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Rory Block - The Guitar of Robert Johnson - Vol 1 - DVD
Learn to play the guitar style of the most influential Delta blues artist of all
time! Robert Johnson's unearthly
singing and intricate Mississippi Delta style slide guitar have inspired
innumerable players in the decades
since his untimely death in 1938. On this exciting, jam-packed DVD lesson, the
award-winning contemporary
blues singer and guitarist Rory Block completely demystifies the licks, runs,
strums, bass lines, turnarounds
and other important guitar elements that combine to make up the unique Robert
Johnson sound. Working in
open G and D Tunings, Rory provides a series of informational keys - specific
guitar techniques that "open
doors and unlock information" to allow you to play any song in Robert Johnson's
repertoire. She works with
you on getting a good slide sound and details the percussive picking and
strumming skills you'll need to
achieve that special Robert Johnson feel. Rory also discusses blues singing
styles, provides fascinating
insights into the Mississippi blues and shows you how to establish the energy,
drive and motivation that
will make you a funkier, more exciting blues guitar player! Although these
skills pertain to any Robert
Johnson song, you'll learn detailed renditions of "If I Had Possession Over
Judgment Day, Terraplane
Blues" and "Preaching Blues".
(120 min) Booklet
included............................................................Price
- $29.95
"Preaching
Blues"
Rory Block - The Guitar of Robert
Johnson - Vol 2 - DVD
This is the second groundbreaking installment of her
journey into the great blues artist's legacy and Rory provides complete note-for-note, lick-by-lick instruction for three of his most
powerful songs. Each one of these
classic Robert Johnson songs represents a different stylistic aspect of his
playing. "Cross Road Blues" exemplifies the myriad of techniques that Johnson put into his songs in open G tuning;
"Ramblin' On My Mind"
utilizes
an unusual altered tuning; "Hellhound On My Trail" is a haunting non-slide blues
in open D. Rory
takes each
song apart - putting a microscope on the intros, chord positions, slide moves,
picking, strumming
and numerous other blues
guitar skills you'll need to authentically play them yourself.
(105 min) Booklet
included............................................................Price -
$29.95
"Hellhound
On My Trail"
Rory Block - Set of both
DVDs (Robert Johnson Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Rory Block - Delta Blues Guitar - Vol I
- DVD
Now you can learn the classic guitar styles that
influenced countless blues and rock artists, from Muddy Waters to the Rolling
Stones. In this DVD
lesson,
one of the most knowledgeable and talented exponents of the classic blues style reveals
the earthy,
hard-driving
playing of the Mississippi Delta. Here is the powerfully rhythmic "pounding"
style
of Charlie
Patton, the fingerpicking blues of Tommy Johnson, and the sliding, open-tuned sounds of the
great Robert
Johnson, made clear
through the magic of video. In a short time you'll be playing great finger-style blues
pieces such as "Moon's Goin'
Down, Patton's Blues, Crossroads Blues, Travelin' Blues". As you
learn these
powerful
songs, you'll be developing technical skills in the use of regular and open tunings,
treble melodies,
bass runs,
slides, string bending
and a variety of amazing pounding and strumming blues
techniques.
(60 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Rory Block - Delta Blues Guitar - Vol
II - DVD
In this video lesson, Rory Block
continues
her exploration of the earthy, hard-driving blues of the Mississippi Delta as played by
Booker
White, Robert
Johnson, John Hurt, Charlie Spann, and other great traditional players. She teaches a
number
of powerful
blues
songs, including "Fixin' To Die, Love My Blues Away, Leavin' Here, When You've Got A
Good Friend"
and "My Train Is Waiting". As an added treat, Rory strays from the Blues to
teach her arrangement of the
great
English ballad "The Water is Wide", one of her most requested songs. Each
piece is carefully broken
down to
provide an understanding of the styles and techniques of the blues masters. You'll be
able
to see
both hands in close-up as you learn open tunings, treble melodies, bass runs,
slides, string bending and
additional variations
on the intros, solos, turnarounds and endings.
(60 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price - $29.95
Rory Block - Set of both
DVDs (Delta Blues Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $49.95!
Rory Block - Classics of Country Blues Guitar - Book and 6 CDs
Learn to play some of the
greatest Delta blues guitar solos of all time, taught in accurate detail by a contemporary
master of the genre.
Rory Block breaks down these fingerstyle pieces phrase-by-phrase, providing the details of
how to play them
with all the nuances and subtleties of the originals. At the same time, you'll acquire the
technical skills you'll
need to discover and play other classic blues tunes. You'll learn the sounds and styles of
great artists such as
Robert Johnson, Willie Moore, Tommy Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Willie Brown Skip
James, Blind Blake
and Reverend Robert Wilkins. The instruction on these CDs will help you develop technical
skills using standard and open tunings, treble melodies, bass runs, slides, string bends, harmonics and
dynamic strumming
styles. Rory also gets you started on improvisation by providing a number of variations on
the intros, solos
and endings of the pieces. Here are the classic tunes you'll soon be playing: "Old
Country Rock, Statesboro
Blues, Big Road Blues, Canned Heat, Walkin' Blues, Cross Road Blues, Frankie and Albert,
Future Blues,
M & O Blues, Police Dog Blues, Devil Got My Man, Mississippi Blues, Ain't No Way For
Me to Get Along".
