DVD-The Blues Guitar Styles of Memphis Minnie

Memphis Minnie was one of the greatest fingerpicking guitarists of the 20th century, part of the backbone of African American blues history. Del provides a "master vocabulary" of powerful fingerpicking licks, in a variety of keys, that work with any traditional blues or ragtime song. Youll learn "dead thumb" alternating bass and "double-thumbing" styles, swing rhythms, strums, ragtime progressions, single-string solos, more. "Drunken Barrelhouse Blues," "You Can't Rule Me," "Caught Me Wrong Again," "Soo Cow Soo," "Chickasaw Train," more, plus Del offers a dazzling performance of "When the Levee Breaks." Intermediate. Note/tab included as PDF on the disc. 90 min.