The Monday Blues Workshop

Since May 2020, I have offered a weekly workshop on Zoom from my home studio on Mondays. The content focuses primarily on fingerstyle blues and slide guitar, with an emphasis on the repertoire of the Bentonia and North Mississippi styles. In our time together, this class has become a close knit and supportive community of people and once a year, in April, we get together in person to study with Jimmy “Duck” Holmes at the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia, Mississippi.

Since the inception of the weekly workshop, we have always sought a balance between accessibility and sustainability. The class is currently offered as a weekly subscription of $25, which includes a 90 minute live workshop on Mondays from 7:30-9pm ET, with handwritten tablature and a link to a private video for future reference. If you aren't able to attend due to your schedule or time zone, you may still purchase the class and receive tablature + video after the meeting. Subscribers also have access to a private archive of every tab we have worked with since May 2020, as well as a video library of classes dating back for the last five years.

Class participants are also invited to a private message board where we support one another in the learning process by sharing what we're practicing and creating. It is a warm, thoughtful and caring community.

  • $25 weekly subscription (includes archive access to all transcriptions, featuring artists like Jack Owens, Jessie Mae Hemphill, R.L. Boyce, Eddie "One String" Jones and more)

Please use either the link above or the button below to sign up…. but, before you do - please contact lessons@ryanleecrosby.com to discuss specifics. All levels of technical ability are welcome. You can cancel at any time. Thank you!

WEEKLY SUBSCRIBERS CAN ACCESS THE ARCHIVE HERE.

MORE ABOUT THE MONDAY BLUES WORKSHOP: 

Each Monday at 7:30 EDT, we get together on Zoom around a shared love of fingerstyle blues and slide guitar. Rooted in values of community, along with respect for tradition and culture, my intention is to share with appreciation not only what I have experienced as an internationally touring musician and recording artist, but specifically what I have observed directly from hearing and/or playing with Mississippi blues musicians Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and R.L. Boyce.

During the 90 minute meeting, I present the material, which I personally transcribe and explain, then everyone plays along with me, with their sound on mute, while mine comes through your computer speakers. I use microphones and tube preamps for hi-fidelity sound through Zoom. 

“The balance of technical skills, historical context, a little zen here and there, and the camaraderie among a fairly diverse group is all unique and fantastic. I find myself looking forward to it all week.” - JW