The Five Eight-Bar Blues Tunes You Should Learn in 2023

[@mwk1979]

I love "Key to the Highway"

[@peterbridge7940]

that is the only one that I knew

[@jokermaan1]

The one that immediately springs to mind for me is 'Key to the Highway', a hugely popular song covered by everyone from Sony Terry and Brownie McGhee to Eric Clapton.

[@mdyerlrb]

David had a Key To The Highway live stream in April 2020. It's located inside his Fingerstyle Five membership which I HIGHLY recommend joining. Lots of GREAT tunes/grooves. Thanks for mentioning this song. I joined a couple months after this lesson, so I need to learn it. I just watched the lesson intro where he plays a killer version.

[@josephballerini3730]

Lots of great guitar teachers on YT but David is good on camera and his playing is really enjoyable. I would listen to his playing even if he wasn’t teaching.

[@78tag]

......not to mention the quality of his video lessons is so much better than many of the "teachers" that seem to be jumping on the wagon from some available space in their laundry room. Everyone seems to think they are a producer these days - not.

[@brianmcguire9872]

Always enjoy your videos. I always learn some great new things.

[@danielcoffey5817]

What a marvellous suggestion, this focus on 8 bars...

[@robertshelly9088]

Yet another great lesson! David, you're not just a wonderful guitarist and teacher, but above all a mensch. Thanks for doing what you do: a roll model and inspiration on so many levels.

[@Braintheft101]

More great advice. Fingerstyle Five membership is the best decision I've made as a player. Highly recommended!

[@brianhensley7161]

YES, great Fun with a Focus ! Gonna get going. Thank you David !

[@peterbridge7940]

thank you for an excellent and informative lesson. I don't have the greatest of musical ears and And I don't recognise many chord shapes So I will set myself the task to find a guide to the chord structures of these songs although I will put them on and try to play along with them but that is never easy for me One song that confused me when I played it. it's a blues Jam was Mary had a Little lamb which I think is 12 bars in the introduction and eight bars for the song. and yes, I was really thrown by that 😁

[@hanaleibay6648]

Very nicely done Sir.... Thank You!

[@harryhawkins4498]

Thanks for another great idea to focus on in the new year. Although I might start having a pop tomorrow

[@foggyfields9378]

Awesome tunes...thanks 👍 You make it look so easy 🤙

[@artroshi]

I'm taking up the challenge...thanks!

[@lost_boy]

St James Infirmary is one of my all time favourite songs, particularly Snooks Eaglin's amazing rendition. I've never been able to fully figure out just how Eaglin played it but enjoy playing with the melody nonetheless.

[@peterritchie2990]

Yay! Now that I got a plan I can hardly wait til 2023. Many thanks David.

[@eddiecarter9831]

This has given me some goals to start on in the coming year. I've been a blues fan for most of my life, but I'd not really taken my blues playing beyond blues rock licks until the last handful of years. Playing a wide variety of stuff in my solo performances ... rock, country, bluegrass, 80s pop ... but I really want to focus on the blues more. I recently purchases some of your lessons from True Fire, and I'm excited to get started on a deeper journey into acoustic blues music. With "You've Got to Move," you've really given us 7 songs for the 'price' of 5! Haha!

[@Michael_Malice_Music]

You have to seriously consider joining us over at the fretboard confidential. Its a great ride

[@MatthewJBell]

Wonderful tunes. Thanks so much.

[@johnmorrissey65]

Sounds incredible. Absolutely love it. Thanks for posting this.

[@cburns3256]

Good stuff Thanks

[@Cliffswanson]

Stopped in say hi and listen, David. Great to see your channel getting promoted!

[@aggressivesilence-theband5150]

Great tunes Thanks Bub

[@58Tailfin]

Brilliant!

[@LexJones207]

8-bar blueses are cool. My addition to foundational 8-bars would be "Midnight Special."

[@FretboardConfidential]

That’s a good one!!

[@mdyerlrb]

David actually taught this song in January 2021 inside his Fingerstyle Five membership. Lots of great tunes to learn inside the membership.

[@msspi764]

Great list! So I’m starting with 4 1/2, I already have a D version of Trouble in Mind.

[@Pactolus240]

Inspired…. Damm

[@Phillip-y6d]

St James infirmary is a sick song 🤣🤣🤣

[@peterbridge7940]

I have very limited knowledge of the spectrum of Blues music and a couple of times it jams. I've ended up playing one ball Blues and I kept waiting for the music to change 😁 But I have no idea what I was playing. can anyone here point me in the direction of must learn one bar Blues please? I have had no joy in finding anything on KZbin, but maybe I'm just not asking the right questions

[@atakurt6055]

Its 2024 so I guess I can’t learn em now