ISBN 9780739040553. DVD format: Region 0 for use in all regions. Instructional. 9x12 inches. Duration 2h40m.
This DVD combines two of Albert Lee's most well-known videos: Advanced Country Guitar and Virtuoso Techniques. Advanced Country Guitar features Albert playing some of his all-time favorite tunes and analyzing his baffling technique in depth. Songs include "Fun Ranch Boogie," "Tiger Rag" and "That's Alright Mama." Albert discusses his hybrid Travis-picking style, chord voicings, scalar ideas, how to create long seamless lines based off chord shapes, double-stop concepts, and analyses of his classic guitar parts. Virtuoso Techniques focuses on the companents that make up Albert's brilliant style. Using dozens of practical examles, Albert covers classic intros and endings; lines using thirds, sixths, and tenths; banjo-style picking; chord progressions using open-string rolls; pedal-steel-type bends; and voice-leading. Songs featured in teh video include "Country Boy," "T-Bird to Vegas and "Sweet Little Lisa." Special features include: interview with Albert about his experiences playing at the Concert for George; bonus lesson on chicken pickin' from virtuoso guitarist Steve Morse; DVD-ROM capability to access over 250 pages of note-for-note PDF transcriptions of licks and riffs from the videos; DVD-ROM internet link to Albert Lee's signature guitar.
