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Acoustic Blues - Guitar Essentials - Book and CD include 10 in-depth lessons for players
of
all
levels, taught by the Master teachers at Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Lessons include:
Strumming a
12-bar
Blues, the Blues Shuffle, Boogie-Woogie Bass Lines, Blues Chords up the Neck, Learning to
Solo,
Bending
Strings, Fingerstyle Blues Basics, Your First Guitar Rag, Acoustic Slide Essentials, Slide
Guitars
and Setup.
Contains 6 full songs to play - "Boll Weevil Blues, Around the Bend, Fill 'Em Up,
Guitar Rag,
Keep On Sailin', Blues in G".
Notation and
tab.............................................................................................................................................Price
- $19.95
Acoustic Blues Solos - 2 DVD Set - Learn
authentic blues from Grammy-nominated acoustic
guitarists! Mike Dowling, Al Petteway and Kenny Sultan show you the real blues on this 12 song, 2 DVD
set.
Mike, Al and Kenny will take you step-by-step through a range of styles from
gritty shuffles to rags
to swing blues and much more! This DVD set features everything you need to learn
new songs, new tech-
niques, new licks and new tricks
from top pros who can teach as well as play. You're in total control: slow
down,
speed up, pause and select from multiple camera angles. That means you can watch
the complete
performance or isolate either hand! Notation and tab is included on
the DVD-ROM portion of each disc.
Pieces include: "Honky Tonk, If The Shoe Fits,
Lightnin' Strikes, The Sick Boogie, The Cascade Rag" -
Kenny Sultan, "Rosalie, Fishin' in the Wind, Bottleneck March, Minor Thing, Johnson, Rag" -Mike
Dow-
ling,
"Eureka Hotel, Meant To Be" -Al Petteway.
(6
hours) Fingerstyle........................................................................................................................................Price - $39.95
Acoustic Blues Solos - 12 Solo Guitar Masterpieces
- Book and CD contain 12 songs
from Grammy award winning artists: Mike Dowling,
Al Petteway and Kenny Sultan. It also includes
com-
plete transcriptions from the
artists themselves, performance notes and the CD has all 12 songs
performed
by
the original artists. Songs include: "Bottleneck March, Fishin' In the Wind,
Johnson City
Rag, Minor
Thing, Rosalie" -Mike Dowling, "Eureka Hotel, Meant to
Be" -Al Petteway, "Cascade Rag, If
The Shoe
Fits, Honky Tonk, Lightnin' Strikes,
The Sick Boogie" -Kenny Sultan.
Notation and
tab................................................................................................................................................Price
- $24.95
Duck Baker - Classic American Folk
Blues Themes - DVD - Technical challenges
for
the intermediate to advanced guitarist with an arsenal of hot licks that can be expanded
and explored when
playing blues themes! New approaches to arranging and improvising are taught
with five
popular blues that
include: "Sister Kate, Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor, Blues In E, Baby Let Me Lay It
On You and Jackson
Stomp".(75 min). Booklet included.
Fingerstyle..............................................................................................Price
- $29.95
Duck Baker - Fingerstyle Blues Guitar 101
- Book and CD. Duck Baker teaches lessons in
theory (major scales, chords - the
dominant seventh, upper interval chords, turnarounds) and teaches you
the
following songs: "Baby Let Me Follow You Down, The Jackson Stomp, Make Me a
Pallet On Your Floor,
Sister Kate Variations, Seven Point One, Still Staggerin',
The Dirtman Cometh, The Deep Blue C, The Mighty
Midget". Notation and tab................................................................................................................................Price
- .$19.95
Etta Baker - The Fingerpicking
Blues of Etta Baker - DVD - Learn fingerpicking blues
from a great traditional player! In a conversation with folklorist Wayne Martin, Etta
Baker plays,
sings and
breaks down ten traditional and original tunes, offering a true down-home lesson in
Piedmont style
blues.
Etta
performs and discusses some of the best-known songs of her repertoire including:
"Carolina
Breakdown,
One
Dime Blues, Railroad Bill, Mint Julep, Bully of the Town, Dew Drop, Other Hand Baby,
Brown's Boogie,
Goin Down the Road Feeling' Bad, John Henry". Here's a rare chance to have a private
lessons with an out-
standing musician and a true legend. (60 min) Booklet
included..................................................................Price - $29.95
Best Blues Solos - Fingerstyle Curriculum -
Book and 2 CDs. Best Blues Solos provides a
variety of pieces that range in
style from the so called country blues of the old American South to contem-
porary
compositions written in the blues style by guitarists John Fahey, Rick Ruskin,
Al Petteway, Tom Van
Bergeyk, Stefan Grossman and Steven Eckels. Pieces include: "Beverly
(Indian Pacific Railroad Blues), Blood-
Red Moon, Blues for the Man, County
Line, Darlin', Deep River Blues, Easy Rider Blues, Fare Thee Well
Titanic,
Frankie and Johnny, Freight Train Blues, A Heart Much Obliged, Hesitation Blues,
Idaho Potato,
Lemon's Jump, Light and Bitter, Microphone Fever, Mississippi
Blues, Monday Morning Blues, Old Country
Rock, Ragged and Dirty, Return to Little
Rock, Shadyside Blues, Some Summer Day, St. James Infirmary, St.
Louis Blues, Stealin', Struttin' Rag, Sunday Street, T.N.T, Tickle Dew, Ton of Blues, Tribute
to Lonnie Johnson,
Yazoo Basin Boogie". Notation and tab...........................................................................................................Price -
$24.95
Best of Blues Guitar - Book
and CD. A step-by-step breakdown of the guitar styles and techniques
of the
blues legends! Dave Rubin teaches the trademark riffs and licks of the blues
guitar masters - from these
songs: "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" - Otis Rush,
"Boom Boom" -John Lee Hooker, "Born Under a Bad
Sign" -Albert King, "Catfish
Blues" -Jimi Hendrix, "Collins' Mix" -Albert Collins, "Cross Road Blues
(Crossroads)" -Eric Clapton / Cream, "I Smell A Rat" -Buddy Guy, "I'm Tore Down"
-Eric Clapton, "It Hurts
Me Too" -Elmore James", "Pride and Joy" -Stevie Ray
Vaughan & Double Trouble, "Stormy Monday Blues"
-T-Bone Walker, "The Thrill Is
Gone" -B.B. King. Notation and tab.........................................................Price - $19.95
Pete Billmann - Fingerstyle Blues Guitar - Book includes: "Baby Please Don't Go, Big Boss
Man, Candy Man Blues, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans, Fine and Mellow, Gee
Baby,
Ain't I Good to You, Gulf Coast Blues, Honest I Do, Key to the Highway, Merry Christmas,
Baby, My Babe,
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Please Send Me Someone to Love, See See Rider,
Sitting
on Top of the World, St. Louis Blues, Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do, That's No Way to
Get Along, Things
That I Used to Do, Trouble in Mind, Worried Life Blues". Notation, tab and
lyrics..............................Price - $14.95
Roy Book Binder - Blues By The Book -
Fingerpicking Blues Vol 1 - DVD - If
you're ready to develop your own distinctive blues style, Roy Book Binder has assembled a
complete vocabu-
lary of licks and techniques to help you do it. Roy humbly calls this thorough breakdown
of the elements of his
own fingerstyle blues style "some tricks about playing the guitar", but don't
let his laconic delivery fool you -
by the time you're finished studying with "Book", you'll have a solid base of
skills under your fingertips. Roy's
firsthand knowledge of the great Piedmont-style players makes this video a must for anyone
who loves tradi-
tional blues. He demonstrates a wide variety of chords, right and left-hand patterns and
several of his favorite
licks. He also teaches endings, runs, slides, open-string techniques, pull-offs,
hammer-ons, damping, turn-
arounds and much more. By the end of this video, you will have mastered Pink Anderson's
snapping string
technique, Rev. Gary Davis' two-finger style and Roy's arrangements to "Black Dog
Blues, Hesitation Blues"
and his own medley of ragtime/blues tunes. (75 min). Booklet
included....................................................Price - $29.95
Roy Book Binder - Blues By The Book - Fingerpicking
Blues Vol 2 - DVD - In
this video, Roy's in-depth exploration of blues techniques concentrates on chords and
positions needed to
play
in the essential key of A. With his trademark wit and good humor, Roy encourages you to
take his "book
of
tricks" and incorporate them into your own playing to build repertoire and
arrangements in traditional finger-
picking style. The popular performer teaches songs, turn-arounds, chord variations, right
hand rhythms and his
own unique approach to blues guitar with powerful arrangements in the styles of Pink
Anderson, Blind Lemon
Jefferson, Jesse "Baby Face" Thomas and others. Roy then puts these elements
into play with traditional
country blues tunes, including the following tunes: "How Long Blues, Every Day Of the
Week, Texas Blues,
New Age Woman Blues, Polka City Ramble". Turning to open D tuning, Roy finishes his
video with
"Anywhere You Go I Can Go There Too". (80 min). Booklet
included.....................................................Price - $29.95
Roy Book Binder - Fingerpicking Blues - both
DVDs are now on
sale - $49.95
Ray Book Binder - An Introduction to Open Tunings
& Slide Guitar - DVD
Lovers of
acoustic blues guitar will find a wealth of songs, licks and invaluable
techniques on this fabulous
introduction to open tunings and bottleneck style.
