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Guitar Licks of the Texas Blues-Rock Heroes details the solo styles of the legendary Lone Star State guitarists. Complete with essential stylistic details that make the music come alive, this volume contains 100 licks in the authentic styles of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Johnny Winter, T-Bone Walker, LightninÂ? Hopkins, Freddie King, Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Johnson, and more. Each lick has its own mini-lesson and is performed by the author at half and full tempo on the accompanying CD.

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Here?s a video lesson for players who know the basic chords and want to get started playing blues on the electric guitar. Jim Weider takes it from the top, and shows the easy way to get into playing authentic licks, riffs, rhythms and hot solos. You’ll learn how to use slides, string bends, hammer-ons and a variety of vibrato styles for an authentic blues feel, along with rhythm grooves, bass lines and other accompaniment techniques. Learning the pentatonic (5 note) blues scale is the key to blues improvisation, and Jim teaches you how to find the notes you’ll need in different positions up and down the guitar fretboard. Before long you’ll be playing leads and soloing with the best of them. Jim teaches the elements of this powerful American style through the classic licks and solos of some of its key players. You’ll learn, in detail, how to play tunes such as Albert King’s “Going Down,” Elmore James’ “Elmo’s Blues,” Freddie King’s “Hideaway” and Jim’s own “Sugar Can (more…)

In this essential collection for blues harp players, author Tom Ball sets out to discuss, understand and demystify some of the playing of the phenomenal Walters: the legendary “Big Walter” Horton and “Little Walter” Jacobs. Includes a sampling of the best licks from each artist’s repertoire, mapped out in easy-to-read harmonica tablature and played on CD by Ball, plus extensive notes on each musician’s style, bios and discographies, rare photos, a bibliography, harmonica basics, notes on amplification and equipment, and much more!

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This follow-up to Joe’s best-selling Solo Jazz Guitar DVD explores the blues elements of jazz guitar. Joe covers bebop blues, new chord substitutions, pedal tones, jazz/blues improvisation and much more. As usual, Joe brings wit and style to his invaluable guitar lessons, taking you straight to the heart of the blue side of jazz guitar.

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Gig-worthy licks laid out sequentially over each chord change in the standard 12-bar blues form. Covers scales, chord voicing, chord progressions and rhythm figures, plus all regional blues styles. The disk includes MP3 files of the exercises.

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No Description Available.Genre: Music Video – Pop/RockRating: NRRelease Date: 1-JUL-2003Media Type: DVD

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Review

Larry has great guitar tone. -Vintage Guitar Magazine –Vintage Guitar Magazine, Dec. 2008

Open-flat spiral blues instruction book and CD by Larry McCabe Red Dog Music Books is proud to offer this superb collection of 101 authentic urban blues guitar fill-in licks. Legendary guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield, Hubert Sumlin, T-Bone Walker, Johnnie Winter, Albert King, Freddie King, and Chuck Berry are known to all blues fans for their remarkable soloing abilities. But the complete blues guitarist must do more than shine in the solo spotlight. And that is why every great soloist is also a great fill-in player. Tasteful fill-in licks support and inspire the singer while adding fire and drive to the performance. For example, Blind Lemon Jefferson played string-snapping fill-ins that provided the perfect complement for his rough-hewn blues songs. Both Louis Armstrong and Lester Young see (more…)