Joseph Bourgeois
Little” Joe Bourgeois is a singer and performer of country blues who was born in Massachusetts but raised in Arkansas about 70 miles northwest of Memphis. In his new home Ridgeway, West Virginia, and throughout the country, he delivers his music in a rough-hewn style that is authentic, emotional, and thrilling.
As a child of a musical family, he was heavily influenced by the music he heard at church and family gatherings. Hymns, southern gospel, country & western, old time and bluegrass were the sounds of his youth. Soon after beginning his musical journey on the guitar, he was introduced to blues through his parents’ Christmas presents of “The Best of B.B. King” and “The Country Blues Songbook”. From there he learned blues techniques from older, experienced Delta blues players.
His main musical influences are B.B. King, Robert Johnson, Doc Watson, Joe Pass, Mississippi John Hurt, Jimi Hendrix and Danny Gatton, but his style is undeniably his own.
The Little Joe Show | Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
The Little Joe Show | Robert Johnsonisms!
The Little Joe Show | Son House ‘County Farm Blues’
The Little Joe Show | How to play Bill Bailey like Mike Russo
The Little Joe Show | Hear My Train A’Comin’ by Jimi Hendrix
The Little Joe Show | Blind Willie Johnson’s Jesus Make up My Dying Bed
The Little Joe Show | Let’s talk Piedmont Blues featuring John Jackson
The Little Joe Show | Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Four Walls of Raiford
The Little Joe Show | Mississippi Fred McDowell’s Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down
The Little Joe Show | Baby Please Don’t Go by Lightnin’ Hopkins for slide guitar in open D
The Little Joe Show | Mississippi Fred McDowell’s “Good Morning Little School Girl”
The Little Joe Show | I’m Going Down by Freddie King for Lap-steel Guitar
The Little Joe Show | Careless Love for Slide Guitar in open D
The Little Joe Show | Six Essential Delta Blues Guitar Licks
The Little Joe Show | Featuring Fishing Blues by Henry Thomas for Open G tuned Guitar
The Little Joe Show Featuring the Delta Blues Guitar of Robert Petaway
The Little Joe Show | The Delta Blues Slide Guitar of Charley Patton
The Little Joe Show | Blind Lemon Jefferson’s ‘Easy Rider Blues’ for Slide Guitar
The Little Joe Show | Downhearted Blues by Little Joe Bourgeois
The Little Joe Show | Make Your Delta Blues Slide Guitar Playing More Interesting!
The Little Joe Show | My Favorite Delta Blues Licks
The Little Joe Show | How to arrange uptown blues for solo guitar! | Everyday I Have the Blues
The Little Joe Show | Featuring Thelonious Monk’s Blue Monk | Jazz/Blues Guitar Lesson
The Little Joe Show | Catfish Blues by Robert Petaway | Delta Blues Guitar Lesson
Pearly Gates by Blind Willie Mctell | Performed by Adam Mantovani & Little Joe Bourgeois
All That Mends the Torn by Little Joe Bourgeois
The Little Joe Show | Whiskey Head Woman by Tommy McClennan | Delta Blues Guitar Lesson
The Little Joe Show | Featuring Bo Weavil Jackson | Delta Blues Slide Guitar Lesson
The Little Joe Show | How to play Major, Minor, and 7th chords in Open D and Open G Tuning for Slide
The Little Joe Show | Special Edition | Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash