Acoustic blues guitar – listening and playing Candyman

Watch and listen to two greats of the acoustic blues guitar playing ’Candyman’ -then learn with Stefan Grossman

Mississippi John Hurt was a very gentle singer and player -piedmont delta blues style.

Mississippi John Hurt at the Newport Folk Festival

And an instrumental version of Candyman from the great Rev. Gary Davis

Another instrumental version of Candyman from John Fahey

and for those wanting to learn the finger picking from a great teacher:

Stefan Grossman – Candyman

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~ by Ray Harris on April 28, 2010.

Love that John Hurt music! right on.

WD said this on April 17, 2011 at 11:57 pm | Reply
thanks for putting this up, a nice simple tune that i hadnt heard before stumbling upon this website.

leigh said this on June 5, 2011 at 4:09 am | Reply
- Hi there
  Yes a simple song but with the common ‘double entendre’ as found in many old blues songs. John Pearse (guitar lessons on BBC at one time) provided the tabs for the song if you want to track it down http://music.aol.com/song/john-pearse/candy-man/15317230)you can also buy a copy of the book -hold down a chord from Amazon – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hold-down-Chord-Guitar-Beginners/dp/B001G2JMVE/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1307289029&sr=8-9.
  Enjoy
  
  Ray
  
  Ray Harris said this on June 5, 2011 at 10:21 pm | Reply