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.
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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.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file. I use Zipeg which you can get free, here.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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JB Fisher says
Great job on an otherwise difficult song. What guitar is that you play with the shark fretboard inlays?
Jerry says
Hi JB. It’s a Rainsong Black Ice.
George Vacca says
Just downloaded the Sunflower River Blues…and I’ll probably be up all night. Another fabulous job, Jerry. Now, to make the coffee…..