Thousands of blues tunes draw on the core foundation of grooves and rhythm patterns spawned during the electric blues renaissance of the 50s and 60s. Unlike other genres of music from that time, there’s nothing nostalgic about these grooves — these same grooves and rhythm patterns have been used by every generation of blues player since right up to modern times. “Authentic” is the best way to describe them and Jeff McErlain’s 30 Authentic Blues Grooves You MUST Know is the best way to learn them. For inspiration, Jeff dug deep into the music of Muddy Waters, Elmore James,...

Cornell Dupree has sat in and recorded with Harry Belafonte, Joe Cocker, Lou Rawls, Lena Horne, and Mariah Carey. He has notched credits on over 2,500 albums and is considered one of the best session men in the business. Dupree truly shows a mastery in Cornell Dupree: Mastering R&B Guitar, and it will rub off on anyone who sits down with the intent of learning. The notes should come with ease, and the techniques will seem like old hat as Dupree expounds upon the secrets of double stops, Honky Tonk, pick and finger stylings, and how to lock in...

Dire Straits is a one of the most unique and talented bands of the modern era. Mark Knopfler is one of the better guitarists of our time, and has had a huge impact on others. Dire Straits were a British rock band that formed in Deptford, London, in 1977 by Mark Knopfler, his younger brother David Knopfler, John Illsley and Pick Withers. Dire Straits’ sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, and blues, and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll. If you like music you will enjoy this. This...

Lynyrd Skynyrd stands as one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time, with strong songs fuled by creative and incendiary guitar work. The triple-guitar onslaught of Allen Collins’ Gibson Firebird, Gary Rossington’s Les Paul, and Ed King’s Fender Stratt (later played by Steve Gaines) created a unique sound. The Learn to play eight classic hits by the great blues rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd, all taught to you in note-by-note detail by Greg Koch. Greg is an Excellent teacher. His lessons are both challenging and enjoyable. Probably best for a player with more experience. All in all, terrific,...

Led Zeppelin Electric Sessions: Guitar TAB, Book & DVD. The Guitar Sessions series features songbooks centered around detailed instructional video lessons that teach how to play rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest songs, shown step-by-step by knowledgeable guitar-slinging hosts who then perform the music in its entirety. With Led Zeppelin Electric Sessions, you’ll learn how to play all of Jimmy Page’s parts in Led Zeppelin’s most classic rock tunes, including Jimmy’s athletic and iconic guitar solos. Also you need to check Led Zeppelin Acoustic Sessions. In addition to the DVD lessons, this book also includes detailed written lessons and TAB examples...

Alice In Chains is one of the most unique and original bands of all time, innovators of grunge rock. Their music is deep, poetic, dark, emotional, beautiful and just rocks. Awesome vocals from Layne Stanley. Awesome guitar solos and vocals from Jerry Cantrel. Very few bands that follow similar styles live up to these virtuosos. Learn five Alice In Chains tracks note for note with Danny Gill! This superb DVD will teach you five tracks from Alice In Chains and Jerry Cantrell’s instantly recognizable brand of dark, moody rock that would become a signature sound and a major influence...

80-minute instructional video, with special guests Louis Johnson and Tetsugi Ogawa ( lead guitar). Alex Weir teaches guitarists how he got the driving sounds that contributed to the sounds of Talking Heads, Brothers Johnson, and Tom Tom Club, offering advice on pick speed, tonal variations, rhythmic development, hand/wrist positions, timing and more. If you get rhythm guitar get this. Breaks it down but not too far. Makes you want to play. He uses about 6 grooves to illustrate diffent points like classic r&b, “outside” rhythms and picking vs chordal rhythms. It’s probably not what you want for your first...

Expand your electric rhythm guitar prowess with Adam Levy’s Rhythm Makeover and be sure to check out Muriel Anderson’s Rhythm Makeover for fingerstyle and Vicki Genfan’s Rhythm Makeover for acoustic guitar. Thousands of #1 hit records use the same handful of chord progressions. So, what makes those songs so distinctive from one another? Melody, lyrics and production values are all very important of course, but rhythm is what gets the feet tapping, the bodies moving and the lips smiling. Whether they perform in bands, duos or solo as a singer-songwriter, guitarists play rhythm 95% of the time supporting the...

Learn and Master Guitar: The Song Hits is designed for those who want to learn how to play popular songs from the ground up. This video songbook contains 40 songs – 20 learning sessions on 10 DVDs and a 128-page companion songbook – and provides in-depth teaching about how to play the riffs and fills one note at a time as well as how to get the right tone from your guitar. With built-in DVD accompaniment tracks for each song. The Song Hits is a great material do use with or without the learn and master guitar course. Each...

Learn to play Ritchie Blackmore The Solos DVD download. This excellent DVD will show you how to nail five solos by this rock Guitar legend! This superb tutorial includes Guitar jam tracks for each solo section at slow, medium and full tempo so you can learn each solo at your own pace and steadily build up to full speed. Ritchie Blackmore is the amazing former Deep Purple guitarist best known for his awesome riffs like “Smoke On The Water”, “Black Night” and “Burn”. He’s famous for being a bit temperamental (or sometimes just plain mental with a hot temper)…...