“When I first heard Big Bill Broonzy. I saw a clip of him on TV playing in a nightclub lot by the light of a single bulb. The tune he was playing was a song called “Hey Hey” and it knocked me out. When I first heard Big Bill and later Robert Johnson, I became convinced that all rock n roll… had sprung from this root.” – Eric Clapton

“I saw Big Bill Broonzy when I was about eight and he encapsulated everything I wanted to be: to sing, to play the guitar and to be black.”– Keith Richards of The...

Big Bill Broonzy by Chris Smith

Big Bill Broonzy’s Playing Style & Techniques

Explanation of the Tab System

Key of C

• Big Bill Blues
• Too Too Train Blues
• Long Tall Mama
• Shuffle Rag
• Guitar Shuffle
• Skoodle Do Do
• Slow Blues
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