25 GREAT BLUES GUITAR SOLOS. Dave Rubin CD TABLATURE
Transcriptions · Lessons · Bios · Photos
Series: Guitar Book
Softcover with CD - TAB
Author: Dave Rubin
From Magic Sam and the Three Kings to Eric Clapton and the Vaughan brothers, take an inside look at the genesis of blues guitar. This book and CD compendium provides solo transcriptions in standard notation and tablature, lessons on how to play them, guitarist biographies, equipment, photos, history, and much more. The accompanying CD contains full-band demonstrations of every guitar solo in the book. For PC and Mac users, the CD is enhanced with Amazing Slow Downer software so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! 124 pages. Songs include:
Preface
Ever since the first guitar hero, Sylvester Weaver, recorded the first blues guitar solos on "Guitar Blues" and "Guitar Rag" in 1923, they have been an integral part of the blues experience. From that time forward through the country and Delta blues era until the early 1940s, acoustic guitars were the only means of expression, and most blues were solo affairs. With the exception of the sensational duets Lonnie Johnson performed with Eddie Lang in the late 1920s and Scrapper Blackwell's accompaniment of pianist Leroy Carr in the 1930s, little in the way of memorable soloing was
accomplished for obvious reasons: the acoustic guitar playing single-note lines could not stand up against bleating horns and wailing harmonicas. All that changed after T-Bone Walker's amplified debut in 1942 (see "I Got a Break Baby"). A new "voice" was heard, and the face of blues changed almost overnight. The results of more than half-a-century of electric blues solos are what now lie before you. Twenty-five of the best, from Walker's suave, subtle statement to Buddy Guy's emotional outburst and Stevie Ray's fret-melting foray up the fingerboard, they are here
in all their magnificence. Taken together, they represent an unparalleled course in how to become a blues guitar monster. So grab your axe and start roaring.
About the CD
The accompanying audio CD with this book includes all 25 solos performed note for note with a full band and is playable on any CD player. For PC and MAC computer users, the CD is enhanced with Amazing Slow Downer software so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch! The time code shown at the start of each solo transcription indicates the point at which the solo begins in the original recording. All music on the CD performed by: Guitar: Doug Boduch
Bass: Tom McGirr
Keyboards: Warren Wiegratz
Drums: Scott Schroedl
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jim Reith at Beathouse Music in Milwaukee, WI.
CONTENTS
Year - Title - GUITARIST
1942 - I Got a Break Baby - T-Bone Walker
1954 - Okie Dokie Stomp - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
1956 - Honky Tonk - Billy Butler
1956 - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush
1961 - Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
1962 - Moaning for Molasses - Jody Williams
1963 - Hidden Charms - Hubert Sumlin
1963 - Remington Ride - Freddie King
1963 - Rockin' Awhile - B.B. King
1966 - Sweet Sixteen - B.B. King
1968 - Blues Power - Albert King
1968 - Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) - Eric Clapton
1968 - Every Day I Have the Blues - Kenny Burrell
1968 - Sweet Home Chicago - Magic Sam
1969 - Be Careful with a Fool - Johnny Winter
1969 - Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong - Michael Bloomfield
1973 - Cotton Picking Blues - Son Seals
1974 - Let's Have a Little Talk - Luther Allison
1974 - Wayfaring Pilgrim - Roy Buchanan
1979 - I Smell a Rat - Buddy Guy
1980 - Brick - Albert Collins
1983 - Phone Booth - Robert Cray
1983 - Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
1985 - Satisfy Susie - Lonnie Mack
1986 - Why Get Up - Jimmie Vaughan
Guitar Notation Legend