Get to the heart of traditional acoustic blues with this slide tutorial, including five examples in the style of the legendary Son House. Born in Mississippi in 1902, Son House was an early influence ...

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The first slide guitar recording (and first instrumental blues recording) was made by Sylvester Weaver for Okeh Records (No. 8109) in 1923, the A-side being "Guitar Blues" and the B- side "Guitar Rag.