Level: 2/3
Tuning: Open D

“Blind Blake is a great player, a great musical figure. In the years where he was on top, he was fabulous. Blind Blake just had a good touch. He played quietly, and he didn’t hit the guitar too hard. He had a nice feeling for syncopation. He was a hell of a good player, and he had a lick that was great. And Blind Blake played all over the place, with all kinds of people, including Johnny Dodds, which is just way too much for me.” – Ry Cooder

Police Dog Blues is Blind Blake’s magnum opus in the Open D tuning. He recorded it in 1929. The Open D tuning was not one that Blake used very often on his recordings. But for Police Dog Blues he truly goes to town. Woody has transcribed his playing behind the vocals and all four breaks.