Roy teaches the essential techniques in a way that will be
easy even for newcomers to slide guitar. Roy introduces you to open D Tuning and
alternate-thumb finger-
picking with a version of his original "Travelin' Man
Blues". This gets you into slide playing and helps you
discover how to start improvising on a blues scale. Once you have the fundamentals, Roy launches into
Willy Harris 1928 "Never Drive a Stranger From Your Door", Bo Carter's
"Cigarette Blues" and Jim Murphy's
dynamic "Electricity" In each song you'll
learn accompaniment and lead parts as well as pointers on how to
make the tune
your own. Roy then introduces you to Open G, or "Spanish" tuning, making use of
Blind Willie
McTell's slide style in his original song "Palm Trees Shaking in
the Night". Also included are: "She Did You
a Favor, Don't You Do It No More,
Tired of Being Mistreated". (80 min). Booklet included................Price - $29.95
Roy Book Binder - Book's Blues Book - Book
and CD represent a comprehensive cross section
of the traditional and original
blues that have been delighting Roy's audiences and inspiring guitar players for
many years. Tunes include: "The Preacher Picked the Guitar, It's Gonna Be
Alright Someday, St. Pete Blues,
She Did You a Favor, I'm Going Home Someday,
Can't Do That No More, New Age Woman Blues, Cigarette
Blues, Anywhere You Go, I
Can Go There Too, Baby It Must Be Love (King Edward Blues), Rag Mama,
Travelin'
Man, Mississippi Blues, Electric Chair Blues, C.C. & O. Blues, Won't You Be
Kind".
Notation and tab..................................................................................................................................................Price - $19.95
Blind Blake - Masters of Country Blues Guitar - taught by Stefan Grossman. Book and CD.
Songs include "Georgia Bound, Hey Hey Daddy Blues, West Coast Blues, Diddie Wa
Diddie, Chump Man
Blues, Early Morning Blues, Come On Boys, Lets Do That Messin Around, That
Will Never Happen No
More, Policy Blues, Hes In The Jailhouse Now, Wabash Rag, Guitar Chimes, Blind
Arthurs Breakdown,
Sweet Jivin Mama, Down In The Country, Police Dog Blues". Notation and
tab..................................Price - $19.95
Blind Blake - The Guitar of Blind
Blake -DVD - taught by Woody Mann. Blind Blake was
the premier ragtime blues guitarist of the 1920s. He extended the alternating bass style,
that was popular at the
turn of the century, to encompass the dance trends and more complex blues ideas that were
emerging from the
jazz bands of New Orleans and Chicago. His playing featured unique right hand thumb rolls
that evoked the
feel of the Charleston dance-step. Blind Blake influenced generations of country blues
guitarists and was never
equalled. In this unique video lesson, Woody Mann explores the ideas, techniques and
styles of this legendary
guitarist. Tunes include: "Diddie Wa Diddie, Chump Man Blues, Police Dog Blues, That
Will Never Happen
No More, Black Dog Blues, Blind Arthur's Breakdown". (94 min) Booklet included /
Fingerstyle.......Price - $29.95
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 video
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 2 DVDs (Delta Blues I
and II) on sale now for only $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 comtemporary
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 stan-
dard 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, States boro
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".
Book includes notation and tab with 6 CD
lessons........................................................................................Price
- $59.95
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 -Video One
- 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 typicsl
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 toperform 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.... - $39.95
Rory Block - The Guitar of Rory Block -Video Two - 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 fin-
gerings 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 -Guitar of Rory Block I and II -both
videos on sale! ......Price -$69.95
Rory Block - Rory Block Teaches the Guitar of Robert Johnson -
DVD - 1
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
Rory Block - Rory Block Teaches the Guitar of Robert
Johnson - DVD - 2
This is the second groundbreaking installment of her
journey into the great blues artist's legacy and Rory pro-
vides 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" exem-
plifies 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
Robert Johnson - Both DVDs (Rory
Block - Vol 1 & 2) on sale now! - $49.95
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David
Bloom - Major Blues For Guitar
- Book and CD. This book is the first
in a series of studies
written to give the serious musician a melodic approach to playing chords. There
are hundreds of blues books
out there, but none show you how to put chords together melodically to make
great-sounding music! This book
/CD pack solves that problem in a practical manner. It takes only one 12-bar
C-major blues chord progression and
creates 21 different, melodic blues chord progressions from it. By mastering all
of these exercises, students will
acquire impressive fluency and melodic flexibility in playing chords. Notation
and chord diagrams........Price - $19.95
David
Bloom - Minor Blues For Guitar
- Book and CD. Discover highly
melodic, minor blues
chord progressions and become fluent with them in 3 months! This superb book/CD
pack gives you the know
how to play minor blues progressions differently every time. It takes only one
12-bar C-minor blues chord pro-
gression and creates 21different, melodic blues chord progressions from it.
David Bloom is director of the na-
tionally recognized Bloom School of Jazz in Chicago which he founded in 1975. A
noted lecturer and writer, he
also plays, composes and arranges for jazz guitar. Notation and chord
diagrams.........................................Price - $19.95
Michael Bloomfield - If You Love These Blues - Book and CD. This book traces the rise
and
fall of one of the most talented, charismatic and influential guitarists of the 1960s.
Born into a wealthy family,
misunderstood by his father, and plagued by manic depression, Michael Bloomfield achieved
a musical brill-
ance that led to gold records and a posthumous election to The Blues Foundation Hall of
Fame. Drawn from
over 80 in-depth interviews with family, friends and colleagues, this oral history
chronicles the achievements
and anomalies of Bloomfield's career. This book also reveals Bloomfield's personal and
professional decline
in the late 1970s, which ended in his tragic and mysterious drug-related death. Along with
its CD of unreleased
tracks, rare photos and critical discography, you'll come to know the "huge giant of
a person who played the
blues as if he came down from a higher plane". CD includes: "Bullet Rag,
Kingpin, J.P. Morgan, Blues For
Roy, Country Boy, Intermission Blues, Gotta Call Susie". 280
pages.......................................................Price - $24.95
Blues Guitar - Beginning - David Hamburger - Book and DVD - Perfect for beginning blues
and rock/blues guitarists. Included are tips in basic blues theory and left-hand
techniques. You will also
discover the rhythm styles of Texas Swing, slow and minor blues, and styles of blues
greats such as Muddy
Waters, Buddy Guy and many others. Call-and-response phrasing, intros, turnarounds,
endings and improvi-
sation are also covered. This is the best step-by-step blues method for guitar that
teaches the substance and
style of the blues. Notation and
tab...................................................................................................................Price
- $25.95
Blues Guitar - Intermediate - Matt Smith - Book and CD - This book is great for the guitarist
who knows the basics of blues guitar and is ready to take the next step. Topics include
blues techniques and
phrasing, R&B and funk-blues fills, non-scale tones, chord extensions and
substitutions, and more. You will
start with a quick review of basic material and finish with "Licks of the
Masters". Notation and tab.....Price - $20.95
Blues Guitar - Mastering - Wayne Riker
- Book and CD - This advanced
method for blues
guitarists is also a great method for rock players who want a blues edge.
This book includes
everything from
blues to composite scales, the Mixolydian mode, arpeggio superimpositions,
the eight-bar
blues, gospel blues,
minor blues and more. It also includes techniques and licks of the
great players like Muddy
Waters, Big Bill
Broonzy, Freddie King, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker and many
others. Notation and tab.........................Price - $27.95
Blues Guitar Bible - Book includes:
"All Your Love, I Can't Quit You Baby" -Otis Rush, "Better Off
With The Blues" -Gatemouth Brown, "Boom, Boom" -John Lee Hooker, "Born
With a Broken Heart" -Kenny
Wayne Shepherd, "Cherry Red Wine" -Luther Allison, "Cincinnati Jail"
-Lonnie Mack, "Don't Throw Your
Love On Me So Strong, Killing Floor" -Albert King, "Everyday, Sweet Little
Angel, The Thrill Is Gone" -
B.B. King, "Hide Away, The Stumble" -Freddie King, "I Need You So Bad"
-Magic Sam, "I Smell A Rat,
Mary Had a Little Lamb" -Buddy Guy, "Ice Pick, The Moon is Full" -Albert
Collins, "I'm Tore Down" -Eric
Clapton, "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" -Jimi Hendrix, "It Hurts Me
Too" -Elmore James, "Kind Hearted
Woman Blues" -Robert Johnson, "Look On Yonder's Wall" -Hound Dog Taylor,
"Mannish Boy, Rollin' and
Tumblin" -Muddy Waters, "Mary Ann" -Michael Bloomfield, "Mary Had a
Little Lamb" -Buddy Guy, "On My
Knees" -Son Seals, "Pride and Joy, Tin Pan Alley" -Stevie Ray Vaughan,
"Somebody Loan Me A Dime" -
Fenton Robinson, "Statesboro Blues" -Allman Brothers Band, "T-Bone
Shuffle"-T-Bone Walker, "The Things
That I Used To do" -Guitar Slim, "Wang Dang Doodle" -Howlin' Wolf.
Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts
transcribed......................................................................................Price
- $19.95
Blues Guitar Solos - Volume One - Book and 2 CDs. "Blues for Macedonia"
-Muriel Anderson,
"Still Staggerin" -Duck Baker, "Alley Music" -Mickey Baker, "St.
