Slide Guitar

Alligator has a justifiable reputation as one of the premier blues labels, and it draws on its recorded resources for this compilation. There's certainly no doubting the quality of the players and the music here, from Johnny Winter to the late Hound Dog Taylor, whose raw style sears the ears on Elmore James' "The Sun Is Shining." An older Corey Harris track reminds people that he's a remarkable acoustic slide player, and Sonny Landreth's "Taylor's Rock," from a Hound Dog Taylor tribute, features him playing no less than four parts, and still injecting plenty of grease. Australian Dave Hole remains a bit of a secret, but on the basis of this, deserves wider exposure. And if there's an odd man out here, it's A.C. Reed, who doesn't even play guitar. But he's joined by someone who does, Bonnie Raitt, and she lays down some wonderful work on "She's Fine." Elsewhere, there's Elvin Bishop, Luther Allison, and Lil' Ed…

Ruben Dobbs will walk you through step by step in this instructional video on how to play the delta blues. Mr. Dobbs is an accomplished song writer and recording artist. Ruben has been teaching guitar since age 17 and has been playing delta blues since age 13. In this video he uses his years of teaching experience to give you the tools to play traditional delta blues or to simply acquire new tools to improve yourself as a musician. Ruben takes you from entry level skills to advanced lessons on slide guitar and explains all in explicit detail. Take an educational journey in to the music style that influenced THE WHITE STRIPES, ERIC CLAPTON, LED ZEPPLEN, THE BLACK KEYS and JIMI HENDRIX. This is the same music style played by ROBERT JOHNSON, SON HOUSE and BUKKA WHITE. This is the delta blues as taught by Ruben Dobbs.

Mick Taylor's career has seen him play with John Mayall, the Rolling Stones, and Bob Dylan. Now all that expertise is on show on this superb disc where Mick takes you through some of his most impressive styles and techniques, including blues bends, vibrato, standard and open-tuning slide, country string bending and more. Mick also jams with Arlen Roth and talks about his playing style. A fine instruction session from one of British rock's great players.

Warren Haynes, of the Allman Brothers Band, has also enjoyed an outstanding solo career as a bluesman. On this great DVD he covers a wide range of blues and slide skills and techniques, including phrasing, vibrato, string bending, and soloing as well as mixing major and minor scales, using space, and looking for blue notes within intervals. An intense and rewarding blues lesson guaranteed to improve your playing! Includes a new introduction by Jeff Golub. Jeff began his career as guitarist for rocker Billy Squier. He has recorded numerous solo CDs and is a highly valued session player and sideman, having worked with such artists as Peter Wolf, John Waite, Tina Turner, Vanessa Williams, and Rod Stewart. You'll never miss a note! You see the music and the tablature on screen as it's being played! All right- and left-hand techniques are shown in close up and with helpful split-screen effects to make learning easy.

Nothing sounds as bluesy as a slide guitar, and this DVDrip shows how it's done on electric and acoustic, as a soloist or with a group.

Nothing sounds as bluesy as a slide guitar, and this DVDrip shows how it's done on electric and acoustic, as a soloist or with a group.

Warren Haynes, of the Allman Brothers Band, has also enjoyed an outstanding solo career as a bluesman. On this great DVD he covers a wide range of blues and slide skills and techniques, including phrasing, vibrato, string bending, and soloing as well as mixing major and minor scales, using space, and looking for blue notes within intervals. An intense and rewarding blues lesson guaranteed to improve your playing! Includes a new introduction by Jeff Golub. Jeff began his career as guitarist for rocker Billy Squier. He has recorded numerous solo CDs and is a highly valued session player and sideman, having worked with such artists as Peter Wolf, John Waite, Tina Turner, Vanessa Williams, and Rod Stewart. You'll never miss a note! You see the music and the tablature on screen as it's being played! All right- and left-hand techniques are shown in close up and with helpful split-screen effects to make learning easy. Also includes: Artist biography, selected discography, suggested listening, booklet with music examples, and more