Legendary Performers

Doc Watson was a legendary performer who blended his traditional Appalachian musical roots with bluegrass country gospel and blues to create a unique style and an expansive repertoire. His flatpicking style elevated the acoustic guitar to solo status in bluegrass and country music and whose interpretations of traditional American music profoundly influenced generations of folk and rock guitarists.Doc was born in Deep Gap North Carolina on March 3 1923 into a family already rich in musical tradition. His mother Annie Watson sang traditional secular and religious songs and his father General Watson played the banjo which was Doc's first instrument as well.In 1953 Doc met Jack Williams a local piano player and played rockabilly/swing music for seven years a period and a style that he later revisited in the album Docabilly. But he also continued to play acoustic traditional music with his family and with his banjo playing neighbor Clarence Tom Ashley. In 1960 spurred by the growing folk revival folklorists Ralph Rinzler and Eugene Earle came south to record Ashley and heard Doc Watson in the process. These sessions resulted in Doc's first recordings Old-Time Music at Clarence Ashley's.In 1961 the Friends of Old-Time Music invited Doc Ashley Clint Howard and Fred Price to perform at a now-legendary concert in New York City and one year later Doc gave his first solo performance at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village. From then on he was a full-time professional playing a wide range of concerts clubs colleges and festivals including the Newport Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall.In the late 1960s Doc was joined on the road by his son Merle who provided both musical and emotional companionship; with Merle playing guitar and banjo and serving as partner and driver the father-son team expanded their audience nationwide. Sadly Merle died in 1985 from a tractor accident.A series of over 50 remarkable recordings including collaborations with Flatt & Scruggs Chet Atkins and

Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton is a comprehensive and revealing biography which includes interviews with family members, musicians and producers who have worked with Dolly over the years. This new and fully updated edition includes a detailed section on the superstar's legendary performance at 2014's Glastonbury Festival.This book is a detailed assessment of her music as a singer and songwriter over the last forty years, and author Stephen Miller discusses how she shrugged aside the male-dominated world of Nashville in the early 1960s to take hold of her career, sell millions of albums and appear in films with Jane Fonda, Burt Reynolds and Sylvester Stallone.Smart Blonde: Dolly Parton throws new light on her private life - her mysterious and closely guarded relationship with her husband Carl Dean, and her lifelong friend Judy Ogle as well as her seeming love of cosmetic surgery. This is the story of an artist and performer who is deadly serious about music but is often seen as frivolous about her image. The updated version of this Dolly Parton biography includes details of her Glastonbury 2014 performance, the cherry on the cake of her illustrious career. Finding new fans and putting on a characteristically entertaining show for old ones, the UK tour led to her most recent album being her biggest-selling album in the UK ever.This incredible detailed Dolly Parton biography is a must for all fans, old and new, of this jewel in country music's crown. Boasting an authoritative account of her ongoing career, this is the only biography on the legendary lady, the queen of country, the philanthropist and perfect performer.Stephen Miller practised as a solicitor until the early Nineties when he retired in order to pursue other interests, notably American country music. For six years he reviewed albums, books and concerts and interviewed a variety of artists for a weekly country music show on commercial radio station Scot FM. He is also the author of Johnny Cash: The Life on an American Idol, also published by Omnibus Press.If you've bought the biography and been inspired by Parton's incredible songwriting, why not learn some of her Greatest Hits with our Dolly Parton sheet music. / Livre

Learn funk techniques and music theory with this DVD package containing two cutting-edge videos. In Funk Bass and Beyond you'll learn: funk and rock techniques within the rhythm section suggestions dor advanced left- and right-hand techniques the rudiments of rhythm/drum patterns and applying them to your bass lines appropriate gear and equipment for the performing player and much more... features include: Legendary Performances (Victor Wooten Jaco Pastorius Dave Pomeroy and Oteil Burbridge) Exercises tips for bass players Interactive Bill Dickens' Signature GT-BD7 Additional Product Reviews DVD-ROM featuresIn Bass Beyond Limits Bill Dickens focuses on style and concepts demonstrating and discussing: harmonic concepts of chord tones applicable scales music theory substitution principles how to enhance your funk jazz and latin performances

