In the early 1900's Rufus Epps, a son of an ex-slave, acquires land in the Deep South from a dying man. On the land he builds a gigantic barn, which every year

Volume 2 in the blues guitar book series gives you everything you need to know to play smokin’ blues guitar. Packed with blues guitar licks and solos, essenti

The blues guitar book that gives you everything you need to know to play smokin’ blues guitar. Packed full of blues guitar licks and solos, essential blues gu

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