Play the Blues Like...: Kelly Joe Phelps

Kelly Joe Phelps is not just an excellent guitarist and singer, but a songwriter of depth and complexity. Prewar blues is just a stepping-off point for Phelps’ intricate fingerpicking and soulful vocals; his guitar style is rooted in alternating-bass picking but extends far beyond, with a range of other syncopated approaches. In this lesson learn to adapt Phelps’ open-D ideas to bottleneck style and delve into his open-G work.