Guitar Logic

61 Bonus - August 2025 - Honky Tonk Blues

Added 2025-08-31 09:09:42 +0000 UTC

Here’s a transcription of the riff, theme, and solo from the classic blues tune Honky Tonk by Bill Doggett. The original recording is in the key of F, but I’ve written this one out in E to take advantage of the open-string blues positions on guitar. It’s such a fun tune to play, full of groove and character, and definitely one of my personal favorites.

For those who like playing along with the original recording, I recommend a great little software for PC called Transcribe!. I use it all the time to work out covers for this channel, and it’s super handy. You can loop sections of a tune, slow them down, speed them up, or even shift the key by semitones and fine-tune the pitch. A lot of musicians rely on it, and it’s easily my top recommendation. So if you want to practice this song in E, just drag the track into Transcribe!, tune it down a half step, and you’ll be right in key.