FUN FUN Guitar is FUN! This is why I love running FiddlinMike.com - I get all kinds of requests for obscure but awesome tunes. This one comes from Norman Blake's album "Old Ties". I've posted the FULL beginner's lesson for free for everyone. After watching this lesson, check out the "Rhythm Picking Patterns" lesson, which shows you how to play a lead line while maintaining a rhythm stroke. Then, check out the advanced version of Sleepy Eyed Joe, a more advanced version available for free to FiddlinMike.com Gold Members (non-members can purchase it for $5 in the STORE). The advanced version incorporates those rhythmic picking patterns into Sleepy Eyed Joe to create an advanced version similar to the one played by Norman Blake.
Sleepy Eyed Joe — Beginner and Advanced Lessons
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I like this kind of pickin’ Mike. I’m a huge Norman Blake fan, and he makes it look so easy when you watch him, but then just try and keep up to his speed! Always happy to see more of his stuff here, as well as Tony Rice’s tunes.
Thanks Max. Well those guys are my biggest bluegrass inspiration as well, so you’ll definitely see more of them!