This is an excerpt from Brad Davis bookDVDCD course "Flatpicking the Blues." Here Brad shows how to simulate the Robert Johnson style of picking using the flatpick combined with fingers. Everything Brad plays here is transcribed in the book that accompanies the DVD. To find out more about this course, visit www.flatpick.comblues.

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19 thoughts on “Flatpicking Robert Johnson’s Blues Style”

  1. cloride balls
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    Apart from it sounding nothing like RJ at all, I´d really love to see how you´d do the slide intervals.

  2. wilbo09
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    If you want to play the blues quit trying to "simulate" finger picking. Learn to play it right or don’t play it.

  3. jake3189
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    why wouldn’t you just learn it the way its meant to be played…

  4. bydeffinition
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    by-definition search YouTube with "IBEW CALL IT BLUES"

  5. RcUniverseGuy
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    are you crazy? hows he garbage? nobody was playing even close to him at the time.. all rock and blues musicians of today owe a lot to him. and one of the greatest bands of all time led zeppelin wouldn’t even exist without him….

  8. dokokai
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    It’s actually a more crisp sound the way Clapton is playing it, due to the pick… even though he includes his other fingers. The flatpick style gives more of a muted sound to the strings. They don’t ring as clean or clear as the pick. No matter who plays it. Listen a little more carefully and you will hear the difference.. as subtle as it may be sometimes.

  9. yngsaddle
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    thanks some muck it was nice to be able to play little blues

  15. Shuaib Ahmed
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    424 cant play without a flatpick….dislike this, play like robert johnson did

  16. gibsongold1970
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    its cool to use a pick.if you are playing hardrock/heavy metal fast leads.

    but the blues should be played with all of your fingers.more effective and more

    efficient.besides,finger picking is definetly more apt to playing "blues music".lol!

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