Level: 1/2
Tuning: Standard

This is from the playing of Frank Stokes. He learned to play the guitar as a youth in Tutwiler, Mississippi and, after 1895, in Hernando, Mississippi, which was the home of the guitarists Jim Jackson, Dan Sane, Elijah Avery (of Cannon's Jug Stompers), and Robert Wilkins. His recordings from the 1920s feature great singing, guitar playing and songs. His playing is similar to that of Mississippi John Hurt. Both used a strong alternating bass. Frank recorded "How Long Blues" with Dan Sane. Frank would fingerpick while Dan flatpicked back-up adding driving bass runs. "How Long Blues" is played in the key of C using first position chord and should be an easy piece for you to master.