Country Blues Guitar In Open Tunings (Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio) - Softcover

Stefan Grossman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786659238 ISBN 13: 9780786659234

Publisher: Grossman's Guitar Workshop, 2002

This collection presents a wide variety of wonderful Country Blues arrangements. The arrangements of Scrapper Blackwell, Blind Blake, Big Bill Broonzy, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Charley Jordan and Josh White are featured. It is fundamental in your understanding of these arrangements to hear the original performances which we have included on the CD that accompanies this book. Titles include: Scrapper Blackwell Blue Day Blues Kokomo Blues Blind Blake Georgia Bound Big Bill Broonzy Big Bill Blues Mississippi River Blues Mr. Conductor Man Saturday Night Rub Stove Pipe Stomp Worryin You Off My Mind Rev. Gary Davis Cincinnati Flow Rag Italian Rag Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From Two Step Candyman Blind Lemon Jefferson Easy Rider Blues Hot Dogs One Kind Favor Lonnie Johnson Go Back To Your No Good Man Life Saver Blues Charley Jordan Hunkie Tunkie Blues Keep It Clean Josh White Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed Little Brother Blues Book with CD

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About the Author:

Stefan Grossman has been recording, performing, and writing about acoustic fingerstyle techniques and styles for more than 30 years. At age 15 he started taking lessons from the legendary bluesman the late Rev. Gary Davis. He also learned music from records by Brownie McGhee and Lightnin' Hopkins. When Grossman was 18, he formed the Even Dozen Jug Band with guitarist Steve Katz, harmonicist/singer John Sebastian and pianist Josh Rifkin. The group recorded the LP Even Dozen Jug Band [out of print] for Elektra in 1964. At the same time, Stefan became more interested in his work as a blues researcher. During the period from 1965-1975 he studied and traveled with some of the legendary figures in the world of blues guitar-- Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and other great black American bluesmen and songsters. From this experience Stefan authored his landmark five-volume series for Oak Publications that presented these styles to pickers worldwide. In 1973 Stefan co-founded Kicking Mule Records to counter the shortage of good instructional guitar records and music. With a lineup of artists including guitarists Dave Evans, Ton Van Bergeyk, Happy Traum, Duck Baker, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Davy Graham, Kicking Mule has been instrumental in promoting and preserving the best in blues, ragtime, and contemporary picking. Stefan has played with bands all over the world and has recorded numerous CDs. He has also written many books that have been published or distributed by Mel Bay Publications.

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