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Rev. Gary Davis
Rev. Gary Davis was a giant. He was a master guitar player as
well as a wonderful and patient teacher. He was an exciting performer who
could entertain a college audience, bring 25,000 people to their feet at an
outdoor festival, move the spirit of a handful of men and women in a small
Harlem storefront church, or bring smiles to a few students and friends who
gathered around his home to hear his stories and music. He was an innovator
in the story of the guitar. He was as important to the acoustic guitar as
Andres Segovia was to the Spanish guitar or Earl Scruggs to the five-string
banjo. In the last decades the influence of Rev. Davis's music has been felt
on the broad pop level. Many of his arrangements and songs have been
recorded by popular artists. Taj Mahal, Hot Tuna, Donovan, Dave Van Ronk,
Bob Dylan, Ralph McTell, David Bromberg and Peter, Paul and Mary are some of
the artists who have performed Rev. Davis's material. It is his guitar
styles and techniques that have probably influenced today's music even more
than his songs. He has been the teacher of many black and white guitarists.
The sound usually associated with North Carolina guitar players, i.e. Blind
Boy Fuller, can be traced back to the ideas and techniques that Rev. Davis
explored and perfected. Many guitarists of today have been greatly
influenced by his music and carry on his tradition. As Rev. Davis used to
say, "I have no children but I have sons. "Rev. Davis was a competitor. He
wanted to be the best. He always wanted to stay a few yards ahead of all his
students. This he easily managed. Even in his last years Rev. Davis was an
exciting guitarist and performer. He lost some of his speed in playing but
this he replaced with a new emotional content. On hearing him perform at the
Cambridge Folk Festival in 1971 listeners were amazed that all the
intricacies of his playing were still present. He had wisely slowed down
each tune so that he could play all the parts. Rev. Davis died on May 5th,
1972. He was 76 years old. His death somehow came as a surprise to all the
people who knew him well. He had seemed like a person who would live and
play forever.
Rev. Gary Davis - Ragtime Guitar of Rev.
Gary Davis - 2 DVD Set
Gary Davis was an incredible ragtime
guitar player whose arrangements illustrate what has become known as the
Piedmont guitar style. In this double DVD lesson, Ernie Hawkins teaches
each section phrase by phrase and carefully shows you the right hand
picking as well as the left hand fingerings that were unique to Rev.
Davis’s approach. A detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included
as a PDF file on the DVD. Also featured are split screen segments where
each section is played slowly and you can study the movements of each
hand. As a bonus we have included various audio performances of Rev.
Davis playing each song. Songs include: "Slow Drag (Cincinnati Flow Rag), Don't Let
My Baby Catch You Here, Make Believe Stunt (Maple Leaf Rag)".
(173 min)......................................................................................Price - $39.95
Rev. Gary Davis - Novelty Instrumentals -
DVD
Taught by Ernie Hawkins. In this
lesson Ernie Hawkins teaches three Rev. Davis arrangements that will
challenge your fingers. Rev. Gary Davis's tour de force in concert was
his "Soldiers March." This is a multi-part instrumental played in the
Key of F and C and is a showcase in demonstrating the genius of Rev.
Davis's playing and arranging skills. Few country blues guitarists
played in the Key of F but Rev. Davis explored this key with religious
as well as old pop standards. "Darktown Strutters Ball" is a fascinating
arrangement that captures the atmosphere of the 1920s. Rev. Davis use to
tell his students that playing with a bottleneck was cheating. Yet his "Whistlin'
Blues" uses this technique combined with an Open D6 tuning to create an
unusual boogie piano sound. Ernie Hawkins teaches each tune phrase by
phrase and carefully shows you the right hand picking as well as the
left hand fingerings that were unique to Rev. Davis's approach. A
detailed tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on
the DVD. Also featured are split screen segments where each section is
played slowly and you can study the movements of each hand. As a bonus
we have included various audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each
song.
