St. Louis Blues Guitar (DVD)

Publisher: Stefan Grossman Guitar Workshop
Duration: 95 minutes • Level 2/3 
Taught by John Miller

The city of St. Louis played host, in the 1920s and 1930s, to one of the most distinctive and vital blues scenes ever documented on record. Like Memphis and Atlanta, St. Louis served as a sort of magnet, attracting musicians from the surrounding hinterlands and providing performance opportunities that were not available out in the country.
The various early influences that the music of these players displayed ended up coalescing into something that might be called the "St. Louis sound".

The songs selected for inclusion in the lesson have been chosen to introduce you to a variety of different tunings and playing positions, and employ different right hand approaches that will expand your ability to utilize techniques like thumb lead and brush strokes.

A PDF file is included on the DVD which can be printed out into an  booklet, including not only detailed transcriptions of the songs, but the songs' lyrics, as well. As well, all of the original recordings from which the transcriptions were made are included on the DVD

Titles include: 
Teddy Darby:  Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues 
Clifford Gibson:  Brooklyn Blues, Don't Put That Thing On Me 
Charley Jordan:  Big Four Blues, Just A Spoonful
Lane Hardin:  Hard Time Blues