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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MAY 07: Rory Block performs during the 2022 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 07, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage)

Rory Block left home as a teenager then met and impressed her blues heroes

By Andrew Daly published

She refined her skills with help from Skip James, John Hurt and Fred McDowell, wound up with a signature Martin guitar, and with advice from Maria Maulder, fought self-doubt to deliver new album Heavy on the Blues

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Learn the essentials of 12-bar acoustic blues

By Richard Barrett published

It's time to dig out the flattop and learn the blues with this exercise that combines elements of Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson, and Skip James

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Interview with Rory Block: When a Woman Gets the Blues

By Laura B. Whitmore published

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