(93 min)........................................................................................Price - $29.95
Rev. Gary Davis - Rags & Minstrel Show
Songs - 2 DVD Set
Taught by Ernie Hawkins.
Rev.Gary Davis had an enormous repertoire
that spanned from gospel to blues, rags to folk tunes and old minstrel
show songs. In this double DVD lesson Ernie Hawkins presents some of
Rev. Davis's most requested rags and minstrel tunes. These vary from
Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From (made popular by Jorma Kaukonen
and Hot Tuna) to the complex dance rhythms of Buck Dance and Twelve
Sticks to Devil's Dream, an instrumental played in the Key of F. These
are arrangements that will challenge any guitarists. A detailed
tab/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.
Ernie Hawkins teaches each tune phrase by phrase and carefully shows you
the right hand picking as well as the left hand fingerings that were
unique to Rev. Davis's approach. You will be able to easily follow the
instruction with the tab/music booklet. Also featured are split screen
segments where each section is played slowly and you can study the
movements of each hand. As a bonus we have included various audio
performances of Rev. Davis playing each
song.
Songs include: "Buck Dance, Devil's Dream,
Fast Fox Trot, Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From, St. Louis Tickle,
Twelve Sticks".
(178 min).......................................................................................Price -
$39.95
Devil's Dream
Rev. Gary Davis - Blues Guitar
By Stefan Grossman. Book includes: "Saddle It
Around, Cocaine
Blues/Coco Blues, You Got The Pocket Book, I Got The Key, Lost Boy In The Wilderness,
Candyman, Two
Step Candyman, Goin' To Chattanooga, Spoonful, Mine All Troubled Blues, Baby Let Me Lay It
On You,
She's
Funny That Way, Save Up Your Money, John D. Rockefeller, Put the Panic On, Sally, Where'd
You Get
Your Liquor From?, Hesitation Blues, Walkin' Dog Blues, Devil's Dream, Cross and Evil
Woman Blues, I'm
Throwin' Up My Hands, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Whistlin' Blues".
Notation, tab and
lyrics..................................................................Price - $24.95
Jazz Guitar Chords & Arpeggio
Patterns - Stacy McKee
-
This unique book includes
300 jazz
guitar chord
formations and matching single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format
that no one has ever done before!
Cross indexing makes
this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know
you
will find this
to be a
valuable, "must have" addition to your library. Stacy McKee was the
featured guitarist with "Les
Brown and The Band Of Renown" and for a limited
time only, we will include an exclusive copy of his book
FREE with
your first
order!
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Rev.
Gary Davis - Blues Guitar of Rev. Gary Davis - 2 DVD Set
In this double DVD
lesson, Ernie Hawkins teaches in detail 9 of Rev.
Gary Davis' best known blues arrangements. These songs
have become well
known through the playing of Bob Dylan (Baby, Let Me Lay It On You), Jackson
Browne
(Cocaine Blues), Hot Tuna (Hesitation Blues) John Renbourn, Stefan
Grossman, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Hot
Tuna and a host of other musicians
(Candyman). Rev. Davis approached playing the blues in several different
styles. Each had unique characteristics and ranged from what he called "old
fashion picking" to complex playing that explored and extended the blues
tradition on the fingerboard. Each arrangement is broken
down phrase by
phrase and then played slowly on a split screen. You can easily follow the
playing with the
tab/music booklet. As a bonus we have included various
audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each
song. Includes: "Baby Let Me
Lay It On You, Can't Be Satisfied, Candyman, Cocaine Blues, Delia, Florida
Blues, Hesitation Blues, Penitentiary Blues, Spoonful".
(176
min) Booklet included............................................................Price - $39.95
Rev. Gary Davis - Gospel Guitar -
4 Volume
DVD Set
Taught by Ernie Hawkins.
Rev.
Gary Davis was a musical genius. His music and guitar playing spanned a century of
different techniques,
styles and ideas and touched on so many musical formats, i.e. blues, ragtime, folk,
gospel, marching songs and
tin pan alley hits. In this series of four lessons Ernie Hawkins teaches fourteen of Rev.