Louis Blues" -Carlos Barbosa-Lima, "Blue
Dawn, Russel Street" -William Bay, "Icicle Blues" -Larry Bolles,
"Gardenia Blues" -Ben Bolt, "Rosenannon
Blues" -Dan Bowden, "June Rag, Oscar's Blues, Ya Da Ya Da" -Mike
Christiansen, "Frogs for Snakes" -Bruce
Dix, "Blues for Phyllis, You Have Your Basic Bebop Blues" -Alan De Mause,
"Au Contraire" -Craig Dobbins,
"Deep River Blues" -Steven Eckels,"Intro Blues" -Jim Ferguson,
"Low Down" -Buddy Fite, "Memories of
Mose, Blues for Amos Johnson" -Tommy Flint, "Try Me Blues" -John Griggs,
"A Heart Much Obliged" -Stefan
Grossman, "Blues for Paavo" -Ole Halen, "Blues Lite"-Al Hendrickson,
"Blue Stairway" -Roger Hudson,
"Sweet Sadness" -Jean-Felix Lalanne, "JoBlues" -Paul Lolax,
"Eight Hour Shift" -Larry McCabe, "Dale's
Boogie Blues, Tampa Red" -Dale Miller, "Fat Boy Blues" -Franco Morone,
"Down By The Biyou" -Ronald
Muldrow, "Bird Blues, Jazz Blues" -Paul Musso, "Frankie and Johnny"
-Bill Piburn, "Over and Over Blues"
-Bucky Pizarelli, "Blues For Tampa Red" -Paul Rishell, "Chicago Joe"
-Vincent Sadousky, "Emma" -Felix
Schell, "Been In the Pen So Long, Memphis Blues, Yellow Dog Blues" -Jerry
Silverman, "New Kitchen Blues"
-Martin Simpson, "Furry's Train, Mississippi Jump Time" -Fred Sokolow,
"Long Island Expressway Blues" -
Stanley Solow, "Blues On Bartok Street" -Tim Sparks, "What a Friend We Have
In Jesus" -John Standefer,
"Blue Line" -Jay Umble, "B's Shuffle" -Phil Upchurch, "Clear
Spring Blues" -Paul Yandell, "Dubuque Blues"
-John Zaradin. Notation and
tab........................................................................................................................Price
- $29.95
Blues/Rock Guitar Masters - Book and CD. A step-by-step breakdown of guitar styles
and tech-
niques taught by Andy Aledort. Learn the trademark riffs, solos and techniques of the
pioneers of blues/rock
guitar! Songs include: "Badge, Strange Brew" -Eric Clapton/Cream, "Dreams
of Milk and Honey" -Leslie
West, "Hey Joe, Killing Floor" -Jimi Hendrix, "Lazy" -Richie
Blackmore/Deep Purple, "Let Me Love You"
-Jeff Beck, "Mississippi Queen" -Leslie West, "Pride and Joy" -Stevie
Ray Vaughan, "Rock and Roll Hoochie
Koo" -Rick Derringer /Johnny Winter, "Rock My Plimsoul" -Jeff Beck,
"Smoke On The Water" -Richie
Blackmore / Deep Purple, "Someday After Awhile, The Stumble" -Peter Green / John
Mayall's Bluesbreakers,
"Statesboro Blues, Whipping Post" -The Allman Brothers Band, "Still Alive
and Well" -Johnny Winter,
Notation and tab All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the original
recordings.......................Price - $21.95
Blues - Ultimate Play Along Guitar Trax - Book and CD. This book was conceived to
provide the aspiring guitarist with the opportunity to play along with some of the finest
guitarists in the
world. The combination of a live rhythm section made up of Musicians Institute staff
artists and demo solos
recorded by GIT specialists such as Steve Trovato, Keith Wyatt, Scott Henderson,
and Robben Ford make
this the most
exciting, authentic and useful play-along series ever created. The accompanying book
contains
both an
analysis of each progression and a transcription of each demonstration solo. Fingerings
for some
practical
scales are diagrammed and located nearby for easy access. Notation and
tab.......................Price - $19.95
Blues Guitar Classics - Book and CD. A
step-by-step breakdown of blues guitar styles and techniques
taught by Wolf Marshall. Songs include: "As The Years Go Passing By" -Albert
King, Gary Moore, "Boogie
Chillen No. 2" -John Lee Hooker, "Everyday (I Have the Blues)" -B. B. King,
Albert King, Otis Rush, "Frosty" -
Albert Collins, B.B. King, "Help The Poor" - Robben Ford, B.B. King,
"Hideaway" -Eric Clapton, Freddie King,
"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" -Muddy Waters, "Killing Floor" -Mike
Bloomfield, Jimi Hendrix, Albert King,
Howling' Wolf, "T-Bone Shuffle" -Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, "Texas
Flood" -Fenton Robinson, Steve Ray
Vaughan, "The Things That I Used To Do" -Guitar Slim, Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Notation and tab. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the original
recordings..................Price - $19.95
Joe
Bonamassa - Best of Joe Bonamassa -
Book includes: "Blues Deluxe, Faux Mantini, Had
To Cry Today, If Heartaches Were
Nickels, Miss You Hate You, My Mistake, A New Day Yesterday, Re-
venge of the 10
Gallon Hat, The River, So It's Like That, Woke Up Dreaming".
Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from
original recordings................Price - $22.95
Joe Bonamassa - Signature Sounds, Styles and Techniques - DVD
- Joe Bonamassa
reveals the playing techniques, tips and gear behind his powerhouse blues-rock
guitar style. Topics covered
include: rhythm playing, lead soloing, favorite licks and riffs, slide guitar
techniques, special effects, amps &
speakers and more! Features the Fender Stratocaster, Telecaster and various
Gibson guitars.
(61
min).................................................................................................................................................................Price
- $29.95
Jazz Guitar Chords and Arpeggio
Patterns - Stacy McKee
- Book includes 300 jazz
guitar chord
formations and single note arpeggio patterns in a quick reference format. Cross-indexing makes
this manual
extremely easy to use and regardless of what style of music you play, we know you'll 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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Big Bill Broonzy - The Guitar of Big Bill
Broonzy - This book contains 3 CDs with 3 full
hours of note-by-note, phrase-by-phrase instruction taught by Woody Mann for the following
pieces: "House
Rent Stomp, Brownskin Shuffle, Moppin' Blues, Hey Hey, Worryin' You Off My Mind, Stove
Pipe Stomp,
Saturday Night Rub". Notation and tab /
Fingerstyle....................................................................................Price
- $24.95
Big Bill Broonzy - The Guitar of Big Bill
Broonzy - DVD - taught by Woody Mann.
Big Bill Broonzy's recording career spanned from 1927 until his death in 1958. His
repertoire was well
recorded,
from solo to duets to ensemble playing. He was rediscovered just as the
"folk-revival" began in the
early 1950s.
Big Bill was a master of ragtime and country blues guitar. His playing was
highlighted by a strong
pulsating
bass and melodic lead lines. Woody Mann carefully explains Big Bill's techniques
and style in this
video lesson.
Also presented is rare footage of Big Bill from the 1950s. Tunes include:
"Moppers Blues, Pig
Meat Strut, Long
Tall Mama, Worried Man Blues, Saturday Night Rub, Brownskin Shuffle, How
You Want It
Done, Mississippi
River Blues, Worrying You Off My Mind, Hey Hey". (90 min) Booklet
......................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Bottleneck Blues Guitar - Book and CD include turnarounds, bottleneck
techniques, blue notes, open G tuning, right hand techniques, blues licks and phrases,
authentic blues
rhythms, harmonics and more. Includes transcriptions of "Terraplane Blues, Moon
Goin Down, and Rhythm
in the Blues". Notation and
Tab........................................................................................................................Price
- $19.95
Bob Brozman & Woody Mann - Country Blues Guitar Duets -
DVD - While they
slowly illustrate classic country blues
guitar duets in the styles of Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Blake and Lonnie
Johnson -
Woody Mann and Bob Brozman explore the techniques and thinking that go into
creating cohesive
duet guitar parts that compliment each other. Each part is
taught separately. They explain and illustrate how
you can arrange a simple song
through the use of new chord positions, simple picking syncopation ideas and
open tunings as well as walking you through the basics of how to select a key,
use of a capo and listening to
the song in new ways. The duo presents effective
techniques for improving improvisational skills while
jamming with other
musicians. Each guitar part is a solo tune in itself. The ideas and techniques
covered in
this video offer creative approaches to expanding all aspects of your
playing. Titles include: "Lazy Blues,
Tampa Slow Grind, Mr. Blake, Long Gone
Blues, Tab Guitar Rag". (62 min) Booklet included...............Price -
$29.95
Bob Brozman & Woody Mann - Delta Blues Guitar Duets - DVD
- In this unique
video lesson, Bob Brozman and Woody Mann describe and teach in
detail duet arrangements in the styles
of the great Delta blues guitarists:
Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson and Son
House.
Techniques and ideas for creating a cohesive guitar part that compliments,
rather than competes or
conflicts, are discussed. Each part is taught separately
and presented in tablature and music notation.
Woody and Bob also present
effective techniques for improving improvisation skills while jamming
with
other musicians. The tunes presented in this lesson can be used as
repertoire pieces for either solo or duet
situations. All in all, a very unique
instructional video giving you twice the amount of ideas and challenges
from two
of today's blues guitar masters. Titles include: "Banty Rooster, Moon Goin'
Down, Bye Bye Blues,
Robert Johnson's Blues, Big Road Blues". (70 min) Booklet
included.........................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Guide To Roots Guitar Styles
Vol 1 - DVD - Blues, Ragtime &
Swing.
Move beyond basic folk styles and get into the excitement of fingerstyle
blues, ragtime and swing! With his
dynamic picking techniques and deep
understanding of traditional guitar styles, Bob Brozman provides you
with the
tools to explore your guitar's rhythmic, harmonic and melodic possibilities. Bob
shows you how to
play exciting songs like "Salty Dog Blues, Jazz'm Blues" and
"Sister Kate". Learning these pieces will increase
your knowledge of chord voicings and inversions up and down the fingerboard. As you reach automatically
for the position you need, you'll learn how to connect the chord you are playing
with other chords in a song's
progression and you'll also gain an understanding
of music theory as well. Bob also covers ragtime picking
patterns, compression
strokes, two-hand string damping, harmonics, double-time rhythm and other
exciting
right-hand techniques! (75 min). Booklet included...........................................................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Guide To Roots Guitar Styles
Vol 2 - DVD - Blues, Ragtime &
Swing.
This jam-packed lesson will build your instrumental skills, improve your fingerpicking and enhance your total
understanding of the guitar fingerboard.
Bob's breakdown of his powerful fingerpicking and chording tech-
niques is
designed to move you beyond basic folk styles into more complex musical forms
that are deeply
within the American popular tradition. He teaches the important
32-bar song form, along with the distinctive
chords and rhythms that
characterize swing, Gypsy jazz, '30s Cab Calloway-style songs, calupso rhythms
and
other "hot guitar" sounds! He shows you how to use palm harmonics, play
minor key jazz/blues tunes and
provides you with a variety of rhythm exercises
so you can play those "fat" swing chords that everybody
loves. You'll then put
all these newfound skills into practice as you learn note-for-note renditions of
"Hot
Moments With You Dear, Blue Devil Blues, Dog and Cat". (75 min) Booklet
included.............................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Both DVDs (Guide To
Roots Vol 1 & 2) on sale now! - $49.95
Bob Brozman - Learn To Play
Bottleneck Blues Guitar - DVD I - In this video, the
powerful blues of ths Mississippi Delta, as developed by legendary players like Robert
Johnson, Charlie Patton
and Bukka White, is taught to you in remarkable detail by a true master of the form. Bob
Brozman begins with
the basics, teaching the open tunings needed to get the typical bottleneck sound. Through
careful explanations
of left and right-hand technique, exercises and songs, this video unveils the secrets of
traditional blues/slide
guitar. Beginning and experienced slide players alike will benefit from his detailed
instruction teaching power-
ful licks and runs, rhythm techniques, vibrato, harmonics and other ways to get the true
Delta sound. Before
you know it, you'll be playing dynamic tunes like "Can't Be Satisfied" by Muddy
Waters.(90 min) Booklet
Bob Brozman - Learn To Play
Bottleneck Blues Guitar - DVD 2 - Expand your
blues repertoire and master a breathtaking variety of licks and techniques! Bob Brozman's
complete blues tool-
box will teach you the styles, innovations and techniques created by the Delta Slide
masters. Robert Johnson's
powerful one-chord version of "Come On In My Kitchen" becomes a real showpiece
as Bob shows you how to
add chords "Scrunch" strokes, damping, palm harmonics, vibrato, slides, trills
and other techniques. His Up-
tempo medley "Delta Memories" highlights the chopped rhythms, descending bass
lines, string snapping,
rolling triplets, barre technique and turnarounds favored by these early Delta innovators.
Bob then features
his own percussive slapping techniques and variations to give you a real workout! Pulling
out all the stops,
Bob teaches "Rollin' and Tumblin" by Charlie Patton which is brimming with
material to challenge more
advanced guitarists. This lesson provides an abundance of slide technique, new ideas and
amazing guitar
applications! (70 min) Booklet included.
Bob Brozman - Learn To Play
Bottleneck Blues Guitar - DVD 3 - Add eight powerful
tunes to your blues repertoire and develop depth and range in your bottleneck playing!
As in his previous
lessons, Bob Brozman shows in detail what you have to do to get an authentic blues sound,
demonstrating the
rhythmic power of Bukka White, the chant-like tonality of Skip James, the clean tone and
string damping style
of Tampa Red, and the raw power of the great pioneer Charlie Patton. Working in a variety
of major and minor
open tunings, Bob covers swing and "train-time" licks, finger sliding and
vibrato, modal chords, rhythmic varia-
tions and a variety of triplets, harmonic devices, string snapping, funky ghost notes,
descending bass lines and
other important techniques. You'll even learn slide in standard tuning and get to play
Bukka White's spectacular
"spank the baby" routine. Tunes include: "Aberdeen, Jitterbug Swing, Old
Dog Blues, Mississippi, Denver
Blues, Cypress Grove, Telegram Blues, Green River Blues, Pony Blues". (75 min)
Booklet included.
Bob Brozman - All 3 DVDs on sale
now (Bottleneck Blues 1-3) for only $59.95
Bob Brozman - Rhythm In Your Riffs -
DVD - A fascinating lesson for acoustic guitarists
who want to know more about building rhythmic elements into their accompaniment and lead
playing. Bob
explores many aspects of rhythm guitar, investigating the elements of meter and what makes
a good "groove".
He helps you develop your coordination through a variety of drills; hand and foot-tapping
exercises so that
accents, swing rhythm, polyrhythms, triplets in blues playing become second nature. You'll
learn how to use
these techniques in songs using strumming patterns, string slapping, fret tapping,
hammering, damping, and
other devices. Bob works these into his blues, Caribbean and ragtime picking. (70 min)
Booklet.........Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Slide Guitar for Blues: Lap
Style - DVD - Vol 1 - This course
in lap
style slide guitar will open up exciting musical ideas and powerful
techniques for anyone who wants to get
into the real blues sound. Playing in
open D and open G tunings, Bob passes along all the sounds and tech-
niques that
make up this compelling style. He teaches pieces that range from the "primitive"
one-chord ren-
ditions of Charlie Patton to modern-day country/swing blues. You'll
get instruction in the use of the round-
nose bar and how you can attain quality
vibrato, pitch precision, good tone, blue notes, rhythmic effects
and control of
the slide. Bob details licks, turnarounds and improvisations along with numerous
exercises
and right hand picking drills to help you develop your picking
strength. By the time you complete this lesson,
you'll have an arsenal of licks
and the improvisational skills you'll need to go on to even more challenging
material! (105 min) Booklet included................................................................................................................Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Slide Guitar for Blues: Lap
Style - DVD - Vol 2 - Bob Brozman
takes
lap blues playing to the next level! Starting off in G tuning (you'll also
learn open C and D Minor), Bob con-
centrates on the deep blues "Delta Notes". He
runs through 'sharpening' exercises using bar hammer-ons
combined with open
strings and alternate pick strokes, drills designed to help you get your rhythm
together
and practice jumps & slides to allow you to play faster without
sacrificing tone. Bob explores the blues classic
"Rolling and Tumbling"
-
starting with a stripped down version and then taking it to increasingly more
chal-
lenging levels. You'll learn numerous turnarounds and get plenty of
play-along examples for great practice
sessions. More advanced moves follow as
you learn how to maintain a steady bass groove while keeping
country swing blues
rhythm and melody going. You'll employ two-hand damping to get staccato chords
to
contract with melody notes, harmonics, sweep picking, raking and other
special effects. From low-down Delta
to sweet New Orleans blues, this course
will have you playing it all! (85 min) Booklet
included..........Price - $29.95
Bob Brozman - Both DVDs (Slide
Guitar - Vol 1 & 2) on sale now! - $49.95
Roy Buchanan - The Roy Buchanan Collection - Book includes: "After Hours, Cajun,
Chicago Smokeshop, Five String Blues, Hey, Good Lookin', Hey Joe, The Messiah Will Come
Again, Petal to
the Metal, Pete's Blues, Short Fuse, Sneaking Godzilla Through the Alley, Sweet Dreams
Tribute to Elmore
James, Wayfaring Pilgrim". Notation, tab and
lyrics......................................................................................Price
- $19.95
Roy Buchanan - American Axe
- Book written by Phil Carson. Roy Buchanan left home in 1956
with his guitar and a dream, as rock 'n' roll grabbed America. For the next 30
years he traveled the country,
soaking up influences and melding blues, country, jazz and rock like no other
player before or since. He
preferred to play clubs, yet he reached Carnegie Hall. He is said to have
spurned an offer to play for the
Rolling Stones. He rebuffed Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. Hailed
as the genius to succeed
Jimi Hendrix, he seemed disinterested. A contradictory soul, his astonishing
technique and emotive powers
came with a fear of fame. Take a road trip from America's gritty roadhouses to
the spotlight concert stage
with author Phil Carson as he traces his subject across the decades, from the
1950s to the 1980s. The cast
draws on the biggest names in pop music and legions of unknown musicians. This
is the bittersweet story
of an enigmatic journeyman who cannot be separated from the American popular
culture in which we live - $17.95
Stuart Bull - Electric Blues - 2 DVD Set.
Learn to play electric blues guitar with Stuart Bull,
who has taught
thousands of guitarists worldwide through the highly acclaimed "Total Accuracy"
series.
This 2 DVD set includes note-by-note tutorials for blues scale
positions, phrasing ideas, fast blues licks in
the style of Gary Moore, Stevie
Ray Vaughan, solo construction, blues runs, major / minor pentatonic
com-
binations, string bending ideas, slide playing ideas and much, much
more!..............................................Price - $24.95
Bo Carter - The Guitar of Bo Carter -
DVD - taught by John Miller. Bo Carter
was a great
guitar player. He played with absolute facility in a variety of tunings and keys and his
harmonic
sense was
unique in the Country Blues. He was a player of unusual versatility, subtlety and
imagination. As
with other
players of his generation, the origins of Bo's music are shrouded in mystery, and it is
very unlikely
we'll ever
find an explanation for the harmonic richness of his music, so different from other
musicians of his
region.
