The Roots of Electric Blues Guitar

by Fred Sokolow (Composer)

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 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.

48 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998