Stefan Grossman teaches "Willie Mae" by Big Bill Broonzy

[@MegaNavek]

I need to tell anyone interested that I bought Stephans books and tuition records in the seventies and I persevered because I was determined and started to get an ear for how it worked.....got my first gig with a band because I could play this way and not many were doing it...ended up playing round the world and made a living....Stephans teaching is wonderful and if your determined buy his material it was.a brilliant stepping stone to a life as a working musician.....thank you mr grossman you changed my life....

[@rodsreel]

Great to hear "The greats" being shared by a great teacher. Thankyou from the Scottish Highlands

[@evsynator]

One of the best teachers around .. there are quite a few that want to make money etc .. but Stefan deserves it ..... brilliant and well put together so anyone can learn .

[@aaron22887]

this is exactly how to teach a song. the split screen with slowed down playing is so so so useful

[@bgthreeful]

Stefan Grossman WOW !!!! what a great guitar player and communicator .Another Great Lesson. Love this tune .Thanks Alot

[@HoratioChapin]

Yep! Stefan's one of the best teachers around for this style. I've learned so much from him over the years. If you're new and thinking about taking up this type of guitar playing, order some of his beginner lessons and get started. You won't regret it and you'll pick it up fast. Can't say enough good about Mr. Grossman.

[@mcguirelawrence4720]

you're a beautiful man Stefan! what a great way to honor the blues, thanks!

[@FririkurEllefsen]

God bless you Stefan Grossman. The explanation about the monotonic bass and the blues lick i phenomenal. He is a great teacher and player.

[@garyeckstein4917]

Stefan - there was a David Bowie exhibit in Chicago a few years ago and they had an old handbill of a concert where you were playing on stage with Bowie - sometime back in the '60's, maybe in New York. I was proud to tell everyone what a great blues musician you are.

[@alvarad4]

I just want to learn this song and play it forever

[@samueljohnson4881]

Roman Alvarado 😯 Roman, with all due respect, learn the "song" but take the different segments and create your own stuff. Add a Robert Johnson key of A turn around and noodle around for other notes invent something using this "Willie Mae" as a "building block" soon you'll get your own style, listen to others, as Pablo Picasso said, "good artists borrow, great artists steal" You can find lesson on R. Johnson turn arounds on utube😯

[@member805639]

What a great teaching style he has.

[@marcomasulli993]

He uses the bass in a different way when he first plays the song and when he shows it in the split screen - it alternates them in the former and keeps a steadier one in the latter. Also it is amazing what he does when he plays the A after the E, that quick ring finger movement is crazy. This guy is an A class player

[@jifigz]

I love acoustic blues and I LOVE YOU MR. GROSSMAN.

[@gatshatsha]

Magnifique. And the song happens to be one of my prefered ones... "Got a girl called Willy Mae and she liiiives in the low lowlands"..🎵.🎶

[@MrRichulan]

I think you are one of the greatest guitar players and teachers!! Greetings from The Netherlands!

[@nathaniel.7172]

Big bill is one of the best, his sound is like no other laid back an has that signature sound, would stop a lot an sing an go right back in with the call an response ya know what I mean

[@christopherlees1134]

That is just fantastic!

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

nice to have a highly articulate instructor--thanks

[@jamesbraddock4677]

Totally awesome thank you

[@getarslim]

Stefan lived with and learned from the likes of Gary Davis. MJH and Son House. He took the trouble to learn exactly how they played in order to keep the blues alive. Thanks Stefan for all that.

[@Luckey900]

Thanks Mr. Stephan ! Jim Canada PS see Elisabeth Cotton live here 1970's and BB King too.

[@hacgarimman9660]

Stefan you are a legend! Read some of your stuff about brownie and are a proper inspiration to me! Cheers brother!

[@kwallett1]

Been playing for decades with no talent but can't put the instrument down, your lessons on KZbin has given a whole new life for me and the instrument... can't thank ya enough, a Canadian living in Mexico

[@clyderf]

What's so amazing to me is that Stephan has a string attack so much like the original man, which for me almost counts for more than the notes.

[@j.p.fitting9226]

What a great teacher /player! One of the few links left to 'The Deep Blues...' taught by a master and in the learning becomes a master himself! Would love to study with Maestro Grossman someday! The Ooh Poo Pa Doo! Haha cheers

[@EricFlatpick]

A really good player and teacher--listen to what he has to say here and elsewhere! I say that based on some experience, since I've been learning from him off and on since 1969 (Elektra's How to Play Blues Guitar, the Oak books on country blues ..). A generous man, a class act.

[@arleycowboy]

amazing thank you so much

[@Rubydoobiedee]

lovin it...

