This arrangement of Wabash Blues is mostly based on Milton Brown’s recording, cut on January 27th, 1935 in Chicago. The tune has also been recorded by other notable artists such as Roy Acuff and the Delmore Brothers. The song is a straightforward pop tune by Fred Meinken, with a nice harmonic surprise in the form…
Oozlin’ Daddy Blues
I made this arrangement of Oozlin’ Daddy Blues for my tunebook, based mostly on recordings by Bill Cox and Bob Wills. The song is a simple smutty ditty, bearing more than a passing resemblance to Lonesome Jailhouse Blues and several other tunes. The Cox performance features a short yodeled section at the end of each…
Hesitation Blues
I made this arrangement of Hesitation Blues years ago for my tunebook. It attempts to combine attributes of performances by Charlie Poole, Milton Brown, Hank Penny, and Doc Watson. The earliest recordings of this song were in a twelve-bar form, but most contemporary players use the structure Doc Watson used, a sixteen-bar form with an…