Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

July 1957, Big Bill lays down tracks for what would become his last recording session, one of which was “Stump Blues.” “Stump Blues” is a simple I,IV,V in E yet, it’s what Bill does with it that makes the tune so refreshing and intoxicating. It is the E lick that ties the sections together, the slap walking A bass line, and the B7 to C#7, take this tune from a typical blues in E to a higher level. Big Bill could certainly own the guitar but it’s these simpler tunes that really show how tasteful he was.