Week 2
Blues Week
Delta Blues Guitar, Open Tuning
William Lee Ellis

William Lee Ellis, an acclaimed Americana/Blues guitarist, was raised in Kingsport, Tennessee, and grew up playing music with his father, Tony Ellis, one of Monroe's Blue Grass Boys. Initially studying classical guitar, his life was transformed after hearing blues giant, Reverend Gary Davis. With his acoustic Delta/jug band/rockabilly group, The Midnight Steppers, Ellis has played on NPR's Mountain Stage and TNN's Nashville Now.