A Manual of Techniques and Possibilities for the Adventurous Improvising Musician. Par KANE DAVID. Sure - everybody has an opinion on how to play ?outside?. But until now, no one has made an in-depth exploration of the commonalities and differences in how the greatest jazz players on the planet have incorporated their inspiring, harmony defying techniques. With Playing Outside the Chord, David Kane invokes a thoughtfully curated selection of transcribed phrases that take the reader beyond the simple mechanics of what is being played and offer revelatory insights into what the players are (or might be) thinking when they play it. It?s a daunting, seemingly impossible objective; yet here it is, beautifully examined, notated, and explained in an accessible way that every musician can understand. 'This book is a treasure trove, full of important information on chromaticism and its usage. From Bach to Schoenberg, Dave covers a lot of ground and the book is very well organized. He specifically addresses the melodic aspect of improvisation, including lines and phrases, rather than the usual emphasis on harmony. What's special is that he explores the ?feeling? and overall effect of the lines on the listener. This book is all you need as a working guide towards understanding the implications of 20th century jazz and classical music.? -David Liebman LEVEL-UP!!! If you?re feeling uninspired, stuck, or limited by your current play, this is the perfect book to help you break those chains, stimulate your creativity, and take your playing and composing in compelling new directions. Enthusiastically endorsed by modern jazz luminaries such as David Liebman and Richie Beirach, Playing Outside the Chord is devoted to melodic phrasing that transcends conventional chord/scale relationships. This exciting technique incorporating the theory and practice of horizontal playing and extended tonality pioneered by jazz titans such as Michael Brecker, Cory Henry, John Scofield, Brad Meldhau, and Jacob Collier is a vital component of the modern jazz performance and improvisation toolbox. Featuring over 200 musical examples gleaned from classic solos, plus 15 extensive transcriptions of legendary performances, this book is skillfully designed to clue you in on the theoretical basis of ?outside? play as practiced by these trail-blazing musicians. It systematically describes each type of technique used, including timing and source considerations, and by doing so unlocks a wealth of modern ideas that offer rich possibilities for the creative improviser. Kane?s insightful treatise on outside playing represents an important expansion of the ideas available to the dedicated student of improvisation. / Date parution : 2022-04-01/ Etude / Tout Instrument

Par WEEDON BERT. Play In A Day remians the World's most successful Guitar tutor. It is as much a legend as the stars who've learnt from it - Eric Clapton, Mike Oldfield, Paul McCartney, Steve Hillage, George Harrison, John Lennon, Sting, Brian May, Pete Townshend and dozens more. It's easy to use, inexpensive and can help to turn you into a legendary performer too./ Méthode / Guitare

Nine Sizzling Performances Featuring All-Star Legendary Musicians-Experience the music of Karl Perazzo and Raul Rekow like never before and watch these nine sizzling performances by an all-star line up of legendary musicians! The lost art of jamming and improvisation has been rekindled and found in this DVD release of Just Another Day in the Park which showcases music from Rekow and Perazzo???s first CD release of the same title. These consummate musicians who claim to be students of music for life now feel it???s their turn to inspire you! Whether you are young or old you will find that this music crosses all generational boundaries. A key to the passion behind this music is not what you listen to but how you listen.This music is sure to uplift and inspire everyone and features nine performances and four extended solos by Karl Raul and on drums Horacio ???El Negro??? Hernandez just one of the many special guests on this superb presentation.

Joe Satriani: Legendary Licks présente la musique de Joe Satriani dans un play-along ensemble complet.Joe Satriani: Legendary Licks contient la note pour note transcriptions et les notes de performance détaillées sur la faCon de jouer une multitude de coups de langue classique, remplit, riffs, solos et - avec démonstration enregistrées de chaque exercice et des conseils d'installation engrenage.Le CD est jouable sur n'importe quel lecteur de CD, mais est également améliorée si les utilisateurs Mac et PC peuvent régler l'enregistrement à n'importe quel tempo sans changer la hauteur.Ce pack comprend un enseignement sur ??la lecture de 12 Satriani classiques, y compris toujours avec moi, toujours avec vous, Cryin ', des amis, Summer Song, Surfing with the Alien et plus. / Guitare

'This DVD collection presents some of the rarest footage of legendary Country Blues artists that we have been fortunate to find. The footage varies from high quality film to analog videos taped over 40 years ago. But above all the music and performances are powerful and evocative. The sounds of Skip James Bukka White Big Bill Broonzy Son House Will Shade Rev. Gary Davis and others on this 115 minute collection will give you shivers up your spine and get your feet tapping. This is the Country Blues of a time long past. Enjoy.' - Stephen Grossman