09 no need to thank me

[@ryand141]

Thx for the lesson but your strumming hand is not matching the fretted hand. It seems you are fretting the d string but you aren't strumming the d string. Doesn't make sense.

[@PlayCountryBlues]

Thumb is hitting A and D.

[@ryand141]

@@PlayCountryBlues Some of the best blues playing I've ever seen (apart from R.L himself of course). Thx.