Level: 2
Tuning: Dropped D

Blind Blake's first recording featuring "West Coast Blues" was released in 1926. This signaled that the "six string piano" had arrived. This was a very influential record. In 1928 a local Tappahannock, Virginia barber, William Moore, who also played guitar on the side, went to the Paramount recording studios in Grafton, Wisconsin and put down a handful of sides. His Old Country Rock was essentially a reinterpretation of Blake's "West Coast Blues" but played at a much lazier tempo and in a Dropped D tuning. He also used the same guitar part for his "One Way Gal." This is a great lesson to do after "Death Come Creeping." It will reinforce your understanding of playing in Dropped D. First position chords are used through this two-sectioned rag. Lots of fun!