As a beginning guitar player interested in the blues, I made the mistake of purchasing this as my second instructional book. I found it extremely frustrating to try to learn from.I didn't care for the songs - I felt like they were very oversimplified (and dissatisfying to play), and the book was far too rushed in terms of the blues theory it introduced.Now, as an advanced beginner, I have subsequently purchased the FAR BETTER book _Blues You Can Use_, which I highly recommend as a blues instruction book. Check it out instead of this one.I periodically re-open this Blues Guitar book to see if I can get anything from it, as my skills advance. As I looked at it tonight, and played some of the music, I remembered why I never liked it to begin with!