Hi sloar,
I posted about this in another thread a while back. I've been concentrating on learning how to fingerpick blues for about 2.5 years now. I started with Mark Hanson's Introduction to Travis picking book and a couple of introductory videos from Toby Walker. About 7 months in I kind of stalled, my technique just wasn't letting me play tunes I liked. So I found a good teacher, and take a half hour lesson every week. I was surprised by how affordable he is (20 bucks, and this is not a cheap place to live). Here is my post from the other thread:
My teacher had me buy these 2 books. I've just finished the Steve James' book and just started Rick Rubin's.
https://www.amazon.com/Fingerstyle-B...YE6V95AFA9FA78
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/14...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The tunes are short, mostly 12 or 16 bar blues, but you can make up your own turn arounds to repeat. They will get you playing up the neck and using a lot off different techniques--droning and alternating bass, hammers on and off, slides, bends, palm muting, open tunings, slide on the fretting hand, etc. The come with downloadable sound files. Don't try to play them at the same speed as the author
There are some familiar tunes, but most are the author's own compositions "in the style of_______________." I found them challenging, but not impossible, and could play them almost mistake free after a week or 2. For reference, I'm a long time strummer who started finger picking about 2 and half years ago.
Mark Hanson also has some good books, which include 2 different arrangements of Freight Train and lots of other good stuff, not limited to blues tunes. Many here got started with his resources.
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