In this double DVD lesson of over 4 hours of instruction Ernie Hawkins teaches ten of Big Bill’s greatest guitar solos and arrangements. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and then uses the split-screen so you can carefully study what each hand is doing.Detailed tab/music booklets are included as PDF files on both DVDs. Also included is rare footage of Big Bill as well as bonus audio tracks of Big Bill’s recordings of the tunes on this lesson. Big Bill Broonzy (June 26 1903 August 15 1958) was an incredible Americanblues singer songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly black audiences. Through the 1930s and 1940s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with white audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. He was one of the first bluesmen to tour in Europe and his performances and records influenced folk guitars from John Renbourn Martin Carthy Stefan Grossman and Davey Graham to rock guitarists as Eric Clapton (who recorded several Big Bill tunes on his Unplugged CD) to Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones who said: 'Big Bill’s Guitar Shuffle was one of the first tracks I learnt to play but even to this day I can't play it exactly right.'
SKU: MB.30779M
ISBN 9781513462691. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
This book presents three of the greatest ragtime blues guitar players from the 1920s-1940s. They all possessed what Rev. Gary Davis called that sportinâ?? right hand. Each could sing the blues or play a dance instrumental. They favored first-position chords but produced incredible textures and rhythms from these easy left-hand fingerings. There are years of exciting fingerpicking challenges in these pages. But what fun it will be once you can play these tunes!
BIG BILL BROONZY Big Bill Blues â?¢ At the Break of Day â?¢ Friendless Blues â?¢ Shuffle Rag â?¢ Worrying You off My Mind Bull Cow Blues â?¢ Five Feet Five
BLIND BLAKE Georgia Bound â?¢ Back Biting Bee Blues â?¢ Cold Hearted Mama Blues â?¢ Ice Man Blues â?¢ Righteous Blues â?¢ Tootie Blues Rope Stretchinâ?? Blues â?¢ Sea Board Stomp â?¢ Walkinâ?? Across the Country â?¢ What a Lowdown Place the Jailhouse Is
BLIND BOY FULLER Baby, I Donâ??t Have to Worry â?¢ Careless Love â?¢ Georgia Ham Mama â?¢ Keep Away From My Woman Somebodyâ??s Been Playing With That Thing â?¢ Why Donâ??t My Baby Write To Me (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) Sheâ??s Funny That Way â?¢ Jivinâ?? Woman Blues
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 1) Listen over and over to the original recordings available via the download link for this collection. 2) Get a program that can control digital audio files. Use this with the transcriptions and the recordings. 3) Be patient!! Practice, practice and practice some more!!
SKU: MB.GW865
5.25x7.5 inches.
Looking to spice up your repertoire? Or maybe youâ??d just like to add to your toolbox of licks and turnarounds? The best way to do either is to turn to the greats!In this lesson Ben Gateno guides you through several jaw-dropping instrumentals originally performed and recorded by three of the most legendary acoustic blues and ragtime guitarists: Lonnie Johnson, Blind Blake, and Big Bill Broonzy. Combined, all tunes featured present wildly varying textures, rhythms, techniques, and harmonic language. By the end of the lesson no part of your fretboard will go unexplored. Along the way, Ben offers crucial insights and practice tips that will help you learn not only these numbers faster and better but are sure to ramp up everything you play.All tunes are performed by Ben at speed and slowed down, with clear, detailed views of both hands. A detailed tab/music PDF file is included on the DVD with note for note transcriptions of the tunes taught. The original recordings are included in the Bonus Audio section. DVD is region 0 playable worldwide.120-minute DVD.Titles include LONNIE JOHNSON Blues in G, BIG BILL BROONZY House Rent Stomp, and BLIND BLAKE breaks from Hometown Skiffle.