Poor Black Mattie (RL Burnside) in open G tuning. Guitar: Oscar Schmidt Stella

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24 thoughts on “Poor Black Mattie – how to play (played slowed down)”

  2. thekinglives22
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    Thanks for the amazing lesson. Any chance you’ll make "Jumper On the Line" available again? I would love to learn that one as well.

  4. hm333333
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    Thanks for this solid lesson. Very clear for a guitarist to learn from, and no excess verbal nonsense.

  6. cammlol
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    I personally couldn’t tell you how much I’d appreciate a video to jumper on the line..

  9. TheJinxBlues
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    I cannot play it and I don’t have the intention to learn it the next time, although it’s fantastic. Thanks.

  10. MrMindFever
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    Would you be willing to make a similar video for "Jumper on the line?"

  12. hippyhay1
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    Finally nailed it. Looks to me like Burnside uses his left index finger to lightly mute the first two strings above the first fret in order to give the verse that "chuck-a" sound. As you demonstrate, he also uses the same finger to do occasional quick pull-offs on the first fret of the second string when needed.
    My philosophy is to make any song sound the way you want it to. That’s the beauty of playing.
    Thanks again.

  14. hippyhay1
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    Great stuff. I always wanted to learn how to play this song.
    It has a great "..Bukka..chuka..Bukka..chuka…" beat.
    I started on this last night, and pretty much have it figured out today.
    Sounds awesome on my old pre-war Stella and Kay guitars.
    Now alI have to do is play it until it becomes instinctive…..
    Thank you for posting.

  15. TheJinxBlues
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    Thank you! Would like to come to this Picnic but it’s so far away.

  17. Casey Bush
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    Hell Yea! Thanks for posting this! I’ve been having trouble with this one. This will be of major help!.. You should come on down to the North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic sometime. If you havent already. I got a lesson from Duwayne Burnside on how to play Jumper On The Line, and a lesson from David Kimbrough on Burn In Hell! I think you would have a great time.

  19. TheJinxBlues
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    5th string with my thumb, the downstroke is a combination of thumb and index finger using the nails of my index finger (I think RL Burnside makes the downstroke with his thumb), the rest I pick with my index finger. Thanks.

  20. mee14x
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    hey i dont really understand how you pick this how do you do it?
    

  21. Chris Hunter
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    this is so freaking great…thank you…I wish more people would do this….really…so grateful

  22. GetThatFeeling
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    props for doing your part to keep this important musical form alive!

    would love to see more of the same style of tutorial for other delta blues artists that you cover

    a note (no pun intended) for the open tuning….in the west we use ‘b’ for ‘h’

  23. TheJinxBlues
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    Thank you very much! Watching RL Burnside’s video, it seems for me, that he plays this note (during the verses). I noticed that the other time his index finger is quite far away from the strings, during the verses it’s near the fretboard. Could be possible, that I’m wrong. Anyway, I have to admit, I can’t hear any difference.

  24. Dylan Dawson
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    Jinx, thank you for an amazing tutorial, but I have to ask you… why does your index finger hold down the 2nd string, first fret? I don’t see that note getting played anywhere.

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