2-DVD set. A MUST for anyone interested in bottleneck blues guitar, this is a complete survey of country blues bottleneck styles and techniques featuring rare footage of Son House, Fred McDowell, Mance Lipscomb, Jesse Fuller, Furry Lewis and Bukka White. The first DVD focuses on playing in Open G tuning (Spanish). The second presents the Open D tuning (Vestapol). Left hand playing techniques are discussed as well as choosing a guitar. Tunes are taught phrase by phrase and played slowly on a split-screen. A detailed tab/music booklet is included as a PDF file. Bonus audio tracks of the original 1920s & 1930s recordings. Intermediate.