Open E

I just tuned my wonderful 1936 Gibson L00 to Open E.   This lets me play an approximation of "Crossroads" much more easily than Open G.   I still kind of suck at it though.  Next week I start blues guitar lessons with Noah, who can really play.   He played Muddy Water's "Can't Be Satisfied" almost perfectly when I last saw him.   This ain't no easy song to play.  But if you want to hear it played as well as it ever was played, get "Hard Again", where Muddy plays with Johnny Winter on lead.  It's f'ing amazing.  The other music I've been listening to includes a lot of Son House, who taught Robert Johnson until Johnson passed him as a player.   Son House and Charlie Patton are the real fathers of delta blues.  Robert J. was a bit too slick for his time.   Read "Escaping The Delta" if you want to get the whole story.