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Songs in this collection have been recorded by artists as diverse as Eric Clapton, Leadbelly, Billie Holiday, Chet Atkins, Bing Crosby, David Lee Roth, Big Bill Broonzy, B. B. King and Sam Cooke. They're great tunes for guitar pickers, and Fred shows you how to back yourself up singing them and how to fingerpick instrumental versions of six classics. With his explanations of the arrangements, split-screen, slowed-down versions of the songs, and with the tab and music in the PDF booklet on the DVD.  You'll learn how to play St. Louis Blues, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Backwater Blues, After You've Gone, I Ain't Got Nobody, and the sensational Send Me To the Electric Chair. The songs sound terrific on guitar, and with Fred's instruction, the arrangements are easy to follow. 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The lesson finishes with Blues in C which brings together the many ideas and styles that have been taught.        As a bonus feature, audio tracks are included featuring rare recordings of the songs and styles presented.  Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. A detailed tab\/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. This includes lyrics to the songs as well as tab\/music transcriptions of the guitar playing.        Tunes include: Railroad Bill, Careless Love, I'm Satisfied, You Got The Pocketbook I Got The Key, Cocaine Blues, See See Rider, Save Up Your Money John D. Rockefeller Put the Panic On and Blues in C.                     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As a bonus feature audio tracks are included featuring rare recordings of the songs and styles presented.        Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. A detailed tab\/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. This includes lyrics to the songs as well as tab\/music transcriptions of the guitar playing. A detailed tab\/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD.        Tunes include: Blues in G, Easy Rider, Return to Little Rock, Mama Let Me Lay It On You, Blues Ain‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√ë‚àö¬•t Dry, Careless Love, Big Road Blues, Canned Heat Blues and Blues in D. 76 minutes.             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As a bonus feature audio tracks are included featuring rare recordings of the songs and styles presented. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. A detailed tab\/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. This includes lyrics to the songs as well as tab\/music transcriptions of the guitar playing. Tunes include: County Line, Slow Blues in A, Come Back Baby, Yonder Comes The Blues, Weeping Willow, M\u0026amp;O Blues, Bye Bye Blues, New Pony Blues, If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road, and Slow Blues in E. 85 minutes. 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You can also download a PDF which contains biographical information, photographs and performance notes on the tunes here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877938195,"sku":"13060DVD","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1814\/0429\/products\/media-brownie-mcghee-born-with-the-blues-1966-1992-dvd-1263940206633.jpg?v=1775681647"},{"product_id":"20389dp","title":"Blues Guitar Rhythm Basics  DVD\/Chart Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe basics of playing electric blues rhythm guitar are taught on this DVD. The accompanying chart displays the basics of the material taught. 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His playing is astoundingly complex and precise, obviously reverential yet filled with personal touches... A brilliant musician... he sounds like four people playing at once. - The Philadelphia Inquirer     Ari Eisinger is one of the most dazzling country blues and ragtime guitarists playing today. Listen to his astonishing performances of the music of Blind Blake and you will hear things no guitar player has managed to pull off since Blake himself disappeared in the early 1930s. The sportin' right hand, the piano rhythms, the notes everybody else leaves out - they're all there. \"One of the finest fingerpickers I've heard anywhere,\" \"One of the top guitarists in the country,\" \"One of the finest interpreters of traditional blues and ragtime\" - these are just a few of the reactions from critics and fellow musicians to Ari's remarkable way with the blues of the 1920s and '30s. Able to shift effortlessly from complex East Coast ragtime to the propulsive rhythm of the guitar evangelists to down-home Texas country blues, Ari is one of the most authentic musicians you are ever likely to encounter.     His interpretations of the songs of masters like Blind Lemon Jefferson, Memphis Minnie and Reverend Gary Davis have been called \"downright spooky\" for the way the styles of these pioneering guitar heroes are brought vibrantly back to life. Whether he is taking on the crystal tone and virtuosity of Lonnie Johnson or the liquid bends of Josh White played on a low-tuned Stella guitar, Ari deftly recalls the great music of the past while bring-ing his own brilliant musical personality to bear on some of the neglected classics of the blues.     