Notation and tab............................................................................Price
- $59.95
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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Rory Block - In Concert - DVD
Experience the sensational blues artist Rory Block live in concert!
Recorded
in St Louis' historic Sheldon Concert Hall, this DVD captures Rory's soulful
singing, dazzling guitar
technique and openhearted communication with her
delighted audience. In a riveting 15-song set, Rory plays
renditions of classic
Mississippi blues by seminal masters such as Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson and
Buddy Boy Hawkins, as well as her own evocative and compelling originals. This
complete performance
features all the musical excitement that has made this
four-time W.C. Handy Award-winning artist a favorite
at festivals and concert
halls. She plays a sterling set of traditional and contemporary songs, each one
with
her distinctive vocals and powerful guitar style. Songs include: "Preaching
Blues, If I Had Possession Over
Judgement Day, Terraplane Blues, Hawkins Blues,
Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down), Maggie
Campbell Blues, Like a Shotgun, Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down, Love and Whiskey, The Water
is Wide, Big
Road Blues, Canned Heat, Silver Wings, Mama's Blues, Uncloudy Day".
(70
min)........................................................................................Price - $24.95
Rory Block - Teaches Classics of Country Blues
Guitar - Book and CD
Learn to play
some of the greatest country blues solos of all time from one of the best contemporary
performers of the style.
Rory Block teaches the authentic techniques of the original Mississippi Delta blues
masters - the tunings, the
right hand pounding, the string bending, the complex fingerpicking, the syncopation. She
performs eight
timeless fingerstyle pieces, then breaks each one down in accurate detail. You'll develop
a variety of
powerful blues and fingerpicking licks that will help you in all styles of guitar playing.
As Rory plays through
each piece she slows down more difficult passages, highlighting the subtleties of each
tune. You'll learn
regular and open tunings, treble melodies, bass runs, slides, harmonics, strumming styles
and a variety of
intros, solos and endings. Tunes include: "Old Country Rock" -Willie Moore,
"Statesboro Blues" -Blind
Willie McTell, "Big Road Blues, Canned Heat" -Tommy Johnson, "Future Blues,
Mississippi Blues" -Willie
Brown, "Devil Got My Man" -Skip James, "Police Dog Blues" -Blind
Blake.
Notation and tab /
Fingerstyle........................................................Price
- $19.95
Rory Block - The Guitar of Rory Block
- Vol 1 - VHS Video
Rory Block's powerful lesson in
fingerstyle country blues starts with "Hawkins' Blues" in open-G tuning. During
a detailed break-down, she
teaches rolls, jumps, intros, bass runs and a variety of rhythm patterns which are typical
of Buddy Boy Hawkins,
Tommy Johnson and other Mississippi Delta masters. Lottie Kimbro's rollicking
"Rolling Log" in dropped-D
tuning, includes bent-note licks, sliding, alternating bass notes and instrumental breaks.
She then pulls out her
socket wrench slide to perform an energetic rendition of Robert Johnson's
"Terraplane Blues", highlighting
this blues master's high octave slide and his trademark rhythmic patterns. "Bye Bye
Blues", a Tommy Johnson
tune in standard tuning, showcases Rory's well-known percussive string snapping and
bending style. Rory
closes the session with a stirring performance of "Mississippi Blues" by Willie
Brown.
(80 min) Booklet included..............................................................Price - $39.95
Rory Block - The Guitar of Rory Block -
Vol 2 - VHS Video
Rory Block's compelling and
powerful
original songs, as much as her renowned blues guitar technique, have gained her a
large international
following.
In this special one-on-one session, she teaches some of her most requested
numbers, along with her
distinctive
challenging guitar accompaniments. Her opening tune, the evocative
"Silver Wings" (on what Rory
calls her
"secret tuning"), reveals how she uses hammer-ons, rolls, slides, a
"Joni Mitchell chord", intros and
outros, and her percussive right-hand strumming. "Mama's Blues" in open-G, gets
into her use of the capo, chord fingerings and barre technique, as well as the picking pattern that runs throughout
the song. "Got To
Shine" in
dropped-D, highlights Rory's brilliant use of guitar-body percussion to
punctuate chord changes.
Finally, you'll
learn the heartrending "Lovin' Whiskey", with Rory adding
important advice about her song-writing process
before closing with an inspiring performance of "It Ain't
Right". This lesson will go a long way
towards helping
you develop your own style, and will enhance your arrangements of any
contemporary or
traditional songs you
choose to play.
(70 min) Booklet
included..............................................................Price - $39.95
Rory Block - Set of both
Videos (Rory Block Vol 1 & 2) on sale now $69.95!
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