Level: 2/3
Tuning: Standard

Unlike blues artists like Big Bill Broonzy or Memphis Minnie who recorded extensively over three or four decades, Blind Boy Fuller recorded his substantial body of work over a short, six-year span. Nevertheless, he was one of the most recorded artists of his time and by far the most popular and influential Piedmont blues player of all time. Fuller could play in multiple styles: slide, ragtime, pop, and blues. Ari Eisinger has a great lesson devoted to Fuller's playing note for note.

In this lesson I take Fuller's "Piccolo Rag" and add ideas from both Fuller and Rev. Gary Davis. It is played in the key of C and is an essential ragtime blues for your repertoire. There are literally hundreds of songs that use this progression. Here a funny aside: Rev. Davis said he Fuller came to him for lessons as he was only playing slide guitar. Rev. Davis gave Fuller a few lessons and "if he had stay with me he would have been good!"