Based in Philadelphia, Ari has toured across the US and performed in the UK and Japan, shar-ing the bill along the way with artists like Doc Watson, John Jackson, Dave Van Ronk, Paul Geremia and Taj Mahal. He has led guitar classes both in the US and the UK, and he is a featured instructor for Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop. Opportunities to see him in concert don’t happen nearly as often as fans would like, so this collection of Ari performing some of his favorite material, filmed in 2001 and 2009, will be a welcome treat.     Titles include: Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed, Southern Rag, Blues in E (improvisation), Frankie, Drunken Barrel House Blues, When The Levee Breaks, Hunkie Tunkie Blues, Lonnie Johnson style Blues in D, Match Box Blues, Piney Woods Money Mama, Rabbit Foot Blues, One Dime Blues, That Will Never Happen No More, Rope Stretchin’ Blues, Hard Road Blues, Chump Man Blues, You Don’t Understand, If You See My Saviour, But They Got It Fixed Right On and Wabash Rag\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877960851,"sku":"13119DVD","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1814\/0429\/products\/media-guitar-artistry-of-ari-eisinger-dvd-1263953117225.jpg?v=1775681961"},{"product_id":"13120dvd","title":"Guitar Artistry of Woody Mann DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eMann has absorbed so many guitar styles that he can change moods on a dime, weaving lyrical single string lines and chord harmonies that can take his tunes across the musical divides between genres. - Acoustic Guitar Magazine.      Among guitarists and critics, Woody Mann is considered a modern master. While the blues are his touchstone, he seems to draw inspiration from every direction, blending a myriad of influences with ease and grace. Pioneering guitar legend John Fahey said it well: \"You can hear classical, jazz and blues approaches somehow converging into a single sparkling sound – a sound completely his own. Woody takes a fresh approach to his blues re-creations and his own compositions defy category. If there was a category simply called 'great music' Woody's music would belong there.\"        In \"Songs From the Blues\", Woody showcases his songs that are inspired by his love for the country blues and early jazz styles but brings the past up to the present with his original guitar style and contemporary songwriting. Mann's wizardry on the fretboard is matched by his ability to convey deep feelings with his songs - creating moods that incite, delight, or simply soothe. Mann blurs the lines between jazz, blues, classical, and world music, creating his own sound in the process. Attempts to categorize his music simply miss the point. This is brilliant playing that demands to be heard. - Sing Out Magazine.        Woody took his first musical schooling as a teenager in the living room of Reverend Gary Davis, the legendary blues, gospel and ragtime guitarist. He soon went on to perform and record with blues masters Son House and Bukka White, British great Jo Anne Kelly and fingerstyle innovator John Fahey while studying classical music at the Juilliard School and jazz improvisation with the legend-ary pianist Lennie Tristano. Since those early years, he has toured throughout the world, recorded extensively, performed with blues and jazz legends, conducted workshops in a dozen countries, and schooled countless guitarists through his many books and DVDs. He has become one of the world’s renowned guitar masters with his own contemporary improvisational style.        Every now and then, you hear a guitarist whose sound is completely his own and whose music flirts with several styles, never resting for very long with just one. Woody Mann is an artist who seems to have internalized many different genres and combined them in a way that is more than the sum of its parts. What is remarkable is how he can draw from several styles and techniques within a single song and have them blend without the feeling of inconsistency. - Musician Magazine        Titles include: We’ll Be Alright, Little Brother, Cheap Cherry Wine, Snooks, Harlequin, Have Mercy, Delia, Early Hesitation Blues, Try Me One More Time, On Her Way Home, Great Dreams, God Works in Mysterious Ways and A Little Love And Kiss\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877972115,"sku":"13120DVD","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1814\/0429\/products\/media-guitar-artistry-of-woody-mann-dvd-1263960391721.jpg?v=1775682113"},{"product_id":"gw827dvd","title":"Atlanta Blues Guitars DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eIncluded on this DVD are transcriptions and teaching of recorded performances from the youthful Buddy Moss, a player who influenced generations of East Coast players that followed him, George Carter, a mysterious 12-string guitarist who recorded only four titles, Curley Weaver, a player‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√ë‚àö¬•s player, widely acknowledged to be among the finest accompanists in the blues, Julius Daniels, who came down from North Carolina to Atlanta to record early on and Peg Leg Howell, a bootlegger-turned musician who busked in the streets of Atlanta both as a soloist and in a trio with the fiddler Eddie Anthony and guitarist Henry Williams.   