Bo's
right hand approach was different - picking with all fingers and moving fluidly between alternation,
thumping,and runs with his thumb. Tunes include: "Let Me Roll You Lemon, Pussy Cat Blues,
Policy
Blues,
Dinner
Blues, My Baby, Arrangement For Me Blues". (91 min) Booklet
included..................................Price - $29.95
John Carruthers - Teach Yourself Guitar Repair & Maintenance
- Book and DVD.
John Carruthers, legendary guitar builder and
repair guru to the stars, brings you this ultimate beginners
guide to guitar
maintenance and teaches you everything you need to know to start working on your
guitar!
No experience is required to begin caring for your guitar today. This
book/DVD teaches you how to set the
action, intonation and adjust the truss rod
and teaches proper string removal and installation. It shows what
it takes to
fix intonation problems and provides exact specs for the action, nut action and
truss rod adjust-
ments for electric and acoustic guitars, as well as 4 and
5-string basses. Learn to set up and adjust a Floyd
Rose tremolo system. Also
includes instructions on soldering and maintenance of electronics..........Price -
$29.95
Cindy Cashdollar - Dobro Variations - DVD
- Explorations in Minor, Swing and Rockabilly
Styles. Cindy
builds your knowledge of the Dobro style-by-step, teaching alternate tunings, bar
and picking
techniques and terrific arrangements for blues, minor key and
western swing tunes. A major highlight of this
DVD is that each piece is slowed
down, with Cindy and the band providing rhythmic backup so you can
practice your
lead playing. Cindy's in-depth study of minor chord shapes and licks will enable
you to play
Django Reinhardt's great "Minor Swing" and just about any tune that
requires improvisation in minor keys.
In the classic "Panhandle Rag" she shows
how playing in an open G6 tuning gives you an instant country/
swing sound. On
this DVD, Cindy turns the Dobro into a funky, hard-driving lead instrument. "
Faded
Love", the classic fiddle piece of the Bob Wills era of traditional
country swing, is a "must" for any player
who wants a full command of the Dobro's repertoire. This clear and insightful lesson will expand your range
of
ideas and teach you important music theory that will make you a more versatile
all-around player.
(90 min) Booklet included...................................................................................................................................Price
$29.95
Dave Celentano - Essential Blues Guitar - Book and CD - In these lessons, Dave emphasizes
the essentials of Blues: chord changes, scales, rhythms, turnarounds, phrasing and
soloing. It contains
numerous examples plus 10 rhythm tracks for soloing and improvising over. Notation and
tab...........Price - $19.95
Chicago Blues - DVD
- featuring Muddy Waters, Johnnie Lewis, Buddy Guy, Junior Well and J.V.
Hutto.
This 1972 Chicago Blues documentary was crafted with care by professionals with
a love and under-
standing of music and a respect for its history and artists. The
music and its artists of Chicago Blues reflect
faithfully the structure of the
city's Blues activity of the late 60s. From Johnny Lewis, who was almost a
discovery of the film team, to Muddy Waters - Chicago Blues' most famous figure.
Lewis' "Hovo Blues"
opens the film over images of the Bus Station and fixes
firmly the importance of migration in the develop-
ment of Chicago's postwar
Blues. The young lions of the West Side were in the ascendant and it's the
nervous, raw energy of Buddy Guy's guitar and searing vocals that catches the
positive mood of that decade.
(50 min)..................................................................................................................................................................Price - $24.95
Chicago Blues - Play-Along - DVD - In this
DVD, each song starts with a lesson from a pro-
fessional guitar teacher. Then,
the teacher performs the complete song along with professionally recorded
backing tracks. You can choose to turn the guitar off if you want to play along
or leave the guitar in the
mix to hear how it should sound. You can also choose
from three viewing options! Use your DVD remote
to choose or change options at
anytime. You can also pause or watch the video in slow motion. Songs
include: "All Your Love" -Otis Rush, "Easy Baby" -Magic Sam, "I Ain't Got You"
-Jimmy Reed, "I'm Your
Hoochie Coochie Man" -Muddy Waters, "Killing Floor" -Howlin'
Wolf, "Mary Had Little Lamb" -Buddy
Guy, "Messin' With the Kid" -Junior
Wells, "Sweet Home Chicago" -Various artists. Features multiple
camera angles,
on-screen tab and performance tips! (81 min)......................................................................Price - $14.95
Kenn Chipkin - Real Blues Guitar - Book and CD. A complete course in authentic blues
guitar
covering the styles and techniques of B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Albert King, T-Bone Walker,
Johnny Winter,
Eric Clapton and more. Kenn nails down specific rhythm parts to use as springboards when
dealing with
different types of blues grooves. - the shuffle, the slow blues and the straight blues.
These lead into melodic
comping, the shuffle feel, the mixolydian mode, slow blues, turnaround, and straight
eighth note feel. He uses
solos runs from each of the guitarists in order to demonstrate and teach. Notation and
tab...................Price - $19.95
Corey Christiansen - Blues & Funk Basics - DVD
- In this lesson, Corey
Christiansen
teaches the basics of blues rhythm guitar, blues soloing and funk
guitar concepts - which is
geared towards
the beginning / intermediate guitarist. Corey boils these
concepts down to their most fundamental parts and
explains how to get an
authentic sound using some simple tricks of the trade.
Includes lessons on: minor
pentatonic and blues scale ideas & patterns, bending
for authentic blues inflection, basic blues soloing ideas
and phrasing concepts, barre chords and power
chords with variations,
chord fragments for tasty rhythm
playing, authentic blues chord voicings, simple
single-note funk ideas,
the 12-bar blues form, subdividing
the beat, 9th and 13th chords, common funk
rhythms, blues licks, and
double stop ideas. You can also down-
load the free PDF chart that contains all the notation a guitarist needs
to enhance the DVD lesson.
(124
min)................................................................................................................................................................Price
- $24.95
Mike Christiansen - Complete Electric Blues Guitar - Book, DVD &
CD. From
blues rhythm guitar to soloing, this book will
help you learn in a step-by-step manner to play blues guitar
styles similar to
greats such as Stevie Ray Vaughn, BB King, Eric Clapton and others. You will
learn the
different techniques used in playing blues guitar and how to combine
these elements to create your own
blues solos and rhythm parts. The book
contains sections on blues progressions, comping, power chords,
turnarounds,
blues fills, scales, double stops, common blues licks, use of the whammy bar,
how to get a
blues sound, and how to build a great blues guitar solo. This set includes a stereo play-along CD and
110 minute DVD! Notation and tab..................................................................................................................Price - $29.95
Mike Christiansen - Teach Yourself Blues Guitar - Book and CD. These lessons teach
all the basics that will get you started playing blues guitar. You will learn basic
chords, power chords, how to
read tab, strum bars, barre chords, ties, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends, vibrato,
turnarounds, fill-ins,
double stops, common blues licks, and bass line accompaniments. Tunes include: "Stay
Away From Mine,
Worn Out Shoes, Beg Steal or Borrow, Swamp Blues, Jimmy's Shuffle, You're The Cure".
Notation/tab - $19.95
Eric Clapton - Interactive CD-ROM for guitar. For computer use only.
This CD-ROM contains note-
accurate transcriptions as well as simplified arrangements of each song, animating score
and tab, instructor
video, virtual fretboard, and more - all the tools you need to learn from Eric Clapton's
original recordings!
Songs include: "Needs His Woman, Wonderful Tonight, After Midnight, Crossroads,
Circus, I'm Tore Down".
Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the original
recordings.........Price - $24.95
Eric Clapton - Acoustic Classics - DVD
- A step-by-step breakdown of his guitar styles and
techniques taught by Doug Boduch. Learn the acoustic songs and solos of Eric
Clapton! This DVD also
features a guitar techniques section, jam-along songs and practice tips. Eight
classic songs are taught note-
for-note: "Change The World, Circus, Layla, Malted Milk, Nobody Knows You When
You're Down and
Out, Signe, Tears In Heaven, Walkin' Blues". (79
min).................................................................................Price
- $19.95
Eric Clapton - The Best of Eric Clapton - Book and CD include a step-by-step breakdown
of his playing techniques by Jeff Perrin. Songs include: "After Midnight,
Badge, Before You Accuse Me,
Cocaine, Crossroads, Have You Ever Loved a Woman, I Shot the Sheriff, Knockin' On Heaven's
Door, Lay
Down Sally, Layla, Layla (acoustic version), Little Wing, Pretending, The Sunshine of Your
Love, Tears in
Heaven, WhiteRoom, Wonderful Tonight". Notation, tab, lyrics and chord diagrams.
All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the original
recordings.....................................................Price - $24.95
Eric Clapton -The Cream of Clapton -Book includes: "After Midnight, Badge, Bell Bottom
Blues, Blues Power, Cocaine, Crossroads, Hello Old Friend, I Can't Stand It, I Feel Free,
I Shot The Sheriff,
Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Layla, Let It Grow, Let It Rain, Presence of the Lord, Promises,
The Sunshine
of Your Love, White Room, Wonderful Tonight".
Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the original
recordings..........Price - $24.95
Eric Clapton - Unplugged - Book and CD. Taught by Wolf Marshall. Includes a
detailed step-by-step
breakdown of Eric Clapton's acoustic guitar styles and techniques. Songs include:
"Alberta, HeyHey, Before
You Accuse Me, Layla, Lonely Stranger, Malted Milk, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and
Out,
Old Love, Rollin' and Tunblin', Running On Faith, San Francisco Bay Blues, Signe, Tears In
Heaven, Walkin'
Blues". Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the
original recordings.... - $24.95
Classic Blues - For Voice and Fingerstyle Guitar - Book contains 20 arrangements with
guitar accompaniment and solos including "Baby Please Don't Go, Baby What You Want Me
To Do, Come
Back Baby, Corrine Corrina, Every Day I Have The Blues, How Long How Long Blues, I Ain't
Superstitious,
I Believe I'll Dust My Broom, Key To The Highway, Little Red Rooster, Love In Vain,
Mercury Blues, My
Babe, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Sweet Home Chicago, Reconsider Baby, The
Seventh Son, Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do, Trouble In Mind, Walkin' Blues".
Notation / tab.....Price - $12.95
Albert Collins - DVD - Meet one of the true legends of Blues guitar. Hosted
by blues expert Keith
Wyatt, this DVD is packed with everything from Albert discussing his tuning, use of the
capo,
influences
and
lots of great "down home" playing. You'll learn many of Albert's licks, unique
rhythms, and
how he
uses his
thumb and fingers to achieve those soulful, funky sounds. Then, sit back and enjoy Albert
doing
what he does
best - playing "live" in a recent concert at Hollywood's Musician's Institute.
See why
the
"Iceman" has influenced so many guitarists the world over. (90 min) Booklet
included.......................Price - $29.95
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Robert Conti - Big City Blues - Vol 1
- DVD - with accompanying book. Bring new life to
your solos with a truckload of fresh, new exciting ideas and a brand new
approach with Robert Conti's
proven hands-on, play it right now, no modes - no scales approach! This lesson begins with
Bob playing
an incredible single-note solo over the chord changes to the the standard 12-Bar
Blues Progression. He
then dissects the entire solo into small, digestible pieces,
note-by-note, measure-by-measure,
allowing you
to closely observe and duplicate every nuance of his solo lines. In addition,
he also
presents many
of his
"off the sheet" techniques not found in the written transcription book.
Notation, tab and chord changes /
Pickstyle...................................................................................................Price
- $35.95
Robert Conti - Big City Blues - Vol
2 - DVD - with accompanying book. This lesson
begins with Robert playing an incredible single-note solo over the chord changes
to the tune "Georgia On
My Mind". He then dissects the entire solo into small, digestible pieces,
note-by-note, measure-by-measure,
allowing you to closely observe and duplicate every nuance of his solo lines.
In addition,
he also presents
many
of his "off the sheet" techniques not found in the written transcription book.
Notation, tab and chord changes /
Pickstyle...................................................................................................Price
- $35.95
Robert Conti - Big City Blues - Vol
3 - DVD - with accompanying book. This lesson
begins with Robert playing an incredible single-note solo over the chord changes
to the tune "Blues For
Alive" (also know as "Bird's Blues Changes"). He then dissects the entire solo into small, digestible pieces,
note-by-note, measure-by-measure,
allowing you to closely observe and duplicate every nuance of his
solo lines.
In addition,
he also presents many
of his "off the sheet" techniques not found in the written
transcription book.
Notation, tab and chord changes /
Pickstyle...................................................................................................Price
- $35.95
Robert Conti - Big City Blues - Vol
4 - DVD - with accompanying book. This lesson
begins with Robert playing an incredible single-note solo over the chord changes
to the tune "All Blues"
(Miles Davis). He then dissects the entire solo into small, digestible pieces,
note-by-note, measure-by-
measure,
allowing you to closely observe and duplicate every nuance of his
solo lines.
In addition,
he
also presents many of his "off the sheet" techniques not found in the written
transcription book.
Running time: 85 minutes.
Notation, tab and chord changes /
Pickstyle.....................................................Price
- $35.95
Robert Conti - Big City Blues - Vol
5 - DVD - with accompanying book. This lesson
begins with Robert playing an incredible single-note solo over the chord changes
to the tune "Summertime"
He then dissects the entire solo into small, digestible pieces,
note-by-note, measure-by-measure,
allowing
you to closely observe and duplicate every nuance of his
solo lines.
In addition,
he
also presents many of
his "off the sheet" techniques not found in the written
transcription book. Running time: 117 minutes.
Notation, tab and chord changes /
Pickstyle...................................................................................................Price
- $35.95
Larry Coryell - Blues Guitar - DVD - Larry begins with the blues guitar techniques of
T-Bone
Walker and then to the two "Kings") B.B. and Albert). This is followed by the
more sophisticated blues/jazz
realm of Wes Montgomery. The lesson finishes with some non-guitar but important blues
influences from the
legendary Miles Davis. Specifics covered are: the pentatonic scale and intervals, a
transcription of a blues
tribute to T-Bone Walker, Bending notes in the styles of B.B. King and Albert King, Wes
Montgomery's
"D Natural Blues" , Miles Davis's "All Blues" with relevant "jazz
minor" scales. (66 min)
Booklet
included.................................................................................................................................................Price
- $29.95
Elizabeth Cotten - The Guitar of Elizabeth
Cotten - DVD - taught by John Miller.
Elizabeth Cotten occupies a unique niche in American finger-picked guitar.
Composer of the perennial
favorite "Freight Train", her music is a beautifully flowing fingerpicked style with
exceptional attention to
the details
of phrasing and voice leading with a strong improvisatory element. This video includes
rare film
footage of
Elizabeth Cotten performing all the songs that are taught and the accompanying booklet
includes
notation/tab
transcriptions and lyrics of the songs. Titles include: "Freight Train, Mama, Your
Papa Loves
You, Spanish
Flang Dang, Oh Babe, It Ain't No Lie, Vestapol, Wilson Rag".
(102 min) Booklet included..................................................................................................................................Price - $29.95
Elizabeth Cotten - In Concert - 1969, 1978 & 1980
- DVD. Ragtime, blues, three guitar
tunings and pre-blues banjo tunes are offered by Cotten, a still formidable
player at the time of this taping.
Recollections of her life and music are
prompted by interviewer Mike Seeger, who played a major role in
recording Cotten's repertoire. Close-ups of Cotten's remarkably youthful hands show the
nuances of her
unique 'Cotten Picking' style and there's inspiration for
guitarists and non-guitarists alike in the dignity and
assurance of a very
poised octogenarian who never tired of sharing her balanced sense of musicality
and
humanity. Songs include: "Freight Train, Wilson Rag, Georgia Buck, Rattler,
Spanish Flang Dang, Judy's
Got a Rambling Mind, Mama, Your Son's Done Gone,
Wreck of the Old 97, Jesus Is Tenderly Calling Today,
Vestapol, Buck Dance, Oh
Babe, It Ain't No Lie, Ontario Blues, Mama, Where's the Baby".
(60 min). Bio
booklet included............................................................................................................................Price - $24.95
Doug Cox - Blues Dobro - Book and CD. Doug teaches jamming techniques for the lap-style
Resophonic (Dobro) guitar player. These techniques will prove useful in
blues, bluegrass, rock
and roll,
country or jazz music. The enclosed CD includes examples of all music taught
within the book. Some
segments feature rhythm guitar on the left hand side of your stereo and Dobro on the
right. You can listen
to the Dobro recording and then practice with the guitar track as you learn each example.
Tab........Price - $19.95
Steve Cropper - Soul
Man - Book. From Booker T & the
Mgs, to The Blues Brothers, Otis Redding,
Wilson Pickett and San & Dave, Steve
Cropper has defined R & B Guitar. Tunes include: "634-5789, In The
Midnight Hour" -Wilson Pickett, "Champagne and Wine, Direct Me, Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad
Song), I've Been
Loving You Too Long, I've Got Dreams to Remember, Mr. Pitiful,
My Lover's Prayer, Ole Man Trouble" -Otis
Redding, "Green Onions, Hip Hug Her, I
Can't Stand The Rain, Melting Pot, Time Is Tight" -Booker T & the
MG's, "Hold On
I'm Comin, Soul Man" -Sam and Dave, "Knock On Wood" -Eddie Floyd, "Who's Making
Love" -Johnnie Taylor.
Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the
original recordings.........Price - $19.95
Steven Crowell
-Instructional Jazz Guitar Course - Steven
Crowell's 4 year college
level course of study in jazz guitar chord melody soloing, single-note improvisation,
chord
comping and speed learning techniques. Use link above to get a complete course
description.
Brad Davis - Flatpicking The Blues - Book, DVD and CD.
In this course, master flat-
picker Brad Davis teaches you how to flatpick the
blues. If you are interested in traditional blues, Brad
shows you how to
approach playing the blues using both theoretical and practical methods. You
will learn
how to play blues style rhythm on several variations of the
twelve-bar blues progression. You will then
learn the blues scale at several
positions on the neck and learn how to apply those "blues notes" in a free-
form
improvisational style over the twelve-bar blues progression. This section not
only increases your
knowledge of the guitar fingerboard as it relates to the
blues, but also provides you with a method for
increasing your improvisational
skills. After laying this groundwork, Brad then examines common blues
phrasing,
technique and standard blues licks and demonstrates how to apply them. He also
shows you
examples of licks played in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert
Johnson and Eric Clapton. Brad even
demonstrates how Bill Monroe's blues licks
on the mandolin can be incorporated on the guitar. In addition
to teaching you
how to play straight blues, Brad also demonstrates and teaches how you might
take tunes
that you may already know from the standard flatpicking repertoire
and spice them up with blues licks. If
you are tired of playing flatpicked
fiddle tunes and bluegrass songs the same old way, you will greatly
appreciate
Brad's instruction on how you can add excitement and interest to songs that you
already play
by adding a blues flavor. Notation, tab and chord
diagrams.......................................................................Price - $39.95
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 - $21.95
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 re-
quested
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 hours
of DVD instruction.
