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GENUINE ROCKABILLY GUITAR HITS. Contiene 24 canzoni: -American music (the Blaster) -believe what you say (Rick Nelson) -bluejean bop (Gene Vincent) -boppin' the blues (Carl Perkins) -boppin' the blues (Rick Nelson) -everybody's tryin to be my baby (Carl Perkins) -good rockin' tonight (Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore) -holly hop (Buddy Holly) -Marie, Marie (The Blaster) -my baby thinks he's a train (Rosanne Cash) -Oh bay babe (Johnny Burnette) -put your cat closes on (Carl Perkins) -rock around the clock (Bill Haley and the comets) -rock billy boogie (Johnny Burnette) -Rock this town (Stray cats) -rockabilly music (Ray Campi) -skinny Jim (Eddie Cochran) -strollin guitar (Eddie Cochran) -summertime blues (Eddie Cochran) -Susie-Q (Dale Hawkins) -tear it up (Johnny Burnette) -train kept a rollin' (Johnny Burnette) -twenty flight rock (Eddie Cochran) -wake up little Susie (the Everly brothers).  TABLTURE

Most of the world first learned about rock and roll in the second half of the '50s when Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins had their first hits. The rockabilly guitarists of this period - Scotty Moore, Eddie Cochran, Cliff Gallup, Carl Perkins, Paul Burlison, James Burton, Buddy Holly and the rest - became the idols of '60s, '70s and '80s rockers, and their music will always be the touchstone for rock guitar. You'll find their solos and backup playing transcribed and their style analyzed in the pages that follow. There are also some transcriptions of music from their disciples - contemporary players like Albert Lee, Dave and Phil Alvin of the Blasters, and The Stray Cats. Rockabilly started when white Southern performers began playing electric rhythm and blues. They recorded "covers" of R&B hits, like "Good Rockin' Tonight" (Wynonie Harris' version was the biggest R&B record of '48). They also wrote their own tunes and covered country and bluegrass songs. In all cases, they borrowed the flavor and styles of African-American artists, whose music was unlikely to reach white audiences. Naturally, the rockabilly players brought their country, bluegrass and gospel music roots to R&B. The new music that emerged was ROCK AND ROLL. To Alan Freed and other disc jockeys who promoted it, the formula was clear: get white musicians to play popular '50s race music.

One of the ways rockabilly differed from R&B was that the guitar was more prominent. The early rockabilly band consisted of an upright bass, electric guitar, a singer and a drummer. Rhythm guitar (often acoustic) and piano were optional, horns were rare; some two-guitar bands even lacked a drummer. Nearly all solos were played on electric guitar. The lead guitar borrowed heavily from the single and double-note styles of Chuck Berry and T-Bone Walker, the up-the-neck fingerpicking of Merle Travis, and the more basic fingerpicking blues styles of acoustic blues guitarists like Lightnin' Hopkins and Big Bill Broonzy. A little Les Paul-style jazz added to the brew.

THE TWELVE BAR BLUES. Most of the early rockabilly hits were twelve-bar blues tunes, or were based on that form. In this book, "American Music," "Boppin' The Blues," "Everybody's Tryin' To Be My Baby," "Holly Hop," "My Baby Thinks He's A Train," "Put Your Cat Clothes On," "Rock Around The Clock," "Oh Baby Babe," "Rock Billy Boogie," "Skinny Jim," "Tear It Up," "Train Kept A-Rollin" and "Twenty Flight Rock" are all twelve-bar blues tunes and five others are only slight variants of the blues format! Here's the twelve-bar form, expressed in terms of I, IV and V chords (tonic, subdominant and dominant) in the key of E. The final bar of this twelve-bar form is often called a "turnaround," because the V chord "turns the progression around" and leads the ear back to a repeat of the whole twelve bars or to an ending. 

Series: Guitar Recorded Version TAB
Artist: Various

Over 20 classics, including:

INTRODUCTION

ROCKABILLY REBELS. 25 titoli, con una bella canzone di Elvis Presley, "Tryin' to get to you". Contiene: baby let's play house (Elvis Presley) -belive what you say (R. Nelson) -bird dog (E. Brothers) -cut across shorty (E. Cochran) -danny boy (Conway Twitty) -hambone (C. Perkins) -here comes the weekend (D. Edmunds) -Hey baby (B. Channel) -high school confidential (Jerry Lee Lewis) -hippy, hippy shake (Swinging blue jeans) -honey 'cause I love you (C. Perkins) -I got it (G. Vincent) -I'm gonna set down right down and cry over you (Elvis Presley) -It's late (R. Nelson) -Jennie, Jennie, Jennie (E. Cochran) -lotta lovin' (G. Vincent) -Mary you (R. Hawkins) -midnight specials (J. Rivers) -My Babe (R. Nelson) -poor little fool (R. Nelson) -queen of heart (J. Newton) -shake your hips (Rolling Stones) -six days on the road (D. Dudley) -Tryin' to get to you (Elvis Presley) -wake up little Susie (E. Brothers). TABLATURE

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THE ROOTS OF ROCK GUITAR. Sokolow. Blue suede shoes -bluejean bop -no particular place to go -not fade away -Susie-Q -walk don't run. CD TAB.

Series: Guitar Collection
Softcover with CD - TAB
Author: Fred Sokolow

This comprehensive collection is a great overview of rock guitar. Includes: instruction on the essential playing styles, using six note-for-note transcriptions as examples; notes on the history and development of rock guitar; biographies of the pioneering artists; and more. Songs include: Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins) - Bluejean Bop (Cliff Gallup with Gene Vincent) - No Particular Place to Go (Chuck Berry) - Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly) - Susie Q (James Burton with Dale Hawkins) - Walk Don't Run (The Ventures). The CD features all of the songs, exercises and licks.

Blue Suede Shoes
Bluejean Bop
No Particular Place To Go
Not Fade Away
Susie-Q
Walk Don't Run

56 pages

JACKSON JOHN, THE FINGERPICKING BLUES OF. TAB. DVD

Series: Homespun Tapes
Publisher: Homespun Video
Medium: DVD

A traditional blues master brings the Piedmont style to life! In a lively conversation with Roy Book Binder, John Jackson details the finer points of technique, provides fascinating historical reminiscences and teaches his own two-finger picking style. Songs include: West Coast Blues, Louis Collins, Candy Man, Police Dog Blues, Boat's up the River, John Henry and more. Includes, music, tab & lyrics. Intermediate level. 60 minutes.

SETZER BRIAN ORCHESTRA. TAB.

Series: Play It Like It Is
Publisher: Cherry Lane Music TAB
Artist: Brian Setzer

In 1992, before the swing phenomenon swept over dance floors and movie screens, befor cigar bars and Swingers, Setzer created The BrianSetzer Orchestra, a musical adventure blending rock'n'roll, jump blues, rockabilly and swing. For the fist time in the music history, an electric guitar fronted a Big Band. Just as he had with the Stray Cats, Setzer not only helped resurrect a genre, but moved it to the present, made it "cool" again.

From rockabilly Stray Cat to swingster hepcat, Brian Setzer still struts his musical stuff. This great collection includes guitar transcriptions with tab for 10 songs from his super swingin' big band, 88 pages

The Dirty Boogie
Hoodoo Voodoo Doll
Jump, Jive An' Wail
Let's Live It Up
Rock This Town
Rumble In Brighton
Since I Don't Have You
Sleepwalk
Switchblade 327
This Cat's On A Hot Tin Roof