The songs presented in the lesson will expand both your right hand techniques and your knowledge of the neck, with one song employing the almost never encountered Open B flat tuning.        A detailed tab\/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD, and contains all of the songs‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√ë‚àö¬• lyrics as well as transcriptions of the guitar parts. Also included are the original source recordings from which the transcriptions taught in the lesson were taken.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877972947,"sku":"GW827DVD","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1814\/0429\/products\/media-atlanta-blues-guitars-dvd-1263960850473.jpg?v=1775682129"},{"product_id":"gw996dvd","title":"Fingerpicking Country Blues Gospel Guitar DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusic from the church always featured in the repertoires of Country Blues Guitarists. 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Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. Titles include: I Am a Pilgrim, What a Friend We Have in Jesus, I'll Fly Away, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, Death Come Creeping and Will the Circle Be Unbroken.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877974291,"sku":"GW996DVD","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1814\/0429\/products\/media-fingerpicking-country-blues-gospel-guitar-dvd-1263961702441.jpg?v=1775682138"},{"product_id":"13011dvd","title":"Mance Lipscomb In Concert  DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eMance Lipscomb (1895-1976), the son of a former slave, lived almost his whole life in Navasota, Texas, supporting himself and his family by tenant farming. But he was also a guitar player and songster who played blues and rags for his neighbors at local Saturday night parties. 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This video presents the unalloyed power of Delta legends Eddie 'Son' House, Johnny Shines, Bukka White, and John Lee Hooker as they performed in the 1960s and 1970s. This is music which has mesmerized everyone from a young Muddy Waters to today's blues-based rockers. Its earthy vitality remains fresh in rare performances rife with slide guitars, driving rhythms and songs as searing as a hellhound's bay across the Delta darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mel Bay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52877988755,"sku":"13038DVD","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1814\/0429\/products\/media-legends-of-the-delta-blues-dvd-1263964651561.jpg?v=1775682192"},{"product_id":"13041dvd","title":"Texas Blues Guitar  DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lone State boasts many cultural riches, and its gifts to the blues tradition are among its most exemplary treasures. 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Each had unique characteristics and ranged from what he called \"old fashion picking\" to complex playing that explored and extended the blues tradition on the fingerboard.  Each arrangement is broken down phrase by phrase and then played slowly on a split screen. A detailed tab\/music instructional booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. As a bonus we have included various audio performances of Rev. Davis playing each song.                         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The first generation of recorded Delta bluesmen--Charley Patton, Tommy Johnson, and Mississippi Sheiks--is echoed in the stark and powerful performances of Bukka White, Sam Chatmon, Big Joe Williams, Houston Stackhouse and Son House. The East Coast ragtime style is exemplified by its supreme exponent, Reverend Gary Davis, seen here in some recently discovered informal footage. Huddie Ledbetter was a tradition unto himself with his repertoire of work and \"play party\" songs reflecting pre-blues African-American music idioms. The extraordinary color footage of LeadBelly singing three songs, and the informal footage of him singing Goodnight Irene to his wife Martha, are a treasure for fans of this American folk giant. Collectively the performers presented here are an extraordinary group, keepers of bygone traditions whose legacies still resonate. 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In 1960 German filmmaker Dietrich Wawzyn captured Lightnin' on his Houston home turf, and the clips here of him performing on the street and in a Houston bar are rare glimpses into his milieu (and the earliest known footage of Hopkins). Seven years later, a relaxed Lightnin' delivered engaging folk-blues performances for Seattle folklorists, five of which appear here. In 1970 he painted a masterful and entertaining musical self-portrait in eight songs from the Los Angeles PBS show Boboquivari. Finally, Lightnin's \"lion in winter\" appearance on Austin City Limits in 1979 shows a still-powerful country bluesman disproving the old dog\/new tricks adage with a Stratocaster and wah-wah pedal! 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