Doug “Little Brother” Jones: The Roberts Minstrel

Doug "Little Brother" Jones is a consummate blues musician and historian of blues and especially the acoustic country blues of Georgia. He has amassed an immense knowledge of the blues, and particularly the Georgia blues musicians from the past and present who blended the sound of the country into the hard streets of Atlanta. Not only does Doug play gigs regularly around Georgia and blues festivals around the country, he also shares his love and passion for the blues and his skill in playing it. Doug maintains a website and private forum for students of the blues where you can buy online lessons for a wide variety of acoustic blues. Little Brother Blues also has a private forum where students can share their newest songs, share recordings, get or share information about instruments, or any other subject. Doug has amassed a tremendous amount of knowledge regarding the acoustic instruments used in the blues and has worked with a multitude of luthiers in order to develop recreations of these old instruments. Doug has worked with luthiers to develop and build small run series of instruments.

With a background like this I consider it an honor and a real tribute that Doug bought one of my first Minstrel models and it has become his main acoustic blues guitar. He owns and loves many other instruments but he has been a steadfast supporter of my instruments and the Minstrel. Doug was instrumental in pushing me to design and build another guitar that would complement the Minstrel and I am well along on building his Troubadour as well.

If you are a fan of the blues do yourself a favor and check out his site at www.littlebrotherblues.com