[@mulmoher]

That syncopated bass is a killer

[@angelozampieron5565]

COOL 👍

[@pismo10]

So cool

[@alex_the_excellent]

Stefan's tearing that guitar up, boy.

[@IBG67]

@Mikey4lock yep. alot of people like to play, but don't take the time to TRULY, TRULY listen to the good stuff.

[@reverendmississippi]

Great

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

you're right man--I have to show my guitar who's boss. As it stands, I do all his laundry and dishes

[@qtakken]

I'd like to know how to play the part of 5:22 and 5:31. I can't tell how he is using the ring finger and the pinkie.

[@hukusirohinoki]

👏👏✨✨✨✨✨🎸

[@j.p.fitting9226]

does Maestro Grossman teach 'The Glory Of Love' per chance? i'm goinst buy me a dvd after this gr8 lesson!!

[@Mikey4lock]

Perhaps you should all listen to the Great Man himself as I did though stefen has the knowlege, get the real feel of the tune if you can from Big Bill What a Great man!!!!

[@billchambers4614]

What guage strings pleasae?

[@richardanderson7803]

Hi Stefan thank you for taking the time are you in standard tuning

[@marioangel1679]

taking the time? you must be joking? fuck that guy his good but fucking bad teacher

[@herbythechef7624]

Maybe you just cant learn bud

[@danielamin]

is there a tab for this?

[@bigfinger7609]

whats the chord between the 2 A chords you play? it goes D A ? A D A ? A E E7 D A.

[@bigfinger7609]

sounds like an e but idk. this dude is too smart or fast. i like when he said " it's not so difficult" lol like its easy to even do the constant bass note while you finger pick other notes.

[@biologias3]

Yes, it's included in the DVD lesson. It cost around $25. You better start saving... Sorry!!!

[@HastaLaLista]

All the way during the beginning of the video, I keep telling myself: "wow that's eerily similar to Monday Morning blues by MJH". Goes to the alternating bass, gives the MJH reference, mind blown. I think I prefer MJH's Monday Morning blues, but great performance still.

[@nathaniel.7172]

I remember when I was I kid I thought for the a chord you put a finger per string hehe

[@mcampbell5158]

Why are the bottom 4 strings called the top 4 strings?

[@herbythechef7624]

The high strings are called the top and the low strings are called the bottom thats just how it is

[@tramboithao]

I THINK the guitar he is playing is a “furch” which is a European brand but Stephan being an American industrial primordial player would say it is an American brand ?

[@123jetjetjet]

Why do you have your guitar tuned down a 1/2 step?

[@mchardwick]

Great lesson!!!! I always enjoy his videos- however this song is quite a bit like Mississippi John hurts "Monday morning blues"..... Maybe it is just me""". But great lesson nonetheless!!!!! Mike

[@tlacatecatltlacaxipe7287]

+mchardwick It does. One big diff is that Hurt uses the alternating bass whereas Broonzy uses the single string bass.

[@JoeBanjo88]

Stephan, why are you tuned down a half step

[@thmpick]

How long did he actually live with Rev. Davis?

[@mickwall1286]

Still living with him. Me too.

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

@cheechwizrd actually he says in the video it's not that hard--and it's not. If you know a couple positions of the pentatonic scale can get your thumb to thump the bass when you tap your foot, you can get the song down decently in a couple months. Practice!

[@BluesHeavy]

Actually this sounds like Mule Riding Blues by Big Bill Broonzy

[@tlacatecatltlacaxipe7287]

+Nick Marra Yep, Big BIll used this for both tunes.

[@jackrainbow560]

Bill Broonzy doesn't use anything but 1 finger and a thumb, though.

[@herbythechef7624]

Just cause he plays that way doesnt mean that you have to pay his songs that way. I hate when people say stupid stuff like this

[@ZalMoxis]

Stefan still kicks rump....

[@pismo10]

What kind of guitar is that?

[@1sosalini]

an expensive one .

[@samoryTure]

+1sosalini $9000 and up. lol

[@tramboithao]

One getting played by Stephan Grossman

[@keelbluese]

hot dog

[@gibby6904]

Not tuned to 440......a little sharp...

[@flylippfantom8425]

Dam you have hair 🎉🎉🎉😅

[@tedscott1478]

Stefan then ripped this off, then messed around with it and gave it a different title and put it on "Yazoo Basin Boogie" and claimed he'd written it...

[@marioangel1679]

any body know a guy betwen the roy rogers that take soo long and this washishu retired coke freaks that can teach the same songs?or a logiciel to get slow motion?

[@keelbluese]

hot dog