Volume I songs: "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning, Samson and Delilah (If I Had My
Way)"
Volume 2 songs: "Children of Zion, Oh Glory How Happy I Am, I Belong To The Band,
Goin' To Sit
Down On The Banks Of The River"
Volume 3 songs: "Death Don't Have No Mercy, Twelve Gates To The City, Let Us Get
Together,
Right Now"
Volume 4 songs: "I Heard The Angels Singing, Crucifixion, I
Am The Light Of This World, You Got
To Move".
Booklet included (80 pages) and 6 hours of DVD
instruction.....................................................................Price -
$59.95
Rev. Gary Davis - Holy Blues - Book and 3 CDs. These lessons contain 3 full hours of instruc-
tion 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..................................................................................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 Ive
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 Angels
Message To Me, Make Believe
Stunt, Cocaine Blues,
Gods 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
Devil Got My Woman - Blues At Newport - 1966 - DVD - "Devil Got My Woman"
is
not concert footage from Newport. Alan Lomax recreated a juke joint at Newport,
stocked the bar, and
let nature take its course. The resultant film footage
captures the blues experience in it first and truest
milieu, one in which
African-American men and women drink, dance and share their troubles and
triumphs.
A heretofore-unseen glimpse of a unique blues summit which offers a
bracing reminder of this music's
elemental vitality and the blues culture which
nurtured it. Titles include: "Devil Got My Woman, I'm So
Glad, Worried" -Skip
James, "Baby You're Killing Me, Old Lady Blues, Please Don't Put Your Daddy
Outdoors, 100th Man" -Bukka White, "Forever On My Mind" -Son House, "Meet Me In
The Bottom,
How Many More Years, Dust My Broom" -Howlin' Wolf, "Keep Your Lamp
Trimmed and Burning, Pure
Religion, It's A Mean Old World" -Rev Pearly Brown.
(60 min) Bio booklet included...........................Price - $24.95
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues - DVD -
This performance DVD features 8 super tracks, bio
graphy, image gallery and much
more! Songs include: "I Just Want To Make Love To You, I Got The Blues,
Wang
Dang Doodle, Seventh Son, Peace, Sandy Field, Built For Comfort, Jungle Song".
(60 min)...Price - $21.95
Mike Dowling - Bottleneck Blues and
Beyond - DVD - This revealing and comprehensive
lesson in bottleneck/slide guitar details the specific techniques that put Mike Dowling in
high demand during a
long and successful career as a Nashville session guitarist. East coast-style Piedmont
blues is Mike's forte, and
in this clear and articulate DVD workshop he helps you discover the vast possibilities
inherent in fingerpicking-
style bottleneck playing. Taking examples from traditional blues as well as his own
original compositions, Mike
never loses sight of the melody as he explores tricks that are sure to enhance your slide
playing. You'll learn
how to incorporate fretted chord forms with your slide work and the crisp right-hand
patterns that will keep it
all moving along. Mike teaches turnarounds and syncopations, damping techniques for
the right and left hand,
and refinements for vibrato that will make even the simplest lines sound musical. Using
primarily open D tuning,
Mike teaches non-bottleneck tunes he's adapted to the slide style, including "Mean
Ol' Frisco, Stranger Here,
Boogie Woogie Dance, Swamp Dog Blues, Jan's Song". Booklet included (110
min)..............................Price - $29.95
Mike Dowling - Uptown Blues - DVD.
Mike Dowling performs a unique blend of blues, ragtime,
swing and roots music.
Each of his arrangements is a virtual encyclopedia of essential riffs that
define the
genre. On this DVD, Mike performs and explains 6 of his classic solo
guitar pieces, in standard tuning and
open tunings. In the special lesson
sections, Mike carefully describes and explains the most important aspects
and
techniques required for each arrangement, and you can select from multiple
camera angles: watch the full
performance or see a close-up of his right or left
hand. In addition, several bonus song performances are
included. Lesson songs
include: "Rosalie, Nitpickin', Minor Thing, Johnson City Rag, Fishin' in the
Wind,
Bottleneck March". Bonus performances include "Bottomlands, String Crazy,
World of Hurt".
(180 min)................................................................................................................................................................Price - $29.95
Mike Dowling - Uptown Blues
- Book and CD. Mike Dowling - a true master guitarist - performs
a unique blend of
blues, ragtime, swing and roots music. Each of his arrangements is a virtual
encyclopedia
of must-know riffs that define the genre. This book contains 16 of
Mike's most popular solo guitar pieces, in
standard and open tunings. All of the
songs are transcribed by Mike himself. On the included Masterclass
CD, Mike
walks you through the key aspects of each arrangement. Songs include: "Amazing
Grace, Bottle-
neck March, Backslidin', Bottomlands, Fishin' In The Wind, Jan's
Song, Johnson City Rag, Minor Thing,
Nitpickin', Rocky Road, Rosalie, Shufflin',
Siboney, String Crazy, Swamp Dog Blues, Wild 'Bout It".
Notation and
tab.................................................................................................................................................Price - $24.95
Chris Duarte - Axploration - DVD
- Emerging from the hotbed of Lonestar State blues in Austin,
Texas, Chris
Duarte has established himself as a major guitarist, singer, songwriter and
bandleader. Duarte
developed his monster Strat chops by studying the styles of
fellow Texans Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric
Johnson - as well as guitar masters
like Jimi Hendrix. In this DVD, Duarte draws on his considerable exper-
ience to
provide valuable insights into his style and musicianship. Duarte explains:
practice routines, impro-
ving your sense of time, working with scales, adding
“color” to solos, chord rhythms and solos, adding
tension and release to solos,
using musical equipment to get your own sound as well as tips on jamming
and
gigs! (63 min)...............................................................................................................................................Price - $29.95
Cornell Dupree - Rhythm & Blues Guitar - Book and CD. Renowned R&B, blues, and funk
guitar ace Cornell Dupree reveals his playing secrets including lessons on: double-stops,
vamps, scales,
playing tips, common progressions and riffs, R&B, blues, and funk styles. Contains 10
songs with full-band
backing on CD. Tunes include: "J.R. Shuffle, Plain Ole' Blues, Swing Shuffle, Minor
Blues, Soul Dance, Soul
Lullaby, Ice Cream, Funk #1, Funk #2, Funk #3". Notation and
tab...........................................................Price - $16.95
Mark Dziuba - Cutting Edge Blues Guitar
- Book and CD. In every style of music there is
always a group of artists who
are out of the mainstream. They are either ahead of their time or putting new
twists on music of the past. These artists are sometimes outrageous, sometimes
brilliant and often strange,
but they always challenge and excite the
imagination. This book contains licks in the most unusual styles
on the scene,
with loads of rarely seen photos and background information on unique recording
artists.
The licks and lessons are in the most cutting edge styles: the new rock
blues, modern swing, contemporary
slide, world blues and today's urban blues.
Notation and tab....................................................................Price - $17.95
Ronnie Earl - Blues Guitar With Soul -
DVD - Ronnie Earl shares his knowledge in this
DVD with special blues chords a la Little Walter, Lightning Hokins, Freddie King, Magic
Sam, Country
Blues
Styles, BB King style, question and answer phrasing, bending and shaking, turnarounds and
most
of all, how to
get the most feeling out of the least notes. The music and tab is shown on the screen as
the
it's being played so
you don't miss a note! (60 min) Booklet
included.......................................................Price
- $24.95
Honeyboy Edwards - Delta Blues Guitar -
DVD - This DVD is more than an in-depth
lesson on Delta blues. In addition, it is a personal visit with a truly unique individual
in the history of
American
music. Honeyboy imparts his wit and wisdom on his life and times and the fascinating,
larger-
than-life men and
women he has met in the blues. Foremost among these is the immortal Robert Johnson
whom he
met in 1936.
In an absolutely remarkable vignette, Honeyboy gives his first person account of
the death
of the King of the
Delta Blues. Surrounding this riveting moment of living history are detailed
demonstrations and thrilling performances of solo country blues, slide guitar, boogie bass lines and lead
guitar. Taken
all together, you have
the original source for Delta blues guitar.
