If you are ready to develop your own distinctive blues style, Roy Bookbinder has assembled a complete vocabulary of licks and techniques to help you do it. Roy's firsthand knowledge of great Piedmont-style country blues players makes this lesson video a must for anyone who loves traditional blues. Mann carefully analyzes his techniques and style. Includes rare footage of Broonzy from the 1950s. Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson and Son House.
Some pieces use non-standard tunings.
They also present techniques for improving improvisation skills. For the beginning fingerpicking blues guitarist. Work through eight traditional country blues tunes in the styles of Rev. Gary Davis and Doc Watson while learning basic techniques needed for more difficult tunes. Foremost among these is Robert Johnson, whom he met in 1936. He gives a first person account of Johnson's death.