Travel back in time as acclaimed mandolinist Rich DelGrosso traces the history and music of America's rich blues tradition through the eyes of the mandolinist. Follow the lives of players like Yank Rachell, Howard Armstrong and Charlie McCoy, and then learn their timeless music with standard notation, tablature, and an accompanying full-band CD of all the tunes in the book.

• The Mandolin in America
• Blue Notes, Seventh Chords, Bars, and Back Beats
• Scales
• 12-Bar Blues in C (“Quick to the IV”)
• 8-Bar Blues in G (“Circle of Fifths”)
• Duet in G
• Duet in G (Triplets)
• Rags, Drags, and Stomps
• Coley Jones and the Dallas String Band
• Dallas rag
• Jackson Stomp
• Knox County Stomp
• State Street Rag
• Vine Street Drag
• Vol Stevens
• The Jug Band
• Vol Stevens’ Blues
• Memphis and Beale Street
• Will Weldon
• Will Weldon’s Blues
• Eddie Dimmitt
• Eddie Dimmitt’s Blues
• The Spectrum of Mandolins
• Charlie McCoy
• Charlie McCoy’s Blues
• A Gig Is a Gig
• W. Howard Armstrong
• Strings and Things
• Betty and Dupree
• Howard Armstrong’s Blues
• Pulling Doors
• Carl Martin
• Yank Rachell
• Yank’s Style and Technique
• Yank Rachell’s Blues
• Early This Morning
• A Mandolin for a Pig
• Maxwell Street
• Johnny Young
• Johnny Young’s Blues
• Young’s 8-Bar Blues
• Taking the Bandstand
• Rich DelGrosso
• DelGrosso’s Blues (It’s Funk)
• Selected Discography
• Mandolin Notation Legend
• Tuning Track