(60 min) Booklet included..................................................................................................................................Price - $19.95
Electric Blues Guitar Giants - Book includes: "All Your Love (I Miss Lovin'),
Double Trouble"
-Otis Rush/Eric Clapton, "Blues With a Feeling" -Mike Bloomfield, "Dust My
Broom" -Elmore James, "Every-
day (I Have the Blues)" -B.B. King, "Honey Bee" -Muddy Waters,
"Killing Floor" -Hubert Sumlin, " Mean
Old World" -Otis Rush, "One Way Out" -Elmore James, "Reconsider
Baby" -Lowell Fulson, "Stone Crazy" -
Buddy Guy, "Walking By Myself" -Jimmy Rogers. Notation, tab and
lyrics............................................Price - $18.95
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - The Songs and Guitar of
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - DVD
hosted by Arlo Guthrie. This video
captures a fascinating musical exchange between two icons of American
folk music. Jack Elliott and Arlo Guthrie take you on a journey through folk music
history, playing the blues,
ballads and cowboy songs that define Jack's unique guitar style and repertoire. Jack and
Arlo's captivating
storytelling and infectious good humor make this session entertaining and enjoyable and
will add new songs
and techniques to your guitar repertoire. Songs include: "Railroad Bill, Freight
Train, Nobody Knows You
When You're Down and Out, Candy Man, Take Me Back and Try Me One More Time, Cup of Coffee,
The
Cuckoo, Hard Travelin', San Francisco Bay Blues, Poor Howard, Blind Lemon, Black Snake
Moan, If I
Were a Carpenter, Talking Sailor". (80 min) Booklet
included....................................................................Price - $29.95
Jim Ferguson - All Blues for Jazz Guitar - Book and CD - Designed to help you play in a broad
spectrum of jazz guitar settings from big band and small combos to a solo context, this
comprehensive guide to
jazz comping starts with the basics of chord symbols and blues form.The book's four major
sections address
voice
leading, linear comping, modal concepts, and advanced rhythm chord comping styles.
Notation and tab.................................................................................................................................................Price - $24.95
Jim Ferguson - All Blues Scales for Jazz Guitar - Book and CD include lessons in: 12-Bar
jazz/blues progressions - (major and minor Bebop/Swing variations and progression), Blues
scale basics
"long"blues scale fingerings, blues scales in C & G, CAGED formation), Patterns &
Exercises (eigth/sixteenth
note patterns, triplet patterns), Solos & Grooves ("Groove Blues Comp in G,
Groove Solo, Slow Blues Comp
in F, Slow Blues Solo, Funk Groove Comp in C, Funk Solo, Bebop Comp in A Minor, Minor
Bebop Solo,
Walking Bass Line Comp in E Minor, E Minor Octaves Solo, Bebop Comp in G, Bebop Solo In
Every
CAGED Fingering in G"). Notation and
tab.....................................................................................................Price
- $19.95
Jim Ferguson - All Blues Soloing for Jazz Guitar - Book and CD. This comprehensive book
moves from blues progressions to fingerboard organization to phrasing, essential blues
scales, riffs, licks,
and lick
development. It addresses an array of advanced concepts and devices, including substitute
scales
and extended
super arpeggios. Features 38 solos, over 100 music examples and hundreds of licks.
Notation and tab. - 96
pages...............................................................................................................................Price
- $24.95
Tommy Flint - Kentucky Thumbpicking Blues for
Guitar - Book and CD. Songs include:
"Black-Jack, Kentucky Blues, The Rats Won, Frogtown Shuffle, Blake's Tavern
Blues, L & N Blues, My Last
Ride Home's in the Baggage Car, Dingfod Kadiddy, A Bloody Night in Mannington,
Sportin' House Blues,
Hoochie Kooch, Goin' to Bullhead City, Rattlesnakin' Daddy, Kick Around Bag,
Tywhoppity".
Notation and
tab...................................................................................................................................................Price
- $17.95
Mary Flower - Blues Guitar Arrangements for the Intermediate
Player - DVD
Mary's clear step-by-step instruction will make learning
these five classic blues songs fun to play for anyone
with some prior knowledge
of blues fingerpicking techniques. Mary starts off with Leroy Carr's "Papa's in
the
Housetop", first strumming the basic chords to get you quickly into the
tune. She teaches you how to play
the melody on the high strings, then adds
harmony notes and finally finishes the arrangement with a hot New
Orleans bass
line. She then launches into equally detailed instruction for these other blues
tunes: "Backwater
Blues, Black Rat Swing, Going Down Slow, Hop Scop Blues".
Mary's arrangements are challenging, fun to
play and filled with musical ideas
that will inspire you while adding great songs to your blues repertoire!
|(60 min)
Booklet included...................................................................................................................................Price - $29.95
Robben Ford - Book and CD - A step-by-step breakdown
and analyses of the guitar styles and tech-
niques of a blues
virtuoso taught by Dave Rubin. Take an in-depth look at the unique, jazzy blues stylings
of Robben
Ford in these songs: "Born Under a Bad Sign, The Brother (For Jimmie and Stevie),
Busted Up,
Help The Poor, I Just Want to Make Love to You, Indianola, The
Miller's Son, Red Lady with Cello, Rugged
Road, Start It Up, Talk to Your
Daughter, You Cut Me To The Bone".
Notation and tab. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from the original
recordings.......................Price - $22.95
Robben Ford - The Art of Blues Rhythm
- DVD. As one of the most emulated blues players
of our
time, Robben Ford's impeccable soloing techniques, phrasing and tone have been
the subject of several
books and videos - but for the first time, Robben brings
his smooth and tasty rhythm playing to the forefront
in this unique DVD! He explains
and demonstrates dozens of blues rhythm concepts and techniques from 12-
bar shuffle blues rhythms to mixing in jazz chords to blues comping. Robben also
takes you through several of
his tunes showing his chord voicings, rhythms
and right-hand picking/finger techniques. Robben also answers
questions about
double-stops, his guitars, recording and road gear. Also includes a 39-page
printable PDF file
with examples and transcriptions. Robben has been offering
masterclass clinics for several years to a very select
and limited number of
students. We're happy to present this DVD to allow guitarists everywhere to be
a part of
this unique experience! (86 minutes). Printable PDF
file...................................................................................Price
- $29.95
Robben Ford - Best of Robben Ford
- Book includes: "The Brother, Cannonball Shuffle, The
Champ, He Don't Play Nothin' But the Blues, Help the Poor, Indianola, Life Song (One for Annie),
Misdir-
ected Blues, The Plunge, Prison of Love, Rugged Road, Start It Up, Talk to
Your Daughter, Tired of Talkin',
When I Leave Here".
Notation, tab and lyrics. All guitar parts transcribed note-for-note from
the original recordings............Price - $19.95
Robben Ford - Blues For Guitar - Book and CD. In this book, Robben Ford reveals the
construc-
tion of his most essential blues phrases and includes: classic blues licks and melodic
ideas, hammer-ons, pull-
offs, slides, bends and double stops, thematic development, ear training and music theory,
and application of
diminished, whole-tone, pentatonic and other scales. Notation and
tab.....................................................Price - $19.95
Robben Ford - Playin' The Blues - DVD - Includes the basics - scales, chords, licks and
phrases that are the foundation of modern blues guitar style. He discusses his fingering
technique, vibrato
and string bending, and also shows his favorite chord forms and comping patterns. He shows
you the chord
voicings and rhythm guitar ideas he uses and teaches some great 12 bar solos featuring
many of his classic
blues guitar phrases. Includes many musical examples. (60 min) Booklet
included................................Price - $49.95
Robben Ford - Playin' The Blues - Book and
CD - Includes the basics - scales, chords, licks and
phrases that are the foundation of modern blues guitar style. He discusses his fingering
technique, vibrato and
string bending, and also shows his favorite chord forms and comping patterns.
Includes "Slo-Mo Blues" and
many musical examples. Notation and
tab.......................................................................................................Price
- $24.95
Robben Ford - The Blues and Beyond - DVD - includes basic blues concepts such as the
pentatonic, mixolydian and blues scales and builds on them, progressively incorporating
more sophisticated
scales and chord voicings. He discusses phrasing and playing "outside" using
minor scales and teaches his
well know renditions of "Revelation, Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues, and Miles
Groove".
(75 min) Booklet
included..................................................................................................................................Price
- $39.95
Robben Ford - The Blues and Beyond - Book and CD - includes basic blues concepts such as
the pentatonic, mixolydian and blues scales and builds on them, progressively incorporating
more sophisticated
scales and chord voicings. Includes examples and song transcriptions "Rhumba Blues,
Revelation, I Aint Got
Nothin But The Blues, Miles Groove". Notation and
tab............................................................................Price -
$24.95
Robben Ford - Back To The Blues - DVD
- In this 3 hour DVD, Robben Ford
explores the finer
points of contemporary blues guitar playing. Robben
demonstrates rhythm playing and improvising ideas for
both major and minor blues
along with an in-depth look at "Livin' in a Fool's Paradise". He also teaches
how to
be more melodic and gives insight on comping and soling over a swing
blues and a one-chord blues vamp. Plus,
see exciting live performances by Robben's trio, 'The Blue Line', playing "I Don't Play, Bad Luck Blues, Start It
Up, Talk To Your Daughter , You Cut Me to the Bone". Special features include: a
tuning segment, vibrato and
diminished scale usage, and a transcription of "Slo-Mo
Blues".
(180 min). Booklet
included...............................................................................................................................Price
- $29.95
Robben Ford - Rhythm Blues For Guitar - Book and CD. Robben Ford reveals the chords
and driving rhythm patterns he uses to create great blues backups! It includes: funky,
shuffle, and slow blues
rhythms, two and three-note moveable shapes, guitar-friendly voicings of "hard"
chords, "sliding sixths"
patterns, Intro/ending licks, passing chords and voice leading, and seven different 7th
chord voicings. Learn
blues comping patterns from the master! Notation, tab and chord
diagrams.............................................Price - $18.95
Robben Ford - Ultimate
Blues Play Along Guitar Trax - Book and CD. This book was con-
ceived to
provide the aspiring guitarist with the opportunity to play along with some of the finest
guitarists
in the
world. The combination of a live rhythm section made up of Musicians Institute staff
artists and demo
solos
recorded by GIT specialists such as Steve Trovato, Keith