Course Description


Acoustic Blues guitar lessons from a top Truefire guitar instructor.

From Texas To The Delta is a mega-pack of acoustic blues guitar lessons covering all aspects of finger picking acoustic blues guitar, hence the name. From the Mississippi Delta sounds of Robert Johnson to the happy complex ragtime guitar picking style of Blind Blake, all styles are covered in great detail.

In addition to the legendary blues men, such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Johnson, this course explores some of the amazing guitar techniques of guys who are not exactly household names, but nevertheless had an enormous impact on blues guitar development and modern music in general.

Blues guitar men such as Scrapper Blackwell, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council are unknown names, unless you are a blues fan! Most people know that Pink Floyd took their group name from the latter two blues men, but very few people have heard their music.

In presenting these 39 video lessons from the major acoustic blues artists of the 20s and 30, the aim is provide a good grounding in all acoustic blues guitar finger picking techniques. Depending on the key used, and also the musical style, the lessons are suitable for intermediate to advanced players. For example, the alternating bass patterns used in ragtime guitar are harder to learn than the monotonic bass techniques associated with the Delta.

Jim Bruce was voted N°2 Internet Guitar Instructor by Truefire in 2013 - Watch some Previews from the course below:


Acoustic Blues Guitar Instructor

Jim Bruce

Acoustic blues guitarist Jim Bruce was voted Number 2 top guitar instructor on Truefire in 2013 (Number 1 for acoustic blues). Jim still plays blues guitar on the street in Europe and also gives concerts - plus teaching old style finger picking wherever he goes! Now online students can benefit from over 40 years of real experience playing blues guitar in the authentic way. If you want to play real blues guitar just like the old blues men, then is where you come to find out how. Keep it real with Jim Bruce and play blues guitar like it was originally played. A word from Jim - " My playing career goes way back, to the folk clubs on the UK in the sixties, clubs pubs and bars in six countries, and on the city streets of Europe. This is how I learned my trade. One day someone asked me to slow down a lick to show them exactly what I was doing with my hands. As I tried to do this, I found that I was doing much, much more than I realized. It was these tiny hand movements that make acoustic blues so exciting when it's performed properly. This is the main focus of my lessons - to show students exactly how to play the blues in great detail. " Peace, Jim Bruce (Jim's guitar lessons follow a well proven and award-winning formula guaranteed to have you playing the blues in the shortest time possible.)

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Texas Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins

    • Baby Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins

    • Baby Please Don't Go - Video Lesson

    • Baby Please Don't Go Guitar TAB

    • Woman Called Mary

    • Woman Called Mary - Video Lesson

    • Woman Called Mary TAB
  • 2

    Mississippi John Hurt

    • Satisfied and Tickled Too

    • Satisfied & Tickled Too - Video Lesson

    • Satisfied & Tickled Too TAB

    • Spike Driver Blues - Video Lesson

    • Spike Driver Blues Guitar TAB
  • 3

    Brownie McGhee

    • Livin' With The Blues

    • Livin' With The Blues - Video Lesson

    • Livin' With The Blues TAB
  • 4

    Robert Johnson

    • Crossroads

    • Crossroads - Video Lesson

    • Crossroads TAB

    • Me and The Devil

    • Me and The Devil - Video Lesson

    • Me and The Devil TAB

    • Love in Vain

    • Love in Vain - Video Lesson

    • Love in Vain TAB

    • Walkin' Blues

    • Walkin' Blues - Video Lesson

    • Walkin' Blues TAB
  • 5

    Big Bill Broonzy

    • Hey Hey

    • Hey Hey - Video Lesson

    • Hey Hey TAB

    • Glory Of Love

    • Glory of Love - Video Lesson

    • Glory of Love TAB

    • Key to the Highway

    • Key to the Highway - Video Lesson

    • Key To The Highway TAB

    • Worryin' You Off My Mind

    • Worryin' You Off My Mind - Video Lesson

    • Worryin' You Off My Mind TAB
  • 6

    Blind Willie McTell

    • Statesboro' Blues

    • Statesboro' Blues - Video Lesson

    • Statesboro' Blues TAB
  • 7

    Scrapper Blackwell

    • Kokomo Blues

    • Kokomo Blues - Video Lesson

    • Kokomo Blues TAB

    • Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out

    • Bobody Wants You - Video Lesson

    • Nobody Wants You TAB

    • Blues Day Blues

    • Blue Day Blues - Video Lesson

    • Blue Day Blues TAB

    • Blues Before Sunrise

    • Blues Before Sunrise - Video Lesson

    • Blues Before Sunrise TAB
  • 8

    Blind Arthur Blake

    • Come On Boys

    • Come On Boys - Video Lesson

    • Come On Boys TAB

    • Diddie Wah Diddie

    • Diddie Wah Diddie - Video Lesson

    • Diddie Wah Diddie TAB

    • Down The Country

    • Down The Country - Video Lesson

    • Down The Country TAB

    • Police Dog Blues

    • Police Dog Blues - Video Lesson

    • Police Dog Blues TAB

    • Southern Rag

    • Southern Rag - Video Lesson

    • Southern Rag TAB

    • That'll Never Happen

    • That'll Never Happen - Video Lesson

    • That'll Never Happen TAB

    • Tootie Blues

    • Tootie Blues - Video Lesson

    • Tootie Blues TAB

    • West Coast Blues

    • West Coast Blues - Video Lesson

    • West Coast Blues TAB
  • 9

    Blind Boy Fuller

    • Careless Love

    • Careless Love - Video Lesson

    • Careless Love TAB

    • Truckin' Little Baby

    • Truckin' Little Baby - Video Lesson

    • Truckin' Little Baby TAB

    • Untrue Blues

    • Untrue Blues - Video Lesson

    • Untrue Blues TAB

    • Weepin' Willow

    • Weeping Willow - Video Lesson

    • Weeping Willow TAB
  • 10

    Floyd Council

    • Poor Ain't Got A Dime

    • Poor Ain't Got A Dime - Video Lesson

    • Poor Ain't Got A Dime TAB
  • 11

    Pink Anderson

    • CC&O Blues

    • CC&O Blues - Video Lesson

    • CC & O Blues TAB
  • 12

    Willie Walker

    • South Carolina Rag

    • South Carolina Rag - Video Lesson

    • South Carolina Rag TAB

    • Dupree Blues

    • Dupree Blues - Video Lesson

    • Dupree Blues TAB
  • 13

    Mance Lipscombe

    • reap - what you sow - Lipscomb

    • Reap What You Sow TAB

    • Reap What Your Sow

    • Goin' Down Slow - Video Lesson

    • Goin' Down Slow Guitar TAB

    • Goin' Down Slow - Mance Lipscombe
  • 14

    Leroy Carr

    • Mobile Texas Line

    • Leroy Carr - Video Lesson

    • Mobile Texas Line TAB