Big Bill Broonzy (Eric Clapton) - Hey Hey | Fingerstyle Guitar lesson

In today's guitar lesson we learn how to play "Hey Hey" by Big Bill Broonzy. This was made famous by Eric Clapton in his Unplugged rendition. I love how Big Bill Broonzy plays this and so we lean towards how he did it, although I do show the Clapton differences throughout the video as well in case you'd like to play it that way. This is a rockin' blues guitar song with a great steady thumb throughout and some awesome voicings and blues riffs that you don't want to miss out on.

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Video Chapters:
00:00 Demo
00:59 Lesson Introduction
01:52 Big Bill Broonzy Arrangement
03:41 Intro/Chorus
10:07 Turnaround
12:37 Verse "Hey hey.."
14:35 Playthrough of entire song

[bobchandler]

Clearest and best lesson for this tune, many thanks

[uberjam-sam]

This puts a big smile on my face. Love the acoustic blues (always dig playing your Taj Mahal SRV and Fahey lessons). And this, yet another gem you've uncovered for me. Thanks!

[drorhovav]

Hi MT! Thank you for making the tutorial sooo detail that I (as a beginner but really want to play my fav songs on guitar) don't have to look for the chords back and forth outside the channel. It is really helpful that you sing and play . God bless thanks!

[timfogarty]

Another great example of your channel helping me discover awesome music I wasn’t aware of before. Thanks again Mitch and excited for more blues lessons coming up!

[chrisrose]

Briliant stuff, my man! I do have the BBB tabs for this already but it's great to go along with you detailed video. Thanks again!

[bONmaui]

Killin’ it Mitch! Definitely sounds meaty doing it the Broonzy way! 🤙🏼

[fabientissier]

Fantastic lesson, love that song. Thank you so much

[acmusicpage]

Glad to see you going strong with the channel my man 👏🏼

[goldenglowladore]

Love it. Just learned of Big Bill Broozy. Fairly new to playing guitar. Loving it too😂.

[H.p]

Any subtle tips to get back to the slide on the A string quicker? Probably just need to practice more but it’s worth a shot😂

[H.p]

And I thought my fingers were seasoned already, nope