Mandolin Blues Tabs

€ 19.90 
On this page you find my mandolin songs.  All played out of G position.
I never tabbed out those songs, I just put 'm together, recorded them and forgot all about them.
What I can offer is tabs of songs where I got all those licks.  If you learn those you'll have plenty of material to put together your own songs.

Also recommended are :
- Rich Delgrosso's "Mandolin Blues"
https://www.mandolinblues.com/store.html
- Steve James "Learn to play mandolin blues" dvd 1 and 2  https://www.homespun.com/shop

1- Hard Times
Mandolin plus guitar backup.
key of G tuned down a half step
Most of this piece comes out of Rich Delgrosso Mandolin Blues Book.

2- Hard Times Blues
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down (DGCF) and playing out of G position

3- Dark Night Blues
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down a half step and playing out of G position


4- 61 Highway
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down a half step and playing out of G position



5- Easy Rider
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down (DGCF) and playing out of G position

6- Diving Duck Blues
Mandolin Solo
I'm tuned down a half step and playing out of G position


So I can offer you tabs for all the songs listed below, all in the key of G,  for €19.90 (click on "buy now" above this page).  They represent a valuable library of material for playing in the best blues key for solo mandolin, G.

- The steve james intro of his mando dvd vol 2 (the most interesting bit on the dvd and it's not transcribed in the Homespun Tapes course). 
I used this for the introduction to my version of Diving Duck Blues.

- Steve James 'Midnight blues'  a mandolin solo piece https://open.spotify.com/track/34YtQXbmksyFwmHTNtpEbW?si=b7e802f8bf98457f
I used much of this song in my Dark Night Blues

- Ry Cooder's "Going to Brownsville"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdHXqAvOfXg
I used a lot of licks of this song in my version of 61 Highway

All tabs above were transcribed by the late mandolin virtuoso John McGann; all written by hand in pencil.
plus
- 22 tabs , all in the key of G. 
I used many licks of these tabs spread over all of my songs.  They derive from Rich Delgrosso's  collums in the long defunct "Mandolin Magazine" and his out of print Jugband Mandolin booklet.


With mp3's : 

1-  Nothing but the blues 
2-  Wabash Street Blues
3-  Walking Blues
4-  Up and Down the Line
5-  South Street
6-  I'm Doing Alright By Myself
7-  Dig My Buddy Joe
8-  Highway 61
9-  Under The Chicken  Tree
10-Baby Got the Ricketts
11-Fourth Street Mess Around
12-Wandering Troubadour
13-Tapping That Thing
14-Vine Street Rag

Without mp3's :

1- Blues Etude #1
2- Blues Etude #2
3- South Side Blues
4- Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
5- Jugband Strut
6- Johnny Young's Shuffle
7- Bottleneck Blues
8- Stealin' Stealin'


Tabs are sent as pdf's to your Paypal email  address.



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