Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing

Who hasn\'t been influenced by Mississippi Fred McDowell' Imitated by just about everyone that has picked up a slide his impact has spread the world over. With so many trying to figure out exactly how he played we are so fortunate to have a lesson like this one where we get to learn from the man himself. The footage of Fred McDowell seen in this lesson is a treasure because it\'s as if it was filmed with us the students of McDowell\'s style in mind. With clear shots of his left and right hands it\'s like your own private lesson with the master himself.DISC ONE is devoted to footage of Fred McDowell performing many of his classic tunes inOpen E tuning. After each performance Tom Feldmann breaks down Fred\'s techniques and then goes to the split screen playing the song slowly as you play along.DISC TWO is devoted to the recordings of McDowell in Open A tuning. Tom performs this time around as none of the available footage has McDowell performing in Open A.A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on each DVD. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes in lesson two are included. On Disc Two there is 51 minute interview with Tom Feldmann where he talks about his influences as well as performing a wide variety of tunes.Titles Include: OPEN E TUNING: When I Lay My Burden Down Keep Your Lamp TrimmedAnd Burning John Henry Break \'Em On Down Louise Mojo Hand I Heard Somebody Call OPEN A TUNING: Write Me A Few Lines Been Drinking Out of A Hollow Log Fred\'s Worried Life Blues The Train I Ride Kokomo Blues

Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-Blind Willie Johnson recorded thirty songs from 1927-1930 and of those thirty he used a slide on only twelve. There has been much debate surrounding how he played and what he played with but regardless of 'how' or 'what' those twelve songs stand as some of the best slide guitar ever recorded.In The Guitar Of Blind Willie Johnson Tom Feldmann breaks down the complexities of eight of Johnson's classics. You will see how Johnson created his 'as you feel' bass lines by utilizing alternating monotonic and 'brushing' bass techniques. Of course the defining element of Johnson's songs was his unearthly slide playing which Tom shows indetail teaching you Johnson's strike and slides pull-offs and vibrato. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. In addition the original recordings of all the tunes are included.Titles include: Bye And Bye I'm Goin' To See The King You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground God Don't Never Change Lord I Just Cant Keep From Crying Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole and Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed

American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites-Learn to play twelve classic fingerstyle songs with one of the masters of the style Pat Donohue. With note-for-note transcriptions in both staff notation and Guitar tablature (tab) learn to play these great American folk songs exactly as they were intended.Drawing influences from blues legends like Robert Johnson and folk heroes like Bob Dylan Donohue takes the best of both worlds to produce an idiosyncratic blend of warm acoustic fingerpicking and traditional American travelling songs. With the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library you can learn every note and nuance from the cream of Pat Donohue?s backcatalogue with selections from his 2008 album Freewayman going way back to his 1989 album Big Blind Bluesy. Each song from American Fingerstyle Guitar Favorites has been expertly transcribed into both staff notation and tablature making this book perfect for any fan of acoustic-folk music or somebody who wants to learn the essentials of fingerpicking. Whatever your background there is nobody better to learn from than Pat Donohue who has been called ?one of the greatest finger pickers in the world today? by none other than Chet Atkins. As if this wasn?t enough to convince you this edition of the book also comes with free audio access to Donohue himself playing the songs. All you have to do is enter the code provided on the Hal Leonard website to download digital versions of songs like Big Blind Bluesy and Maple Leaf Rag. To see the full list of songs included in this songbook please see below.With an unparalleled level of precise transcription the Hal Leonard Solo Guitar Library offers the best possible way for you to perfectly learn a dozen fingerstyle classics that come from the very hands of one of the greatest.