Stefan grossman, noted rootsblues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this fascinating collection of 16 songs, transcribed exactly as performed by legendary blues master. Its bridge is located in the belly of the guitar and works the top like a speaker diaphragm delivering a. His technique featured unique righthand thumb rolls that evoked the feel of the charleston dancestep. Guitar of blind blake dvd grossmans guitar workshop. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. His speed, accuracy and complex fingerpicking style assures him a place in the hall of the blues guitar greats. Clicking on each title will take you to or the publishers website. In the styles of lightnin hopkins, blind blake, mississippi john hurt, blind boy fuller and big bill broonzy arranged by kenny sultan. Blind blake plays a fast and melodic style of rag type blues. The early masters of american blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of modern blues. Blind blake guitar tab books, instruction dvds, solos. His famous doublethumb righthand technique is part of a syncopated sound that is unlike that of any other guitarist.
This book and the cd gives an overview of songs in various blake styles to give a broad understanding of the methods used over his recording career. Woody mann is a man who knows his business of blues guitar thoroughly. He extended the alternating bass style, that was popular at the turn of the century, to encompass the dance trends and more complex blues ideas that were emerging from the jazz bands of new orleans and chicago. This book and the cds give an overview of songs in various blake styles to give a broad understanding of the methods used over his recording career. Not only was he one of the greatest blues guitarists of alltime, blake seems to have been the primary developer of fingerstyle ragtime on the guitar, the sixstring equivalent to playing ragtime on the piano. This book is a must if you want to learn country blues guitar. Blind blake was the premier ragtime blues guitarist of the 1920s. Blind blake guitar tab books, instructional dvds, solos, arrangements, transcriptions, tablature, sheet music, video lessons. A musical pilgrimage to the crossroads, directed by robert mugge and featuring british pop star and blues enthusiast dave stewart and several of the regions musicians. Hauvers handmade replica of the blind blake concert guitar is smaller than the charlie patton grand concert with a scale length that is proportioned to its body. Stefan grossman has 101 books on goodreads with 227 ratings. Blind blake tabs, chords, guitar, bass, ukulele chords, power tabs and guitar pro tabs including police dog blues, georgia bound, black dog blues, that will never happen no more, wabash rag. Mayo williams, the paramount scout, says that blind blake was sent up from jacksonville by a dealer, reports blues researcher gayle dean wardlow. I spent a year falling in love with piedmont blues before even attempting to learn even the first tune.
Blind blake s recordings, made in the 1920s and 1930s, set a standard for ragtime blues guitar virtuosity that remains unmatched. The best of blind blake by blind blake on amazon music. Blake figures in the plot of lee childs 1997 jack reacher novel, killing floor, and there are references to him in childs 2011 prequel, the affair. Blind blake s rag a ralph mctell version page 3 5 g t a b 25. Gary davis, blind boy fuller, tommy johnson, big bill broonzy and josh white.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read oak anthology of blues guitar. Stefan grossman, noted rootsblues guitarist and musicologist, has compiled this fascinating collection of 16 songs, transcribed exactly as performed by legendary blues master blind blake. Stefan wanted to highlight the playing of six blues players that have greatly influenced him. Mel bay blind blake was the premier ragtime blues guitarist of the 1920s.
Guitar of blind blake book and 3 cd set woody mann by. In this comprehensive new book audio lesson, woody mann explores the ideas, techniques, and styles of this legendary musician who has influenced generations of country blues. Great selection, thorough transcriptions, and most important a cd with the real masters playing the tunes. Highly recommendable to those wishing to begin learning blakes music. Masterpieces of country blues guitar book 3cd set grossmans guitar workshop. Books by stefan grossman author of complete country blues. This book was a delight and a challenge to put together.
All the published sides by blind blake on amazon music. Guitar of blind blake book and 3 cd set woody mann by woody. This from his show friday night at side door palladium in st. My personal bias would be to take it even further back and listen to, maybe learn, some tbone and other early electric blues. Blues guitar blind blake volume 2 ragtime guitar lesson. In this comprehensive new book audio lesson, woody mann explores the ideas, techniques, and styles of this legendary musician who has influenced generations of country blues guitarists. His complicated and sophisticated picking techniques enable him to incorporate many musical devices in his playing that make his overall musicianship unique.
Of the twenty four, seventeen are in standard tuning. First of all, his performances had a joyful quality typical of the ragtime piano feel of the likes of scott joplin which the style emulated. But the trick is to forget about the big picture while youre learning it. On this page youll find all my free tabs pdfs the videos for these tabs are on the page free guitar tabvideos if you like the free tabs on this page, please consider donating via paypal using the button below. Blakes finger picking method is unique and a challenge to master. Blind blake is easily the toughestmost skillful blues player ever seen, so you really need some good instruction to get inside to the secrets of mr. A cd of blind blake playing all the tunes is included. Blind arthur blake tabs acoustic fingerstyle guitar studio. Gary davis used to say blake had a sportin right hand. In this comprehensive new bookaudio lesson, woody mann explores the ideas, techniques, and styles of this legendary musician who has influenced generations of country blues guitarists. His birthplace was listed as jacksonville, florida by paramount records, but even that is in dispute.
