The Roots of Electric Blues Guitar

This survey of blues guitar, its pioneers and development includes instruction in the essential playing styles, biographies of important artists, and note-for-note transcriptions of six blues standards: Hideaway (Freddie King) · I Can't Quit You Baby (Otis Rush) · Killing Floor (Hubert Sumlin with Howlin' Wolf) · Mean Old World (T-Bone Walker) · The Things That I Used to Do (Guitar Slim) · Why I Sing the Blues (B.B. King). The CD features the songs, exercises and licks.

Songs Include:

• Hide Away
• I Can't Quit You Baby
• Killing Floor
• Mean Old World
• The Things That I Used To Do
• Why I Sing The Blues