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John Fahey – Sunflower River Blues

John Fahey – Sunflower River Blues

John Fahey - Sunflower River Blues
John Fahey – Sunflower River Blues

Learn how to play John Fahey – Sunflower River Blues note-for-note on guitar.

Difficulty level: Intermediate

Barre chords: No

Thumb over chords: No

Playing Style: Fingerpicked (Travis picked)

Tuning: Open C

This lesson teaches the track as Fahey played it in the slightly slower version with the chordal introduction.

The complete file contains 3 lesson videos, a performance play thru video and full tabs. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 305 Mb containing all the lesson content.

John Fahey - Sunflower River Blues
Price: $5.97
Intermediate - 305 Mb

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John Fahey - Sunflower River Blues
Price: $5.97
Intermediate - 305 Mb

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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.

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Comments

  1. Adam Dawson says

    June 1, 2020 at 3:29 pm

    This is the tune that got me back into playing the guitar during lockdown. Took some time but got there, the videos and pdf are excellent. A lovely song to play. Thanks Jerry! Oh, and another request for some Mississippi John Hurt please.

    Reply
  2. Dennis Ferrell says

    May 15, 2020 at 4:19 am

    Hi Jerry,
    Working on Sunflower River Blues – having a grand time! One question though. In your description of how to play bar 11 (beat 3 @ about 2:20 in the video) you say and demonstrate plucking string 4 with your thumb (“to keep the Travis pattern going” as you say), and to not hit string 5 but just let the hammer on make that string ring at the same time. OK I get that, but the tab does not show plucking string 4 on that beat but instead shows hitting string 5. Is that just a typo in the tab?

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      May 15, 2020 at 6:40 am

      I’ll check that later on Dennis, but it sounds like a typo in the tab. Almost always, if there’s an apparent conflict, the video will be the definitive answer.

      Reply
  3. JB Fisher says

    September 2, 2017 at 12:48 am

    Great job on an otherwise difficult song. What guitar is that you play with the shark fretboard inlays?

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      September 2, 2017 at 10:03 am

      Hi JB. It’s a Rainsong Black Ice.

      Reply
  4. George Vacca says

    August 26, 2017 at 4:49 am

    Just downloaded the Sunflower River Blues…and I’ll probably be up all night. Another fabulous job, Jerry. Now, to make the coffee…..

    Reply

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