I'll Play The Blues For You

by Jerry Beach recording of 19 from Live (Rhino 71622) & Albert Live (Charly 35) & Travelin' to California (Polydor 2343026) & Tomato Years (Rhino/Tomato R2 71623) & Chicago 1978 (Charly 754) & Blues at Sunset (Stax SCD-8581-2) If you're down and out and you feel real hurt Come on over to the place where I live And all your loneliness I'll try to soothe I'll play the blues for you Don't be afraid come on in You might run across some of your old friends All your loneliness I gotta soothe I'll play the blues for you I got no big name and I ain't no big star I play the blues for you on my guitar All your loneliness I'll try to soothe I 'll play the blues for you

 

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Playing "Help-Me" In the Style of Sonny Boy Williamson II: A step by step, note for note analysis of some of Sonny Boy's Signature Riffs