This is a good choice if you want something good by blind blake. He influenced many guitarists from big bill broonzy in the 20ies to blind. Guitar of blind blake book 3cd set grossmans guitar workshop. Stefan grossmans guitar workshop instructional and historical dvds books and materials. Its bridge is located in the belly of the guitar and works the top like a speaker diaphragm delivering a rich and balanced sound. A 48 page tabmusic booklet is included as well as bonus audio tracks of all the. Gary davis, blind blake, scrapper blackwell and tampa red. He extended the alternating bass style, that was popular.
I found this collection didnt have the cuts that had a lot of noise, so it is overall better sounding. If today is your first time playing this style, this example might be really hard for you to learn. This book tells about the trial that raised issues regarding the right to teach and the right to learn. Blues guitar tab books, instruction dvds, solos, arrangements, transcriptions, video lessons. Mayo williams, the paramount scout, says that blind blake was sent up from jacksonville by a dealer. The mysterious blind blake was a guitar marvel and good singer whose recording career lasted just a few years, 192 32. Guitar lessons blind blake king of ragtime blues guitar. Blind blake, john lee hooker, big bill broonzy, or. John millers country blues guitar collection is a very recent addition to stefan grossmans guitar workshop series distributed by mel bay. There are twenty four classic blues by sixteen of the acoustic blues guitar masters. The guitar of blind blake by woody mann, 9780786649976, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Listening to some of genres creators like blind blake, blind willie mctell and others, an aspiring finger picker could very easily become discouraged and move on.
There are at least two artists with the name blind blake 1. Blake, blind ragtime guitars foremost fingerpicker amazon. Blake, blind ragtime guitars foremost fingerpicker. Blake s provocative riffs and licks on guitar easily put him amongst the ranks of other master pickers like blind boy fuller, the rev. Blake mastered this form so completely that few, if any, guitarists who have learned to play in this. Blind blake was the greatest ragtime blues guitarist to record during the 1920s. Well researched and beautifully written, in the chapter mojo hand, deep blues chronicles the influence of such delta heavyweights as muddy waters, blind lemon jefferson, and blind blake. He influenced many guitarists from big bill broonzy in the 20ies to blind boy fuller in the 30ies. In this comprehensive new book audio lesson, woody mann explores the ideas, techniqu. I wanted to highlight the playing of six blues players that have greatly influenced me. Blind blake s techniques jim bruce blues guitar lessons blind blake guitar lessons duration. He wrote some classic melodies and tunes, my favorite i think is thatll never happen no more.
Buy stefan grossmans early masters of american blues guitar. Blind blake is a figure of enormous importance in american music. Blind blake the guitar of blind blake dvd taught by woody mann. Blind blake was an amazing guitar player who had a fully matured style when he began recording in 1926. This cd collection is newer than the yazoo cd blind blake ragtime guitar s foremost fingerpicker.
If youre so inclined, get into the acoustic masters like blind blake, robert johnson, lightnin hopkins, mississippi john hurt, etc. Blind blake tabs guitar solos, tab books, instruction dvds. Ragtime guitar blues by blind blake on amazon music. Blind blake ragtime king biography born arthur blake or arthur phelps, and sometimes known as arthur blind blake born around 1893, in jacksonville, florida. I never thought id be able to learn cincinnati flow rag but after spending a couple days with this book and cd im picking it like crazy. Arthur blind blake 1896 december 1, 1934 was an american blues and ragtime singer and guitarist.
Blind blake made his first records for paramount during the summer of 1926, playing solo guitar behind leola b. He expanded the alternating bass style to encompass the contemporary dance trends and more complex blues ideas introduced by the jazz bands of new orleans and chicago. Stefan grossmans most popular book is complete country blues guitar book. The dietz publishing house released a wonderful book about the life of gerry wolff, edited by wolfgang herzberg, named gerry wolff. These twentythree titles on the paramount label, most of them blessed with clear sound, are as much about his easeful control over picking technique as his emotional outlook. Guitar of blind blake book3cd set grossmans guitar workshop.
A musical pilgrimage to the crossroads, directed by robert. He is known for numerous recordings he made for paramount records between 1926 and 1932. In this comprehensive new book audio lesson, woody mann explores the ideas, techniques, and styles of this legendary musician. Mar 11, 2015 check out ragtime guitar blues by blind blake on amazon music. Mel bay masterpieces of country blues guitar from the playing of blind blake, bo carter, scrapper blackwell, rev.
Blind blake was a complete master of ragtime blues guitar so how do we define that. Masterpieces of country blues guitar book3cd set grossman. In this lesson im gonna show you an example that i came up with after listening to a guitar player by the name of blind blake, who was one of the original guys to play this style. His guitar styles and techniques were unique as well as dazzling. Duke robillard and ronnie earl have some nice stuff going in that style. Blind blake ragtime guitar s foremost fingerpicker yazoo 1068, 1984 vor 3. He put out around 80 songs for paramount from 1926 to 1932. Stefan grossmans early masters of american blues guitar. Blind blake s rag a ralph mctell version arranged by. The book served as the basis for the critically acclaimed 1991 uk documentary film deep blues. Guitar of blind blake book3cd set grossmans guitar.
Blind blake s black dog blues taught by woody mann. It shares 9 songs with that collection, so 14 songs are new here. Blues guitar, chords, tabs, lyrics, lesson and learning. Others included blind lemon jefferson best of blind lemon jefferson, blind willie johnson complete recordings of blind willie johnson, blind willie mctell atlanta 12 string, and blind boy fuller remastered 19351938. The early masters of american blues series provides the unique opportunity to study the true roots of. Blues guitar tabs solos, tab books, instruction dvds.
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