Course Description

Almost by definition, acoustic blues guitar has a dark side - it was born from suffering, after all.

This course presents 6 songs by blues legends Robert Johnson and Scrapper Blackwell, two giants of acoustic blues guitar. You will learn all songs in great detail.

Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil, and Love In Vain, Walkin' Blues and Crossroads (both bottleneck tunes.)

Each song is covered in one video lasting between 15 and 25 minutes, which also includes on-screen guitar tablature and a PDF file for downloading for later study. Everything needed to learn and play the songs are included.


Scrapper Blackwell songs - Blues Day Blues, Down and Out, Kokomo Blues and Blues Before Sunrise.

The level is not super complex, but you should have some experience in finger picking guitar techniques and changing basic chords - you will also be learning (probably) some new blues chord structures.

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

    Robert Johnson - Delta Blues King

    • Me & The Devil

    • VIDEO - Me & The Devil

    • PDF - Me and The Devil TAB

    • Walkin' Blues

    • VIDEO - Walkin' Blues

    • PDF - Walkin Blues TAB

    • Love In Vain

    • VIDEO - Love in Vain

    • PDF - Love in Vain TAB

    • Crossroads

    • VIDEO - Crossroads

    • PDF - Crossroads TAB

  • 2

    Scrapper Blackwell

    • Nobody Wants You (When You're Down & Out)

    • VIDEO - Down & Out (Nobody Wants You)

    • PDF - Down and Out TAB

    • Blues Before Sunrise

    • VIDEO - Blues Before Sunrise

    • PDF - Blues Before Sunrise TAB

    • Blues Day Blues

    • VIDEO - Blue Day Blues

    • PDF - Blue Day Blues TAB

    • Kokomo Blues

    • VIDEO - Kokomo Blues

    • PDF - Kokomo Blues TAB