Davis's most requested
and famous gospel guitar arrangements. Rare footage of Rev. Davis playing many of the
tunes taught in this
collection is featured. Ernie gives you a detailed rundown of each arrangement, analyzing
the structure and
timing of each phrase, verse and chorus and then replaying everything slower on a
split-screen with close-ups
of both hands. A comprehensive 80 page tab/music booklet is included with
6 full hours of
video instruction. Songs include: "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning, Samson
and Delilah (If I Had My Way), Children of Zion, Oh Glory How Happy I Am, I Belong To The Band, Goin'
To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Twelve Gates
To The City, Let Us Get Together, Right Now, I Heard The Angels Singing, Crucifixion, I
Am The Light Of This World, You Got To Move".
(6 Hours) Booklet included (80 pages)..........................................Price -
$59.95
Rev. Gary Davis - The Video Collection
- DVD
"Over the years I have searched for films and videos of my teacher, Rev. Gary
Davis. His playing has influenced many fingerstyle guitarists. His words and
warmth were especially important to his handful of dedicated students. In this
collection I have put together all the footage that I have found to date. The
recording quality ranges from excellent to poor but the music is always superb.
Hopefully you will enjoy this collection as the genius of Rev. Gary Davis will
fill your TV screen with inspiration and joy."– Stefan Grossman Titles include:
1. Sun Is Goin’ Down • 2. Lord, I Feel Like Goin’ • 3. Children of Zion • 4. Oh
Glory How Happy I Am 5. Sally Where’d You Get Your Liquor From • 6. Calling for
Irene • 7. Buck Dance • 8. Hard Walkin’ Blues • 9. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and
Burning • 10. Make Believe Stunt 11. Guitar Lesson (Twelve Gates To The City)
12. Twelve Gates To The City (Instrumental) • 13. Advice on Playing Guitar • 14.
Twelve Sticks • 15. Twelve Gates To The City 16. Samson and Delilah • 17.
Cincinnati Flow Rag (Slow Drag) • 18. Candyman • 19. Sally Where’d You Get Your
Liquor From • 20. Buck Dance • 21. Wouldn’t Say Quit • 22. Oh Glory How Happy I
Am • 23. (I Heard) The Angels Singing • 24. I Belong To The Band • 25. Talk on
Death • 26. Death Don’t Have No Mercy 27. She’s Just Funny That Way • 28. Samson
and Delilah • 29. Cincinnati Flow Rag (Slow Drag) • 30. Spoonful • 31. Buck
Dance
(109 min).......................................................................................Price -
$24.95
Rev. Gary Davis - Holy Blues - Book and
3 CDs
These lessons contain 3 full hours of instruction
featuring note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction taught by Stefan Grossman. Songs
include: "Death
Don't Have No Mercy, Let Us Get Together, Tryin' To Get Home, I Belong To The Band, I Am
The Light
of This World, Pure Religion".
Notation and
tab / Fingerstyle .......................................................Price
- $24.95
Rev. Gary Davis - Book and CD
Taught by Stefan Grossman. Songs include: "Goin’ To Sit Down
On The Banks Of The River,
Great Change Since I’ve
Been Born, A Little More Faith, Pure Religion, Buck
Rag, I Am The Light Of This World, You
Better Mind,
Walkin’ Dog Blues, Let Us Get Together, The Angel’s
Message To Me, Make Believe
Stunt, Cocaine Blues,
God’s Gonna Separate"
Notation and
tab...........................................................................Price
- $19.95
Rev. Gary Davis - Ragtime Blues Guitar - Book and
3 CDs
These lessons contain 3 full
hours of instruction featuring note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction taught by Stefan
Grossman. Songs
include: "Hesitation Blues, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Sally Where'd You Get Your
Liquor From, Two
Step Candyman, Candyman, Walkin' Dog Blues, Buck Rag".
Notation and
tab...........................................................................Price - $24.95
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