Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Guitar
- Price $19.95
- By Steve James
- Book/CD
- Published by String Letter Publishing
Description
Steve James, one of today's leading roots-music performers, recording artists, and teachers, presents a treasure trove of traditional American guitar styles in this unique book and CD. Guitarists will learn fingerpicking and slide techniques not through dry exercises but by playing 25 songs from James' own repertoire and from such masters as Furry Lewis, Blind Willie McTell, Sam McGee, and Mance Lipscomb. And drawing on his extensive research and first-hand experience with these guitar pioneers, James tells the stories behind the songs, too.
Reviews and Testimonials
"This is probably the best single book of basic American rural fingerstyles."
—Sing Out!
Contents
FUNDAMENTALS
- Alternating-Bass Fingerpicking
- Open Tunings
- Bottleneck Slide
SONGS AND STYLES
- Eight Views on the Blues
- Back to the Country
- Naturals: Sam McGee and Furry Lewis
FURTHER TRAVELS
- Guitars and Gear
- Essential Recordings
- Reference Materials
SONGS
- Take Me Back
- Sugar Babe
- Milwaukee Blues
- Sebastopol
- Spanish Fandango
- John Henry
- Railroad Bill
- Crow Jane
- Things About Comin' My Way
- Jack o' Diamonds
- Roll and Tumble
- Stack Lee's Blues
- Blues in A
- Buddy Bolden's Blues
- Way Out on the Desert
- Liberty
- Bear Creek Hop
- Amos Johnson Rag
- Guitar Rag
- I Got to Cross That River Jordan
- Spanish Fandango (Revisited)
- Buckdancer's Choice
- Railroad Blues
- Judge Harsh Blues
- I Will Turn Your Money Green