Guitarist educator and historian Stefan Grossman was a student of acoustic blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis. Beginning when he was 15 Stefan studied with Davis on weekends spending eight to ten hours at his hou…
'The material is a mix of traditional and original the playing superb. Grossman and Renbourn combine their talents and mix of styles here to produce appealing instrumental music of rare beauty and taste.' AllMusic.comOn their d…
A three volume DVD collection taught by Stefan Grossman.In this three lesson DVD series Stefan Grossman explores the world of country blues guitar. It is a fascinating and challenging study that covers blues folk and ragtimearran…
In these three audio lessons Duck Baker Stefan Grossman and John Renbourn teach six Celtic fingerstyle guitar solos. The three compact discs offer three full hours of note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction and all of the a…
A Collection Of Country Blues-This album presents a variety of country blues and original tunes played solo by Stefan Grossman as well as with friends. Some were recently recorded while others were released on projects that are no…
Re-release of Renbourn and Grossman's groundbreaking concerts in Portland Oregon 1982 and Sydney Australia 1983. The definitive listening experience the pack includes 2 CDs and 1 DVD.CD One:1. Looper's Corner 2. The Shoes Of Th…
Two of the world's premiere acoustic guitarists join forces in this concert recorded in 1982 to define and explore the parameters of American and European folk blues jazz and ragtime music - from a medieval English dance tune to…
Hot Fiddle Tunes and Rags-The study of fiddle tunes and rags offers the fingerstyle guitarist an array of styles and techniques with which to embellish and enrich their playing. The DVD features five hot instrumentals that combine…
In this double DVD set Stefan Grossman teaches a wide array of folk blues arrangements. You will study playing in various tunings i.e. Standard Dropped D DADGAD Open D and Open C tunings.The songs range from popular bluesand …
Arrangements In Vestapol Tuning-'The Open D Tuning (D A D F# A D) also referred to as the Vestapol tuning is a powerful and evocative tuning that was widely used by guitarists in the 1920s to play country blues ballads rags an…
In this 71 minute CD rare recordings of a young Rory Block and Stefan Grossman are featured. As well the original landmark 1964 Elektra release of their How To Play Blues Guitar is presented. This is an enhanced CD and featur…
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-This two DVD set is for beginner and intermediate guitarists who want to start fingerpicking. Rev. Gary Davis used to tell his students that playing the guitar was easy. He would say that a piano …
The guitar styles and techniques of Blind Blake Big Bill Broonzy and Rev. Gary Davis combine blues and ragtime techniques into a style that can be best described as raggin' the blues. This exciting and challenging approach tofing…
This CD brings together the first two solo albums Stefan Grossman recorded Aunt Molly's Murray Farm (1969) and The Gramercy Park Sheik (1970).This CD release combines both albums and includes tab/music transcriptions for 15 of th…
Featuring Sam Mitchell Duck Baker and Jo Ann Kelly.'I spent 20 years living in Europe traveling between homes in London and Rome. I made many friends and did countless concerts. These recordings were done between 1977 and 1978. T…
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-In this second DVD lessons dedicated to Nashville Picking Marcel Dadi presents more guitar arrangements by Merle Travis Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins. These three titans of the guitar have defined …
Pickin? With The Book-A DVD of the artistry of Roy Book Binder. No book included. It was 40 years ago that I first recorded for Stefan Grossman’s Kicking Mule record label! Much has changed over the years and much has pretty …
In this double DVD lesson Ernie Hawkins teaches in detail nine of Rev. Gary Davis???s best known blues arrangements. These songs have become well known through the playing of Bob Dylan (Baby Let Me Lay It On You) Jackson Browne…
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-Blind Willie Johnson recorded thirty songs from 1927-1930 and of those thirty he used a slide on only twelve. There has been much debate surrounding how he played and what he played with but rega…
In this double DVD lesson of over 4 hours of instruction Ernie Hawkins teaches ten of Big Bill’s greatest guitar solos and arrangements. Each tune is taught phrase by phrase and then uses the split-screen so you can carefully s…
?This is one of those albums that excited me from the word go. When John and I first discussed the possibilities of his recording I was very pleased. You see John James is one of the most creative and important acoustic Guitar pl…
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-Many southern blues musicians performed and recorded gospel songs; spirituals or church songs as they were called. Some like Blind Willie Johnson and Edward W. Clayborn strictly adhered to a rel…
'Stefan Grossman one of the finest of the East Coast guitar pickers has put together a collection of some classic ragtime pieces. It's a wonderful album demonstrating all the light easy exciting sounds of ragtime. All the pla…
Featuring: John Renbourn Martin Carthy Stefan Grossman Bob Brozman Martin Simpson Duck Baker Brad Jones and Peppino D'Agostino.The performers in this 60 minute DVD express different traditions personalities and stylistic ap…
'It is difficult to describe the transformation that took place as this smiling friendly man hunched over his guitar and launched himself bodily it seemed into his music. The blues possessed him like a 'lowdown shaking chill' a…
Grossman writes: I love fingerpicking blues in the key of C. Blind Blake Big Bill Broonzy Rev. Gary Davis Mississippi John Hurt Mance Lipscomb and Tommy McClennan all favored this key. All approached their playing from differe…
The Films Of Pete Toshi And Dan Seeger-A truly unique and authentic document of the rural and community-based musics of the world captured as a series of 16mm camera films in the early sixties. International folk-music authority…
Fingerpicking Blues Guitar is a never ending study full of surprises and discoveries. Each key of the Guitar offers new sounds and textures. A blues played in the key of C sounds world's apart from a blues played in the keys of A …
Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop-Mississippi John Hurt is certainly renowned for his blues songs whether tales of murder like Stack O'Lee and Frankie or the tongue-in-cheek Candy Man Blues yet it is his gospel songs that may mo…
