The Complete Blues and Ragtime Guitar Player

The Complete Blues & Ragtime Guitar Player by guitarist and author Russ Shipton is a guitar TAB songbook and sheet music collection exploring the traditions of blues, ragtime, folk-blues, and fingerstyle guitar through a broad repertoire of classic songs and instrumental studies. This collection brings together recognizable standards, traditional blues forms, syncopated ragtime-inspired pieces, and technical studies that reflect the rhythmic phrasing, melodic movement, and expressive character associated with American roots guitar styles.

The book includes guitar tablature and notation that support exploration of blues structures, ragtime rhythms, slide guitar textures, alternating bass accompaniment, and traditional fingerstyle techniques. The carefully organized progression moves through well-known titles and original studies while reinforcing timing, coordination, chord movement, and melodic phrasing in a practical musical context. With a wide-ranging repertoire that includes both instrumental pieces and blues standards, the collection remains engaging for regular playing, rehearsal, home music study, and informal performance.

Song List
A Basic Blues * 'a' Simple Blues * 'a' Twelve Bar * Alice's Restaurant * Bounce Blues * Candyman * Candyman Blues * Cocaine Blues * Come Back Baby * Deep River Blues * The Entertainer * Extension Blues * First Time Blues * Gee Rag * Good Morning Blues * Half-way Rag * Harmony Blues * Hesitation Blues * Horizon Rag * How Long How Long * I Believe I'll Dust My Broom * In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) * Kansas City * Keep on Truckin' Mama * Kick-off Rag * Last Train and Ride * Mark Two Blues * San Francisco Bay Blues * See See Rider * She's Funky That Way * Sister Kate's Syncopated Dance * Slide Blues * St. James Infirmary * Steam Roller * Sugarbabe * That's All Right * Trouble in Mind * Vestapol * Walk Right In