BLOCK RORY, TEACHES CLASSICS OF COUNTRY BLUES GUITAR. CD TAB.
Series: Guitar
Publisher: Homespun Listen and Learn Series
Medium: Softcover with CD
Author: Rory Block
Here are some of the greatest country blues solos of all time, taught in phrase-by-phrase detail. Rory Block, one of the most knowledgeable and talented exponents of this style, performs and breaks down these fingerstyle pieces by Willie Moore, Blind Willie McTell, Tommy Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James and others. 32 pages
Introduction
Dear Friends,
There was a time when the last thing I wanted to do was to teach blues. I was 15 years old and
believed that one needed to devote ones life to apprenticeship with the masters in order to
learn the old music. I didn't have the perspective at the time to realize how briefly those
masters would be among us and how little access the country at large had to a small area of the
east coast and a dot in time. I hoarded the music jealously.
Later on I realized how the things I had learned firsthand from Son House, Reverend Gary
Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, Fred McDowell, Skip James and others did not just belong to
me, or to those who had the good fortune of being at the right place at the right time. I realized
that his precious music belonged to everyone, and that I was the last person who wanted to see
it die away. I began to desire to share whatever I knew, to pass on my small part of the puzzle,
to inspire and educate if I was able. During this time many other venerable musicians, famous
and obscure have added their own irreplaceable passion to the equation. We have also recently
seen a new wave of the second generation, children and grand children, heirs to this great
music, and at the same time an increase in both availability and interest in historic music.
Myoid frienn. Artie Traum was there, as was I, during the roots music revival of the '60s, and it
was Artie who suggested I sit down and record this first audio series of my all-time favorite
country blues songs. I now feel it a great honor to be a part of this process, and hope to inspire
in each listener and player a burning need to add something of themselves to everything they
play, because that connection with the soul, that expression of the individual in each note is
what really carries the music on.
TEACHES
Classics of Country Blues Guitar
Table of Contents
Introduction
"Old Country Rock"
Intro Music - "Old Country Rock"
Introduction
Tuning Pitches
1st 4 Measures
G7 Chord
Connecting Run
Measures 7 and 8
1st 8 Measures - Slow Version
1st 8 Measures - Fast Version
Rhythmical "Gem"
Tag #1
Tag #2 ("A" Section)
Tag #2 ("D" Section)
"Old Country Rock"
"Statesboro Blues"
Intro Music - "Statesboro Blues"
Intro Breakdown
Full Intro
Song Breakdown
"Statesboro Blues"
"Big Road Blues"
Introduction
Intro Breakdown
Ascending Bassline
"Big Road Blues"
"D" Section Substitution
G7 Section
Right Hand Techniques
Right Hand Techniques Continued
"Snapping"
"Snapping" Continued
Last Section Breakdown
"Canned Heat"
Intro Music - "Canned Heat"
Song Breakdown
Song Review
"Future Blues"
Introduction
Tuning Pitches
"Future Blues"
Song Breakdown
Adding Vocals
"Devil Got My Man"
Introduction
Tuning Pitches
"Devil Got My Man"
Song Breakdown
Song Breakdown Continued
Song Discussion
"Devil Got My Man" with Vocal
"Police Dog Blues"
Intro Music - "Police Dog Blues"
Harmonics
Song Breakdown
Alternate Ending (meas. 15 and 16)
Alternate Verse #1 (meas. 7-11)
Alternate Verse #2 (meas. 7-11)
Song Review
"Mississippi Blues"
Introduction
Tuning Pitches
Song Discussion
"Mississippi Blues"
Intro Breakdown
Intro Review
Verse Breakdown
Verse Review
Solo Breakdown
"Mississippi Blues" with Vocals
Outro
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