Guitar (fingerpicking) -
Intermediate
SKU:
MB.30792M
Composed by
John Miller. Perfect
binding, Solos. Grossman
Audio. Style. Book and
online audio. 144 pages.
Mel Bay Publications, Inc
#30792M. Published by Mel
Bay Publications, Inc
(MB.30792M).
ISBN
9781513462981. 8.75 x
11.75
inches.
The East Coast,
from Florida up to
Virginia, gave birth to a
vibrant fingerstyle blues
tradition, documented on
recordings from the
mid-1920s up into the
1970s and 1980s. In
East Coast
Fingerstyle Blues
Guitar, author John
Miller has selected some
of the most interesting
and exciting recorded
performances from that
period to present to you,
with transcriptions of
the performances in TAB
and standard notation,
lyrics to the songs
provided, playing tips
that will help you get
the songs up and running
as soon as possible, and
links to the original
recorded performances, so
that your own playing can
be informed by the
playing of the
masters.
A particular
focus of the book is the
repertoire of three of
the strongest
practitioners of East
Coast Bluesâ??Buddy
Moss, Blind Willie McTell
and Blind Boy Fuller.
Youâ??ll also find two
songs each by Luke Jordan
and William Moore, a
Blind Blake tune and a
host of songs from
artists who qualify for
the designation
talent deserving of
wider recognition:
Peg Leg Howell, Carl
Martin, Floyd Council,
Virgil Childers, Sonny
Jones, Gabriel Brown,
Ralph Willis, Willie
Trice and Henry Johnson,
many of whose songs are
being made available for
the first
time.
If youâ??re
looking for fingerstyle
guitar pieces with a
great range of feeling,
musical variety and depth
of expression, you need
look no further than
East Coast Fingertyle
Blues Guitar. It
will give you the
information and
background you need for a
total immersion in this
exciting music. Includes
access to online
audio.
Ralph McTell
