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Tommy Johnson is one of the greatest Delta Blues musicians, born in 1895, a prolific blues writer. Tommy Johnson’s influence on musicians can not be understated. In 2001 Bonnie Raitt paid to have a new headstone constructed at his gravesite in Mississippi.

Monday Morning Blues is a twelve bar blues piece in the key of A using the alternating bassline which is common to John hurt’s songs. Hurt could be viewed as a “Bach of the Delta Blues” due to his flowing syncopation. The PDF for this episode can be downloaded here: http://www.kevsblues.com/hurt.pdf

"You've Got To Move" played in the style of its author: Mississippi Fred Mc Dowell using a Open D tuning: D A D F# A D. This blues song has been covered by many artists including the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith…..  

Come On In my Kitchen is a 10 bar blues in the key of G. Robert Johnson at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas used this song at his first recording session. Johnson’s recording was released on the Vocalion label (no. 03563) as a “race record”.