Support Independent Programming | Join the Patreon or send a one-time donation through Venmo or PayPalįor the final collaboration of the “Sitting In” miniseries, I’m excited to share a fantastic multi-instrumentalist, fluent in clawhammer banjo and slide blues guitar, named Cristina Vane. “Bury Me Beneath the Willow” - Traditional (1:13:03) “Angels Rejoiced Last Night” - The Louvin Brothers (55:08)

“Take Me Back Babe” - Traditional (21:29) “Down By The Riverside” - Traditional (8:16) She’s one of the most influential female singers of the 20th century, not just in country music but folk, pop and bluegrass, and is considered an American icon Widely considered the greatest mandolin player alive today, and perhaps to ever live, his acclaim reaches far and wide through several Grammy-winning projects and over 30 albums, despite only being 40 years old. The student of Woody Guthrie, the father of Bob Dylan, the son who ran away to become a cowboy, and America’s purveyor of folk music at 90 years old today. He wasn’t a bluesman as much as a songster, known for his incredibly broad catalogue of songs and his front porch philosophizing. He must have used a capo, either to suit is voice better or make it easier to play, but he's playing in E, like in the YouTube video.īTW, the Delmore Brother's recording, where Doc learned this song, is in G, titled 'I've Got the Big River Blues' youtube.Traditional - “Down by The Riverside” (00:27)Īfter the civil war, songs such as these were created and sung from Alabama to Ohio for a perilous journey through the Underground Railroad, where the enslaved were in pursuit of their freedom.

I went back and the original Vanguard recording of this song is also in F. The pitch had changed somewhere along the line, and it needed to come up a half step. For a long time I thought it was right because 'Deep River Blues' played in E, but eventually I realized that everything else was a half step flat (including songs where Doc was playing harmonica). I did the sound for the show, but not the recording, which came to me several generations removed.

However, this year I've been working on a concert recording of Doc, Fred Price and Clint Howard from years ago. Funny, I've been thinking about this recently I learned this in E from Doc's playing, which is obviously how he's doing it.

Deep river blues guitar lesson