Catfish Blues - Fingerpicking Blues on a 1925 Gibson L3 - TAB avl 

Chris Hartz Guess it shows us how universal the blues are. Catfish, on the other hand...

Wow - did not know that - he'd get free catfish dinners anywhere in Lousiana, Mississippi playing a few bars like that.

Absolutely. You said it right.

Derek Hayes He's got the blues

Robert Petway recorded it for the first time in 1941 but the "catfish" theme is even older. Jim Jackson, who had massive hits with several recordings of "Kasas City Blues" used the phrase "I wished I was a catfish swimming down in the sea, I'd have some good woman fishing after me" in 1928. If you google "the origins of catfish blues" you'll find plenty info.

Thanks for the kind words. Indeed, all the paintings are my own work, that's what you do when you retire.

Thanks, It's a painting I did based on the work of Jeremy Mann (google him, you'll be amazed).

Thanks, Fred Kelly orange slick pick or John Pearse vintage pick.