I’ll come up with a LL and finally post a few more videos. Like my own rendition of freight train.
But then I mainly did fingerstyle stuff which is a bit easier, because meant to go with singing and not really replacing the song’s main melody. I am a lazy person 
Performed two songs like this in the christmas OM and the latest OM in early april, but with flaws!
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I do not have a learning log but i can share my experiences. Patterns are pretty easy but when you get to playing solo even if its easy fingerstyle its tricky. For 3 months i have been working on Desperado and a Beatle song course i got off Udemy. I think it has 5 songs and i have Yellow Submarine, With a Little Help From My Friends and Yesterday under my fingers. But…even after 3 months they need more work. I stick with them because i know those same finger shapes will be on other songs. My nemesis is the super fast roll or what some people call a pick strum. Justin has a lesson on it but im not there yet! One more song also i just added is Diamond and Rust. Keep working as its a journey.
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@jjw And how do you go with Freight Train? If I can really recommend you something… its Joe Robinson special clubs guest last year. He is introducing intro do thumbpick fingerstyle and is teaching Freight Train. I was following this path and I had it in my fingers after 4-5 weeks if I can remember correct. Joe is really great teacher for that and his method worked for me. Then there is great Tommy Emmanuel and he has some courses… but he seems more like intermediate teacher than beginner to me. Too early he jumps into complex shapes moving around neck… its great he share, but really hard for complete beginner.
Also I found really great Tim Van Roy, but he teaches songs on the level where its necessary to know technique and have something in hands.
All of them are great… I am just giving POV from beginner view.
In some cases when I abandon the piece I get back there somehow naturally after months and at that time “its possible”.
I am gonna check that Elizabeth Cotten song, thanks for share.
@Malz Interesting to have you here. Would you recommend BLIM for fingerstyle players… like me? Or its too early and I have to… lets say… finish Grade 2-3. Because I am learning fingerstyle from different sources and I stucked somewhere on the beginning of Grade 2. So basically… I am still Grade 2 beginner. 
@DeltaTyne Once I had something similar… I was on vacation where I did not have guitar about 7 days. After I went back my technique improved and I was able to play what I wasnt before. Its strange. But I wont do that… I cant imagine I wont pick my guitar a day even for few strumms… its like… I am not a great player… but thinking about my guitar at work, picking it up… its like you go drink glass of water (Lieven drink army here). When I wake up early in the morning to job and I dont have much time… I just pick it for 30-60 seconds and play piece once… I just… live like that. No that extreme like Bob Dylan in movie playing instead of sleeping… yet.
@TheMadman_tobyjenner Thanks for share, definitelly gonna check that. I really like vibe of fingerstyle blues… like when Justin Johnson is playing something. Man… its great. Now I am working on fingerstyle blues in E. It has 1 tricky part, but I am learning.
@domi7 Thank you Dom, I know you are part of my journey some time… so any share of your playing or experience is really helpful for me.
@Vulpecula Good point. On the other hand everything is connected, so working on one piece is making another piece better… its the law for me. But it makes sence to have own repertoire, so you are really improving the ones you really want.
I like watching others audio recording, leaving heart and comment when I like it and 99% I really do. I think this is what is great about this community… only one comment from “stranger” on your playing can make your day.
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BLIM is primarily aimed at electric players and of course the Blues. However a lot of the early blues was all on acoustic and much with fingers. It all depends on how you wish to play and progress. Whatever you play enjoy the process and have fun.
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I’ve been playing Freight Train for about 40 years! I learned a simplified version as a young guy and then upgraded to a more authentic version (from Anyone Can Play Guitar youtube guy) a few years ago, though it’s not exactly the original Elizabeth Cotten version, nor the Chet Atkins/Tommy Emmanuel version. I would like to try that at some point.
@jjw Haha, so I really recommended to 40 yo veteran guitar player how to learn Freight Train… that is just me.
I am gonna check that version.
No worries! You would never know I’ve been playing that long, if you heard me play. Up until not long ago, I was the classic “eternal beginner”. 
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Michal @Carreta, I’ve been enjoying your thoughtful comments. Regarding BLIM: Justin says in the BLIM FAQ the skills prerequisite is to have skill equivalent to having completed Grade 3:
Is Blues Immersion for beginners?
No. Blues Immersion is suitable for confident, advancing beginners or intermediate guitarists who want to deepen their understanding of Blues guitar. If you’re following the JustinGuitar Grade System, you must have completed Grade 3, the last grade of our Beginner Guitar Course.
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