Arrangements in Contemporary Blues Style (DVD)

Publisher : Homespun Tape
Skill Level 3
85-minute DVD, Includes music and tab book

Chris takes apart some of his most requested songs, slowing them down and analysing his arrangements for the learning guitarist. Chock full of musical advice, clarity and good humor, this lesson will add powerful licks and interesting ideas to your song accompaniments and blues technique.

You'll learn the bass-line shuffle groove of 'Link of Chain' the sliding harmony figures of 'Happier Blue' and a load of great riffs to pull them together (including Chris's traemark use of his feet for rhythm accompanyment). Moving into open D tuning, he gets deeply into 'Hold On', with its bluesy vibrato, bends and hammer-ons, while Roly Salley's heart-wrenching 'Killin' the Blues' (one of Chris's most requested covers) highlights his ballad accompaniment. Back to standard tuning, Chris takes apart the Skip James-type lick that's at the heart of 'Can't Shake These Blues', and then closes with a Delta-style 'The Devil's Real'.

Hold On
Link of Chain
Happier Blue
Killin' the Blues
Can't Shake These Blues
The Devil's Real