Format : DVD
Revised and Expanded Edition-Re-recorded and expanded version of one of the first Guitar Workshop lessons.This double DVD featuring almost four hours of music and instruction is a MUST for anyone interested in bottleneck blues Guitar. It is acomplete survey of country blues bottleneck styles and techniques featuring rare footage of Son House Fred McDowell Mance Lipscomb Jesse Fuller Furry Lewis and Bukka White. The first DVD focuses on playing in Open Gtuning (Spanish). The second DVD presents the Open D tuning (Vestapol). Left hand playing techniques are discussed as well as choice of bottleneck/slide and guitar to use. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and played slowly ona split-screen. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file on the DVD. Each DVD also features bonus audio tracks of the original 1920s and 1930s recordings of the original artists playing the songs. This lessonis for the intermediate student. Tunes taught include: OPEN G TUNING:My Black Mama Banty Rooster Dry Spell Blues High Sheriff Blues County Farm Blues Someday Baby Blues Roll
