Rick -- I simply cannot make my pinky hold down that string. So you're saying DON'T make the G with Mr. Middle Finger on the fattest string?

This, along with F and B, may be the end of a budding career...

E.R. -- thanks for the suggestions. I also love country blues and would be thrilled hugely to learn some Mississippi John Hurt (even though just SAYING that right now seems pretty pie-in-the-sky! But, hey, everyone's bad in the beginning, right?)

WW